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Twitter (Twitter) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -23.68% (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Twitter Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Twitter's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $-1,080 Mil. Twitter's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $4,562 Mil. Therefore, Twitter's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was -23.68%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

TWTR's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 3.43
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

Twitter Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Twitter Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Twitter Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.03 25.81 22.68 -16.23 -3.53

Twitter Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.14 -35.30 12.35 39.17 -23.68

Competitive Comparison of Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twitter's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Twitter Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Twitter's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2021 )  (A: Dec. 2020 )(A: Dec. 2021 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2021 )  (A: Dec. 2020 )(A: Dec. 2021 )
=-221.409/( (6599.398+5936.355 )/ 2 )
=-221.409/6267.8765
=-3.53 %

Twitter's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2022 )  (Q: Mar. 2022 )(Q: Jun. 2022 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2022 )  (Q: Mar. 2022 )(Q: Jun. 2022 )
=-1080.028/( (4546.729+4576.4)/ 2 )
=-1080.028/4561.5645
=-23.68 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2022) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Twitter  (NYSE:TWTR) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Twitter (Twitter) Business Description

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Address
1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103
Twitter is an open distribution platform for and a conversational platform around short-form text (a maximum of 280 characters), image, and video content. Its users can create different social networks based on their interests, thereby creating an interest graph. Many prominent celebrities and public figures have Twitter accounts. Twitter generates revenue from advertising (90%) and licensing the user data that it compiles (10%).
Executives
Parag Agrawal director, officer: Former Chief Executive Officer C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Vijaya Gadde officer: Former Chief Legal Officer C/O TWITTER INC, 1355 MARKET STREET SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Ned D. Segal officer: Former Chief Financial Officer 1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jack Dorsey other: Possible member of 10% group C/O TWITTER INC, 1355 MARKET STREET SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Nick V. Caldwell officer: General Manager of Core Tech C/O HUBSPOT, INC., 25 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Kayvon Beykpour officer: General Manager of Consumer C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Saud H R H Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al other: Possible member of 10% group C/O KINGDOM HOLDING COMPANY, KINGDOM CTR FLOOR 66 P O BOX 2, RIYADH T0 11321
Robert Kaiden officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O INSPIRATO INCORPORATED, 1544 WAZEE STREET, DENVER CO 80202
Bruce Falck officer: General Manager of Revenue C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Michael Montano officer: Engineering Lead C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
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