NASDAQ:FB - Facebook Stock Price, Forecast & News

Facebook's stock was trading at $170.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FB shares have decreased by 2.0% and is now trading at $166.80. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

48 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Facebook in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 45 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Facebook.

Facebook is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Facebook.

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The social networking company reported $2.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.53 by $0.03. The social networking company earned $21.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.90 billion. Facebook had a net margin of 26.15% and a return on equity of 19.97%. The firm's revenue was up 24.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.38 earnings per share. View Facebook's earnings history.

48 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $170.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Facebook's share price to reach $238.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Facebook.

Media stories about FB stock have trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the social networking company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutFacebook.

Facebook saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 30,175,000 shares, an increase of 14.8% from the February 27th total of 26,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 23,768,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Facebook's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), Verisign (VRSN), Twitter (TWTR), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SEA (SE), LogMeIn (LOGM), J2 Global (JCOM), Envestnet (ENV), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Stamps.com (STMP), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Cimpress (CMPR) and NIC (EGOV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Facebook investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Netflix (NFLX), Canopy Growth (CGC), Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS) and Alphabet (GOOG).

Facebook trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FB."

Shares of FB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $166.80.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $475.45 billion and generates $70.70 billion in revenue each year. The social networking company earns $18.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.43 on an earnings per share basis. Facebook employs 44,942 workers across the globe. View additional information about Facebook.

The official website for Facebook is http://www.facebook.com/.

Facebook's mailing address is 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA, 94025. The social networking company can be reached via phone at 650-543-4800 or via email at [email protected]