NASDAQ:FBFacebook Stock Price, Forecast & News

Facebook's stock was trading at $170.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FB stock has increased by 52.7% and is now trading at $259.89.
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48 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, 42 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, November 4th 2020.
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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The social networking company reported $1.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.36. The social networking company earned $18.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.29 billion. Facebook had a return on equity of 22.90% and a net margin of 31.29%.
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48 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $325.00. On average, they expect Facebook's stock price to reach $277.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price.
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News headlines about FB stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the social networking company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Facebook saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 26,520,000 shares, a drop of 12.9% from the April 15th total of 30,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 24,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), Twitter (TWTR), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Envestnet (ENV), Stamps.com (STMP), LogMeIn (LOGM), LivePerson (LPSN), J2 Global (JCOM), Cimpress (CMPR) and SPS Commerce (SPSC).
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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), 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.52%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Swiss National Bank (0.33%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.22%) and Sanders Capital LLC (0.20%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Banco Santander S.A., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., State of Michigan Retirement System, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., H&H International Investment LLC, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Facebook company stock in the last year include David B Fischer, David M Wehner, Jennifer Newstead, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Sheryl Sandberg, and Susan JS Taylor.
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FB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Discovery Value Fund, Provident Trust Co., Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd, and Tesco Pension Investment Ltd.
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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 $259.89.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $740.38 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]