TWTR faced its worst single-day decline in the past four years, falling +30% post-Q2-18 earnings.
On the surface, the report was solid; revenue grew 24% Y/Y (beating analyst expectations by 13.65M) and EPS of $0.17 beat by $0.01.
Despite the beat, the company was cautious over user growth in the third quarter due to cutting down on fake and spam users (MAU dropped by 1M Q/Q). Analyst had expected a 1M users gain.
The result of the MAU miss was TWTR falling from ~$42 down to ~$31.
A day after the decline many analysts stepped out in TWTR's defense saying that the sell-off was an overreaction to something that is overall very positive -- cleaning up the platform.
From my research, the average analyst price target is ~$42 (now representing ~30% upside from current levels).
Technically speaking, looking at RSI you can see that TWTR is right in oversold territory at 25 -- a level last reached back in 1/2016.
However, looking back further TWTR's RSI has hovered around a low of 20. So shares could actually go lower before resuming any upside. The lowest I think shares will go is $29-$30 - which is right at the 200-day moving average.
So from a risk/reward perspective, we are looking at potentially +30% on the upside vs. ~10% on the downside. That's an excellent risk/rewards for me.
Overall, owing TWTR as we move into mid-term elections in Nov seems like a no-brainer to me (not to mention Twitter is Trumps #1 platform to vent). TWTR is a powerful tool today. This company is worth owning long-term and is set up nicely for a short-term option trade.
Bottom line: I am now long the 1/18/19 $35 Calls.
I'll post updates periodically.
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