On: Twitter misses ad revenue and user growth estimate...

[nradov]

From an investor standpoint, dividends and stock buybacks are roughly equivalent. Both are ways of returning cash to investors. Buybacks can be more tax efficient for investors using taxable accounts.

[PKop → nradov]

I don't think the confusion is around the concept, but the characterization of "them" as an instance of one, given the stock has performed terribly.

They are simply in no way that matters a "dividend stock" literally or figuratively.

Many are familiar with the concept of buybacks, but Twitter seems to be a "growth" stock that hasn't grown.