Twitter (TWTR) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know
Twitter (TWTR) closed at $38.93 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.05% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.05%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.48%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.61%.
Coming into today, shares of the short messaging service had gained 2.99% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector gained 0.29%, while the S&P 500 lost 0.52%.
Investors will be hoping for strength from TWTR as it approaches its next earnings release. On that day, TWTR is projected to report earnings of $0.05 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 70.59%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $755.05 million, down 8.34% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of -$0.83 per share and revenue of $3.27 billion, which would represent changes of -135.02% and -5.46%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for TWTR. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 18.23% lower within the past month. TWTR is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 170, which puts it in the bottom 34% of all 250+ industries.
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