Twitter (TWTR) Tops Q1 EPS by 5c

(Updated - April 25, 2018 6:58 AM EDT)

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) reported Q1 EPS of $0.16, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.11. Revenue for the quarter came in at $664.9 million versus the consensus estimate of $604.07 million.

DAU grew 10% year-over-year, marking another quarter of double-digit year-over-year growth. We continue to make Twitter easier to use with the launch of Bookmarks and video timestamps, and we’re making it easier to follow topics, interests, and events with new, curated timelines of Tweets around breaking news events across different parts of Twitter.

Average MAUs were 336 million for Q1, an increase of 3% year-over-year and an increase of 6 million compared to 330 million in the previous quarter.

Outlook

For Q2, we expect:

• Adjusted EBITDA to be between $245 million and $265 million
• Adjusted EBITDA margin to be between 37% and 38%
• Stock-based compensation expense to be in the range of $85 million to $95 million

For FY 2018, we expect:

• Stock-based compensation expense to be in the range of $350 million to $450 million
• Capital expenditures to be between $375 million and $450 million

For earnings history and earnings-related data on Twitter (TWTR) click here.

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