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 stock has increased by 50.5% and is now trading at $256.13.
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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) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The social networking company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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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48 analysts have issued 1-year 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about FB stock has been trending very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the social networking company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Facebook saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 26,670,000 shares, a decrease of 11.5% from the July 15th total of 30,150,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 25,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include 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%), Sanders Capital LLC (0.20%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.18%). 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., State of Michigan Retirement System, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., H&H International Investment LLC, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc., and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Discovery Value Fund, Provident Trust Co., Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., and First Trust Advisors LP.
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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 $256.13.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $729.67 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]