NASDAQ:FBFacebook Stock Price, Forecast & News

Facebook's stock was trading at $170.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FB shares have increased by 44.2% and is now trading at $245.39. 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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The social networking company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.78 by $0.07. The social networking company earned $17.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $17.25 billion. Facebook had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 28.57%. Facebook's revenue for the quarter was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.89 EPS. View Facebook's earnings history.

44 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's stock price to reach $248.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Facebook.

News coverage about FB stock has trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the social networking company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Facebook.

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

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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 DNB Asset Management AS (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Neumann Advisory Hong Kong Ltd (0.01%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%) and Rockland Trust Co. (0.00%). 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 Hexavest Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Neumann Advisory Hong Kong Ltd, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Park National Corp OH, 6 Meridian, Rockland Trust Co., and Nexus Investment Management ULC. 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 acquired 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., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, and Ellevest Inc.. 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 $245.39.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $699.14 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]