Wellcome Trust increased its position in Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) by 0.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,000,000 shares of the social networking company’s stock after buying an additional 55,134 shares during the period. Twitter makes up approximately 3.2% of Wellcome Trust’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Wellcome Trust owned 1.02% of Twitter worth $161,980,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of TWTR. Perigon Wealth Management boosted its stake in Twitter by 9.4% in the third quarter. Perigon Wealth Management now owns 39,903 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $1,075,000 after buying an additional 3,415 shares during the period. ING Groep acquired a new stake in Twitter during the third quarter worth $506,000. Eagle Asset Management boosted its stake in Twitter by 103.3% in the third quarter. Eagle Asset Management now owns 468,734 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $12,626,000 after buying an additional 238,119 shares during the period. Janus Capital Management boosted its stake in Twitter by 24.2% in the third quarter. Janus Capital Management now owns 377,534 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $10,171,000 after buying an additional 73,672 shares during the period. Finally, Kistler-Tiffany Companies boosted its stake in Twitter by 10.4% in the fourth quarter. Kistler-Tiffany Companies now owns 9,305 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $216,000 after buying an additional 880 shares during the period.

Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) opened at 17.84 on Monday. Twitter Inc has a 52-week low of $15.48 and a 52-week high of $53.49. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $21.83 and a 200 day moving average of $27.28. The firm’s market cap is $12.06 billion.

TWTR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Raymond James reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Twitter in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. Pacific Crest reduced their target price on Twitter from $40.00 to $36.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. Nomura reduced their target price on Twitter from $33.00 to $30.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. Macquarie reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $26.00 target price (down from $34.00) on shares of Twitter in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. Finally, Wells Fargo reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Twitter in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-six have issued a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.78.

In other news, CFO Anthony Noto bought 5,230 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 2nd. The stock was bought at an average cost of $29.09 per share, for a total transaction of $152,140.70. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief financial officer now directly owns 1,285,260 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,388,213.40. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, VP Kevin Weil sold 3,667 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.36, for a total transaction of $107,663.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 951,032 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,922,299.52. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. The Company offers products and services for users, advertisers, developers and platform and data partners. Products and services for users enables a way for people to create, distribute and discover content, which enables a user on Twitter to create a tweet and a user to follow other users. Products and services for advertisers consist of promoted products, which enable its advertisers to promote their brands, products and services, and extend the conversation around their advertising message. Products for platform partners and developers provide a set of tools, public application program interface (APIs) and embeddable widgets that developers use to contribute their content to its platform, syndicate and distribute its content across their properties. Products for data partners offer subscription access to its public data feed.

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