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 (WHO). Since then, FB shares have increased by 48.0% and is now trading at $251.96.
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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, November 4th 2020.
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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The social networking company reported $1.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.36. The social networking company earned $18.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $17.29 billion. Facebook had a return on equity of 22.90% and a net margin of 31.29%.
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46 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Facebook's shares. Their forecasts range from $178.00 to $325.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's stock price to reach $274.26 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about FB stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing 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 news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the social networking company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Facebook saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,670,000 shares, a drop of 11.5% from the June 30th total of 30,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.1% 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), CoStar Group (CSGP), Twitter (TWTR), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Stamps.com (STMP), Envestnet (ENV), 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), 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.14%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.08%) and Strs Ohio (0.08%). 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, State of Michigan Retirement System, Buckingham Asset Management LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Hexavest Inc., Glynn Capital Management LLC, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. 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, SG Americas Securities LLC, Provident Trust Co., First Trust Advisors LP, Northside Capital Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, ProShare Advisors LLC, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V..
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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 $251.96.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $717.86 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]