Twitter's Lost Almost 50% Since Dorsey Became CEO Again

On June 10, 2015, Dick Costolo announced that he was stepping down from his position as CEO of Twitter Inc TWTR effective July 1, 2015. On that (the latter) date, Jack Dorsey, one of the company’s co-founders took over as Interim CEO.

After an arduous search, which received a lot of media attention, the company decided that it would be best if Dorsey assumed a permanent CEO position. He was officially named Chief Executive Officer on October 5, 2015.

On the day that followed Dorsey’s permanent appointment, shares of Twitter fell 1.88 percent. By December 31, they were already down 17.8 percent. However, the worst was yet to come.

Since the beginning of 2016, Twitter’s stock has plummeted more than 35.75, taking the losses since Dorsey was appointed as the permanent CEO to 43.5 percent. Moreover, since he took over as interim CEO on July 1, 2015, shares of Twitter lost more than 59 percent of their value.

The Impact Of Q1

On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter announced its first quarter financial results, and while EPS of $0.15 came in $0.05 above estimates, revenue of $594.5 million missed expectations by $13.34 million.

Shares dropped 16.28 percent on Wednesday trading.

However, it was not only the revenue miss that drove the stock down. Weak guidance, a warning of soft advertising spend, and several analyst downgrades and price target and estimates reductions, also impacted on the share price.

 

Disclosure: Javier Hasse holds no positions in any of the securities mentioned above.

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