{"id":45831,"date":"2022-07-30T20:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=45831"},"modified":"2022-07-30T20:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:01:18","slug":"how-much-is-twitter-worth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2","title":{"rendered":"How Much Is Twitter Worth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1c34e4ddcc6\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1c34e4ddcc6\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1c34e4ddcc6\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2\/#How_Much_Is_Twitter_Worth\" title=\"How Much Is Twitter Worth?\">How Much Is Twitter Worth?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2\/#Elon_Musk_offers_43_billion_to_buy_Twitter\" title=\"Elon Musk offers $43 billion to buy Twitter\">Elon Musk offers $43 billion to buy Twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2\/#NeXt_Up_Research_values_Twitter_at_526-674_million\" title=\"NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $526-$674 million\">NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $526-$674 million<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2\/#NeXt_Up_Research_values_Twitter_at_11_billion\" title=\"NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $1.1 billion\">NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $1.1 billion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2\/#NeXt_Up_Research_values_Twitter_at_12_billion\" title=\"NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $1.2 billion\">NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $1.2 billion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-much-is-twitter-worth-2\/#Wall_Street_analysts_value_Twitter_at_11_billion\" title=\"Wall Street analysts value Twitter at $1.1 billion\">Wall Street analysts value Twitter at $1.1 billion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Much_Is_Twitter_Worth\"><\/span>How Much Is Twitter Worth?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CewoWRW.jpg\" alt=\"how much is twitter wirth\" align=\"left\" style=\"height:auto; max-height:294px; margin:0px 10px; max-width:33% width:auto;\">  <\/p>\n<p>The latest buzz on Twitter&#8217;s worth is about Elon Musk&#8217;s offer to buy the company for $43 billion. However, that&#8217;s a long way off. The company is valued by a new study by NeXt Up Research between $526 million and $674 million. This puts Twitter&#8217;s valuation somewhere between $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion. So what&#8217;s the real value of Twitter? Read on to find out!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Elon_Musk_offers_43_billion_to_buy_Twitter\"><\/span>Elon Musk offers $43 billion to buy Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Twitter shareholder, you might have heard about Elon Musk&#8217;s offer to buy the company. Musk has made a $43 billion bid for the social media site. However, Twitter&#8217;s board of directors has yet to consider Musk&#8217;s offer, and the board of directors will need to make sure that it&#8217;s in the best interests of its shareholders. Some Twitter shareholders have said they&#8217;d vote against Musk&#8217;s offer, and others have expressed concerns about the value of Twitter&#8217;s stock.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk is the world&#8217;s richest man, and he has just announced his offer to buy Twitter. Elon Musk has been a contributor to the Twitter platform for 10 days. He has been critical of the company&#8217;s leadership and critics. He&#8217;s also the largest individual shareholder of the company, and he has defended free speech, and now he&#8217;s trying to buy Twitter to transform it into a private company.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NeXt_Up_Research_values_Twitter_at_526-674_million\"><\/span>NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $526-$674 million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A recent valuation by Next Up Research puts the company&#8217;s value at between $526 million and $674 million. That is between 47 percent and 61 percent less than its September valuation. This is in line with the fact that Insight Venture Partners invested $100 million in Twitter. While Twitter is not yet profitable, the firm expects that it will turn a profit by 2013.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NeXt_Up_Research_values_Twitter_at_11_billion\"><\/span>NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $1.1 billion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NeXt Up Research, a company founded by Michael Moe, has valued Twitter at anywhere between $526 million and $674 million. That&#8217;s roughly 47 to 61% less than its September valuation. Twitter recently announced that it will sell 70 million shares for $17 to $20 per share. The value of the shares could translate to more than $11 billion in the long term. While the price range is relatively low, Twitter&#8217;s lack of revenues may make this valuation more reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other major tech companies, Twitter has been giving away a lot of its value. This has led to new businesses based on its technology. Not Boring, for example, finds readers and sponsors on Twitter and transfers the transaction to Substack, an ad platform. This type of ad platform requires an Aggregator, a third party who aggregates demand and collects tax to send it to its final destination. But Twitter isn&#8217;t a good Aggregator, despite having a large user base. Its ad products are not scalable enough to support the growth of the company.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NeXt_Up_Research_values_Twitter_at_12_billion\"><\/span>NeXt Up Research values Twitter at $1.2 billion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As of February 1, Twitter has a valuation of $1.2 billion, a significant amount of which comes from the valuation of its user base. Twitter has experienced a huge jump in its user base since 2011 and was facing a declining user base in 2015 before hitting a new record high of 229 million. However, Twitter&#8217;s user base isn&#8217;t what attracted Elon Musk to the company. While Twitter has a shaky financial history and unpredictable cash flow, that&#8217;s not what attracted him in the first place. Twitter&#8217;s first-quarter earnings report is scheduled for Thursday, and analysts are predicting a profit of $40 million on revenue of $1.2 billion. According to FactSet, that profit is likely to be higher than the $128 million reported by the company.<\/p>\n<p>Although Twitter&#8217;s revenue has increased to over $5 billion in a few years, the company&#8217;s valuation isn&#8217;t based on the company&#8217;s ability to drive revenue growth. Indeed, while Twitter&#8217;s share price is a premium in the social media space, this valuation isn&#8217;t even close to that. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snap trade at higher forward EV\/S multiples than Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wall_Street_analysts_value_Twitter_at_11_billion\"><\/span>Wall Street analysts value Twitter at $1.1 billion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Twitter has been a popular social networking site, but it has been suffering from disappointing financial performance. Its stock has lost about 50 times its annual revenue in the past few years, and the recent market downturn has weighed on its revenues. During its latest earnings call, management didn&#8217;t mention the possibility of a recession, which would negatively affect the ad revenue that the social networking site depends on. While economists predict an early recession, Twitter management didn&#8217;t mention it specifically.<\/p>\n<p>A number of senior executives have resigned recently, including Kayvon Beykpour and Bruce Falck, two general managers for its consumer business. These moves have likely sunk Twitter&#8217;s morale and reduced its ability to pursue new advertising deals. If the deal goes through, Twitter could face pressure to settle for a lower price, a fact that Musk may not want. After all, Twitter doesn&#8217;t have many other options.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe height=\"284\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7FChJ5nlRg\" width=\"508\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Much Is Twitter Worth? The latest buzz on Twitter&#8217;s worth is about Elon Musk&#8217;s offer to buy the company for $43 billion. However, that&#8217;s a long way off. 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