Twitter valued at $11bn - The Scotsman Social networking website Twitter is to be valued at $10.9 billion (£6.3bn) after unveiling plans to raise up to $1.6bn by floating on the American stock market. The company is pricing its shares at between $17 and $20, giving a more-modest valuation than $15bn expected by some analysts. Twitter is thought to be keen to avoid a repeat of the share price fall that followed last year's Facebook flotation. Some 70 million shares will go on sale, raising up to $1.4bn, with a further 10.5 million allotment also available, taking the total potential haul to $1.6bn. Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG, said: "The talking point on the floors will be the conservative valuation, with Twitter valued at 9.5-times 2014 sales, some 27 per cent below the current consensus forward projection for Facebook. This should have absolutely no problems getting away.