If Snap wants better earnings, Wall Street watchers say it needs more users

Ryan Kailath May 11, 2017
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If Snap wants better earnings, Wall Street watchers say it needs more users

Ryan Kailath May 11, 2017
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Snapchat’s first quarter earnings fell short of expectations on many fronts, and that has investors wondering if Instagram and its owner, Facebook, are beating Snap at its own game. Instagram and Facebook have copied many popular features of Snapchat and its “stories” platform, and they have the bigger user base in place that Snap wants to get. 

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