NASDAQ:FB - Facebook Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The social networking company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.21. The social networking company had revenue of $17.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.35 billion. Facebook had a return on equity of 20.39% and a net margin of 27.08%. The firm's revenue was up 28.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.76 earnings per share. View Facebook's Earnings History.

Facebook is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Facebook.

Facebook will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 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.

49 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Facebook's shares. Their forecasts range from $164.62 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's stock price to reach $238.58 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Facebook.

49 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Facebook in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 46 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Facebook.

Headlines about FB stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a coverage optimism score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the social networking company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Facebook.

Facebook saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 26,820,000 shares, a decrease of 10.4% from the December 15th total of 29,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.1% 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), Twitter (TWTR), Verisign (VRSN), CoStar Group (CSGP), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SEA (SE), J2 Global (JCOM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), LogMeIn (LOGM), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Envestnet (ENV), Cimpress (CMPR), LivePerson (LPSN) and Yelp (YELP).

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), Bank of America (BAC), Alphabet (GOOG) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Facebook's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.11%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Facebook stock include Christopher K Cox, Colin Stretch, David B Fischer, David M Wehner, Jan Koum, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Occidental Asset Management LLC, Evanson Asset Management LLC, Country Trust Bank and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Facebook company stock in the last year include Christopher K Cox, Colin Stretch, David B Fischer, David M Wehner, Jennifer Newstead, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Sheryl Sandberg and Susan JS Taylor. View Insider Buying and Selling for Facebook.

FB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Belmont Capital LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. and Pensionfund Sabic. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $222.14.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $633.49 billion and generates $55.84 billion in revenue each year. The social networking company earns $22.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.57 on an earnings per share basis. Facebook employs 35,587 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Facebook.

The official website for Facebook is http://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]