NASDAQ:FBFacebook Stock Price, Forecast & News

Facebook's stock was trading at $170.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FB stock has increased by 35.2% and is now trading at $230.16. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

45 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Facebook in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings, 40 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating 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, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Facebook.

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The social networking company reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.07. The social networking company earned $17.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $17.25 billion. Facebook had a net margin of 28.57% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The company's revenue was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.89 EPS. View Facebook's earnings history.

45 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Facebook's share price to reach $243.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Facebook.

Media stories about FB stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the social networking company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutFacebook.

Facebook saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,520,000 shares, a decline of 12.9% from the April 30th total of 30,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 24,360,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Facebook's Current Options Chain.

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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), Canopy Growth (CGC), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (dis), Alphabet (GOOG) and Visa (V).

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

Facebook's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.35%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.54%), Capital International Investors (1.81%), Capital World Investors (1.42%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.22%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.76%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Facebook.

FB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Viking Global Investors LP, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Two Sigma Advisers LP, APG Asset Management N.V., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, and APG Asset Management N.V.. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for Facebook.

FB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Wellington Management Group LLP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Public Investment Fund, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Baupost Group LLC MA, Polen Capital Management LLC, and Swiss National Bank. View insider buying and selling activity for Facebook.

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 $230.16.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $655.75 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 650-543-4800 or via email at [email protected]