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1. I head that some government agency has to approve the IPO, so it might wait until after everything is finished.
2. What is Twitter's income stream? Do they sell advertising? (I don't use it, so don't know.) Facebook's issue was they weren't actually making much money when they went public.
Edit: From a Morningstar analyst:
"But the company has been mostly in the red, reporting a net loss of $79.4 million in 2012, although that was smaller than the $128.3 million loss it reported in 2011. For the first six months of 2013, Twitter reported a loss of $69.3 million, up from $49.1 million the year-earlier period."
Facebook has a lot more to offer and is used by a lot more people. That said, Twitter might turn out to be a good investment too. But I think they will need to branch out a bit over the long term.
I think its clear that both businesses have the potential to be profitable for the long haul, but setting a value to them is where it gets tricky.
I think Twitter is going to do very well as a company and as an investment if you buy shares. Twitter has figured out how to make money on mobile and mobile is only going to increase globally. FB stock price tumbled after their IPO because they still hadn't figured out how to make more money. IMO FB went public too early. As such, FB is now monetizing handsomely. Twitter will go in knowing how to make money from the get go.
-Cheers.
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