NASDAQ:FBFacebook Stock Price, Forecast & News

Facebook's stock was trading at $170.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FB shares have increased by 57.7% and is now trading at $268.44.
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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 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 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Facebook's shares. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $325.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's share price to reach $276.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about FB stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the social networking company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Facebook saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 26,670,000 shares, a decline of 11.5% from the July 15th total of 30,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock 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 retail and institutional 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%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.18%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.15%). 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, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Buckingham Asset Management LLC, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. 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 acquired 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., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, and Fisher Asset Management LLC.
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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 $268.44.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $764.81 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]