Why Twitter Investors May End Up Seriously Disappointed If There's a Sale

Investors may have been looking forward to the potential of a Twitter Inc. sale in recent months, but at least one analyst is saying that everyone's in for disappointment.

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. analyst Jason Helfstein said in a note that he was downgrading the stock to underperform, following the 21 percent boost to its share price delivered by reports of a potential sale. "Based on slowing user growth, poor product implementation/execution, decreasing user engagement, inferior advertising technology, platform safety issues, and strong competition," he established a new price target of $17 dollars, compared to a few cents north of $22 where the stock trades now.