Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) – Stock analysts at Truist Securiti issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for Twitter in a report issued on Monday, January 10th. Truist Securiti analyst Y. Squali expects that the social networking company will post earnings of $0.96 per share for the year.
Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Twitter from $68.00 to $62.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 9th. Truist Securities dropped their target price on shares of Twitter from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Twitter from $60.00 to $47.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 1st. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Truist lowered their price target on shares of Twitter from $80.00 to $60.00 in a report on Monday. Finally, Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Twitter from $64.00 to $67.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nineteen have given a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $68.00.
Shares of Twitter stock opened at $39.97 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $46.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.23. The company has a market capitalization of $31.96 billion, a PE ratio of -166.53 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a quick ratio of 4.09, a current ratio of 4.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. Twitter has a 52 week low of $38.22 and a 52 week high of $80.75. Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 26th. The social networking company reported ($0.54) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.02 by ($0.56). Twitter had a negative return on equity of 3.21% and a negative net margin of 3.77%. The firm had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.28 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.07 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 37.1% on a year-over-year basis.
In other Twitter news, insider Michael Montano sold 4,500 shares of Twitter stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.74, for a total transaction of $300,330.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Vijaya Gadde sold 2,388 shares of Twitter stock in a transaction on Friday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $150,945.48. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 71,105 shares of company stock worth $3,730,578 over the last quarter. 2.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TWTR. Lone Pine Capital LLC increased its stake in Twitter by 117.4% during the 3rd quarter. Lone Pine Capital LLC now owns 21,533,828 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $1,300,428,000 after purchasing an additional 11,630,881 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Twitter by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,935,375 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $839,260,000 after purchasing an additional 302,943 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. raised its stake in Twitter by 6.3% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 10,736,144 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $648,356,000 after acquiring an additional 640,429 shares during the period. Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. raised its stake in Twitter by 8.6% during the 3rd quarter. Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 7,896,854 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $478,549,000 after acquiring an additional 628,060 shares during the period. Finally, Soroban Capital Partners LP grew its holdings in Twitter by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Soroban Capital Partners LP now owns 5,704,718 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $344,508,000 after buying an additional 263,146 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.56% of the company’s stock.
About Twitter
Twitter, Inc is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. It provides a network that connects users to people, information, ideas, opinions and news. The company’s services include live commentary, live connections and live conversations. Its application provides social networking services and micro-blogging services through mobile devices and the Internet.