How to buy Twitter stock | 45.81

Twitter, Inc is an internet content & information business based in the US. Twitter shares (TWTR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Twitter employs 4,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$3.4 billion.

How to buy shares in Twitter

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Twitter. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TWTR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Twitter reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$45.81, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Twitter, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Twitter. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Twitter's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Twitter's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$45.81, which is 16.37% up on its pre-crash value of USD$38.31 and 129.05% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$20.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Twitter shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$746.63 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,385.29.

Twitter share price

Use our graph to track the performance of TWTR stocks over time.

Twitter shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-17.

Latest market close	USD$45.81
52-week range	USD$20 - USD$51.51
50-day moving average	USD$45.6869
200-day moving average	USD$38.1208
Wall St. target price	USD$43.26
PE ratio	21.913
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.611

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Is it a good time to buy Twitter stock?

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Twitter price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $45.81 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-11-17)	6.91%
1 month (2020-10-23)	-9.18%
3 months (2020-08-24)	13.14%
6 months (2020-05-22)	40.44%

1 year (2019-11-22)	52.55%
2 years (2018-11-23)	47.20%
3 years (2017-11-24)	104.33%
5 years (2015-11-24)	79.51%

Is Twitter under- or over-valued?

Valuing Twitter stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Twitter's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Twitter's P/E ratio

Twitter's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Twitter shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Twitter's PEG ratio

Twitter's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.64. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Twitter's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Twitter's EBITDA

Twitter's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$294.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Twitter's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Twitter financials

Revenue TTM	USD$3.4 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$2.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	-0.37%
Return on equity TTM	-15.27%
Profit margin	-36.07%
Book value	$9.858
Market capitalisation	USD$34.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Twitter shares

There are currently 22.1 million Twitter shares held short by investors – that's known as Twitter's "short interest". This figure is 24.1% down from 29.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Twitter shares can be evaluated.

Twitter's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Twitter's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Twitter shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Twitter shares traded daily (recently around 20.8 million). Twitter's SIR currently stands at 1.06. In other words for every 100,000 Twitter shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1060 shares are currently held short.

However Twitter's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Twitter shares, or, against the total number of tradable Twitter shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Twitter's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Twitter shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0317% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Twitter shares, roughly 32 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Twitter.

Find out more about how you can short Twitter stock.

Twitter's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Twitter.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Twitter's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 25.25

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Twitter's overall score of 25.25 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 38th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Twitter is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Twitter's environmental score

Environmental score: 4.5/100

Twitter's environmental score of 4.5 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Twitter is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Twitter's social score

Social score: 13.25/100

Twitter's social score of 13.25 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Twitter is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Twitter's governance score

Governance score: 7.49/100

Twitter's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Twitter is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Twitter's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Twitter scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Twitter hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Twitter, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	25.25
Total ESG percentile	37.98
Environmental score	4.5
Environmental score percentile	3
Social score	13.25
Social score percentile	3
Governance score	7.49
Governance score percentile	3
Level of controversy	3

Twitter share dividends

We're not expecting Twitter to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Twitter share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Twitter's shares have ranged in value from as little as $20 up to $51.51. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Twitter's is 0.8377. This would suggest that Twitter's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Twitter overview

Twitter, Inc. operates as a platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time United States and internationally. The company offers various products and services, including Twitter, a platform that allows users to consume, create, distribute, and discover content; and Periscope, a mobile application that enables user to broadcast and watch video live with others. It also provides promoted products and services, such as promoted tweets, promoted accounts, and promoted trends, which enable its advertisers to promote their brands, products, and services. In addition, the company offers a set of tools and public application programming interfaces for developers to contribute their content to its platform, syndicate and distribute Twitter content across their properties, and enhance their Websites and applications with Twitter content. Further, it provides subscription access to its public data feed for data partners. Twitter, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Twitter is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.59% of Twitter shares are held by insiders and 76.209% by institutions.

• How many people work for Twitter?

  Latest data suggests 4,900 work at Twitter.

• When does the fiscal year end for Twitter?

  Twitter's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Twitter based?

  Twitter's address is: 1355 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94103

• What is Twitter's ISIN number?

  Twitter's international securities identification number is: US90184L1026

• What is Twitter's CUSIP number?

  Twitter's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 90184L102