Snap Flops Again, Stock Tanks 20 Percent on Limp Q3 User Growth

Disappearing messaging app adds only 4.5 million users for third quarter

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Evan Spiegel’s social network continues to make investor money disappear, as Snap reported hugely disappointing earnings for the third quarter in a row, sending its stock down nearly 20 percent after hours.

After the bell, Snap reported $207.9 million in revenue and a loss of 14 cents a share for the three months ended Sept. 30 —  falling short of analyst estimates of $237 million in revenue, but slightly beating earnings estimates of 15 cents a share.

Snap reported 178 million daily active users — less than the 180.5 million it projected. It added 4.5 million DAUs for the quarter, representing only a 3 percent increase over last quarter.

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