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Twitter (TWTR) Q4 2021 earnings

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Twitter reported earningsThe fourth quarter of 2021 was Thursday. Analyst estimates for earnings, revenue, and user growth were missed by the company.

Premarket trading was a great time for shares to rise more than 4%.

These are the main numbers

  • Earnings per share:A Refinitiv survey showed that 33 cents are adjusted to 35 cents as expected.
  • Revenue:According to Refinitv, $1.57 Billion vs. $1.58 Billion expected
  • Monetizable Daily Users (mDAUs),According to StreetAccount, 217 Million vs. 218.6 Milion expected

Refinitv reported that the revenue guidance provided by the company for next quarter ranged from $1.17 to $1.27 Billion, while analysts were expecting about $1.26 Billion.

Twitter announced that it will be offering a $4 billion share purchase program. The company stated that half of it will be an accelerated share purchase and the rest would be repurchased over time.

In spite of the missed user growth figures, Ned Segal, the CFO stated in an earnings release that the company’s previously set goals to reach 315 million mDAUs by Q4 2023 as well as $7.5 billion revenue by 2023 remain the same.

This is the first report on underestimating. new CEO Parag Agrawal after Jack Dorsey stepped down from the role in November. Agrawal was previously the chief technology officer and was a major player in Project Bluesky’s attempts to establish a social media protocol that is decentralized through Project Bluesky.

Agrawal was inheritedDorsey has ambitious internal goals including increasing Twitter’s monetizable daily users to 315 by 2023.

Twitter reports follow those of the Facebook-owner MetaAnd SnapBoth reported on macroeconomic issues like disruptions in supply chains that could impact advertiser budgets.

However, they did not report the same degree of impact. Apple’siOS privacy update that will make it difficult to limit ads for iPhones. Meta stated that it expects to need to wait a while before it can make a decision. $10 billion revenue hitAs a result, Snap said its direct response advertising business was recovering It happened faster than we expected.

Twitter saidLast quarter, the Apple changes had a lower impact than anticipated. The fourth quarter should see a smaller impact.

The story continues to develop. Keep checking back for more updates.

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