Now that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and LinkedIn Corp(NYSE:LNKD) are officially off the market, speculation that Twitter Inc(NYSE:TWTR) will be the next big buyout is on the rise. When it comes to potential buyers, much of the speculation is about the usual suspects:Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB).
However, salesforce.com, inc.(NYSE:CRM), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) could be three dark horse buyers that see TWTR as a good fit.
Salesforce.com, inc. (CRM): Jim Cramer’s TWTR Buyout Pick
Q2 earnings brought another revenue miss, downbeat forecast and market selloff for TWTR stock. CNBC analyst Jim Cramer thinks it’s time for Twitter to change direction completely. Cramer told CNBC that he believes Twitter should bail on its current business model and switch to e-commerce.
“They have to get out of this business. Go to transactions. This is a home run business,” Cramer explained.
He suggested that CRM should buy Twitter and integrate it with a company that has products to sell. As a marketing and sales tool, Twitter’s 313 million monthly active users could be very valuable to the right buyer. Cramer believes that TWTR’s only issue is that management can’t figure out how to monetize their user base. He believes a combination with CRM would unlock true user value.
News Corp (NWSA): The Next Generation Of News
The News Corp buyout rumors have been circulating…
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