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It’s often cited that Twitter/X lost 80% of its value since Musk took over. Is this possible to confirm? If it’s private now, are there ways to judge its succes
by ks2048 2y ago
It’s often cited that Twitter/X lost 80% of its value since Musk took over. Is this possible to confirm? If it’s private now, are there ways to judge its success or estimate its value?
- snowwrestler 2y agoThere were news reports last year that Fidelity marked down their equity holdings in X by over 70%.
- drak0n1c 2y agoPre-Aquisition Twitter $5 billion revenue $682 million EBITDA 2024 X $2.7 billion revenue $1.25 billion EBITDA Last week Alwaleed bin Talal a longtime Twitter and X investor said his holdings have held value after the acquisition and he considers it in the process of doubling. Some banks also reported selling their debt in 2024 for 97 cents on the dollar. Interview: https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1887210068485009599 https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1887210068485009599 https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2025/musks-x-doubled-in-value-with-payments-and-video-integration-saudi-prince-says https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2025/musks-x-doubled-i...
- xiphias2 2y agoWhile this is true, (and I don't want to try to be politically neutral here), if we look at Elon's enormous increase in power and also significant increase in wealth, it would definately be positive ROI for him. He went through a lot of stress thought being leveraged in the stock market crash.
- raydev 2y agoWhere are you getting the $2.7 billion number? This article from Jan 30 says 1.2 billion: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/x-financials-under-musk-signal-170308738.html?guccounter=1 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/x-financials-under-musk-signa...
- senordevnyc 2y agoThat 2021 figure is after a legal settlement. If you don’t include that, the EBITDA was $1.47 billion.