Facebook Stock Forecast, Price & 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 increased by 54.6% and is now trading at $263.11.
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46 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Facebook in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 40 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Facebook is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021.
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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 29th. The social networking company reported $2.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.77. The social networking company earned $21.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $19.78 billion. Facebook had a return on equity of 22.90% and a net margin of 31.29%. Facebook's revenue for the quarter was up 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.12 EPS.
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46 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Facebook's shares. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $350.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's stock price to reach $295.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about FB stock have trended negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the social networking company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Facebook saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,390,000 shares, a drop of 11.3% from the August 31st total of 25,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 26,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Envestnet (ENV), Stamps.com (STMP), LivePerson (LPSN), J2 Global (JCOM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) and Cimpress (CMPR).
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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), Tesla (TSLA), Canopy Growth (CGC), The Walt Disney (DIS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Alphabet (GOOG).

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

Facebook's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.08%), Toronto Dominion Bank (0.08%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.06%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.06%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%). Company insiders that own Facebook stock include Christopher K Cox, Colin Stretch, David B Fischer, David M Wehner, Jennifer Newstead, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Todd Schroepfer, Peter Thiel, Sheryl Sandberg and Susan JS Taylor.
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FB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Hexavest Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Psagot Investment House Ltd., Intermede Investment Partners Ltd, and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Facebook company stock in the last year include David B Fischer, David M Wehner, Jennifer Newstead, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Todd Schroepfer, Peter Thiel, and Susan JS Taylor.
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FB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ARK Investment Management LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Railway Pension Investments Ltd, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda, and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale.
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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 $263.11.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $749.55 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.

The official website for Facebook is 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 650-618-7714 or via email at [email protected]