Facebook Stock Forecast, Price & News

Facebook's stock was trading at $170.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FB stock has increased by 50.9% and is now trading at $256.82.
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46 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, 40 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The social networking company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 31.29% and a return on equity of 22.90%.
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46 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $330.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's share price to reach $283.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about FB stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a media sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines 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 effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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Facebook saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,390,000 shares, a drop of 11.3% from the August 31st total of 25,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 26,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Stamps.com (STMP), Envestnet (ENV), LogMeIn (LOGM), LivePerson (LPSN), J2 Global (JCOM), SPS Commerce (SPSC) and Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD).
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.60%), BlackRock Inc. (5.66%), FMR LLC (4.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.52%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.39%). 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 Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Harvard Management Co. Inc., Banco Santander S.A., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Vanguard Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, and Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Facebook company stock in the last year include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, GQG Partners LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, BlackRock Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, and Third Point 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 $256.82.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $731.63 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]