Is Twitter a Buy After the Post-Earnings Plunge?

Everything seemed in place for Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) to soar on its first-quarter earnings report. Digital advertising in general has been booming, as strong reports from Alphabet and Facebook showed last week, and the first quarter included a number of major news events like the Capitol insurrection and President Biden's inauguration, which helped draw people to Twitter. Despite that momentum, Twitter stock came up short.