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. Since then, FB shares have increased by 44.0% and is now trading at $245.07. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

44 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 and 40 buy ratings 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 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Facebook.

Facebook will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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

44 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Facebook's shares. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Facebook's share price to reach $248.76 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Facebook.

Headlines about FB stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Facebook.

Facebook saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 27,700,000 shares, a decrease of 7.9% from the June 15th total of 30,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 24,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Facebook's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), Twitter (TWTR), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), LogMeIn (LOGM), Envestnet (ENV), Stamps.com (STMP), LivePerson (LPSN), J2 Global (JCOM), SPS Commerce (SPSC) and Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD). View all competitors.

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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Neumann Advisory Hong Kong Ltd (0.01%) and Hexavest Inc. (0.01%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Hexavest Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Neumann Advisory Hong Kong Ltd, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Park National Corp OH, 6 Meridian, and Rockland Trust Co.. 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Canandaigua National Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Whittier Trust Co., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, and Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC. 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 $245.07.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $698.23 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]