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Twitter shares fell due to lower number of users
Twitter Inc. informed about drop of monthly users by 1 million, Bloomberg reports. Number of users will be falling further, as company is trying to fight against spam, faked accounts and malicious behavior.
Twitter Inc. informed about drop of monthly users by 1 million, Bloomberg reports. Number of users will be falling further, as company is trying to fight against spam, faked accounts and malicious behavior.
Shares fell 20% in the beginning of trade session, but then recovered some losses and cost $37,63. Earlier this year shares of Twitter grew 80%.
Number of monthly users was 335 million in second quarter, which is lower than 336 million in first quarter. Although it is 2,8% higher than a year ago, company is expecting further drop.
Twitter shows net income three quarters in a row. However, EBIDTA estimate for the third quarter is $235 million, lower than $268 million expected by analytics.
Despite of the fact that number of daily users grew by 11% compared with the last year, analytics accuse Twitter in absence of real improvments of company's product that wil prevent further gain in users.
International revenue grew by 44% in a quarter, while sales in the US, which is largest market, increased by 10%. Japan being a second largest market showed 65% gain in sales.