Twitter (TWTR) Stock Higher Today on Google Acquisition TalkBy twocents@thestreet (Sebastian Silva) NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Twitter are up 3.2% to $39.04 on Thursday amid renewed speculation that Google may be interested in buying the social media company, CNBC reports. Its not lost on Google that Twitter is the bestBy twocents@thestreet (Sebastian Silva) NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Twitter are up 3.2% to $39.04 on Thursday amid renewed speculation that Google may be interested in buying the social media company, CNBC reports. Its not lost on Google that Twitter is the best real-time search engine out there...there has been speculation as far back as 2009 that Google would buy Twitter from valuations of $10 billion to $20 billion pre-IPO, SunTrusts Bob Peck told CNBC. Peck said that the perennial rumor would likely take north of $40 billion to accomplish, and would be difficult although not impossible to achieve, CNBC said. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramers Best Stocks for 2015 STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. Twitter and Google both declined to comment, CNBC added. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates TWITTER INC as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: We rate TWITTER INC (TWTR) a SELL. This is driven by a number of negative factors, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been generally deteriorating net income. Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Internet Software & Services industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 171.6% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$64.60 million to -$175.46 million. TWITTER INC has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.10 versus -$1.05). Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stocks performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 40.02%, worse than the S&P 500s performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the companys earnings per share are down 141.66% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Despite currently having a low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, it is higher than that of the industry average, inferring that management of debt levels may need to be evaluated further. Even though the debt-to-equity ratio shows mixed results, the companys quick ratio of 8.98 is very high and demonstrates very strong liquidity. Compared to other companies in the Internet Software & Services industry and the overall market, TWITTER INCs return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500. You can view the full analysis from the report here: TWTR Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. Click to view a price quote on TWTR. ift.tt/1gB4pon
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