NASDAQ:FB - Facebook 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 stock has decreased by 7.9% and is now trading at $156.79. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

48 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Facebook in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 45 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, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Facebook.

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The social networking company reported $2.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.53 by $0.03. The social networking company earned $21.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.90 billion. Facebook had a return on equity of 19.97% and a net margin of 26.15%. The firm's revenue was up 24.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.38 EPS. View Facebook's earnings history.

48 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Facebook's shares. Their forecasts range from $170.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Facebook's share price to reach $242.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 54.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Facebook.

Media stories about FB stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the social networking company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutFacebook.

Facebook saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 30,175,000 shares, an increase of 14.8% from the February 27th total of 26,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 23,768,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Facebook's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), Twitter (TWTR), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SEA (SE), LogMeIn (LOGM), J2 Global (JCOM), Envestnet (ENV), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Stamps.com (STMP), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Cimpress (CMPR) 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), Walt Disney (DIS) and Alphabet (GOOG).

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

Facebook's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.33%), State Street Corp (3.31%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.56%), Capital World Investors (1.64%), Capital International Investors (1.59%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.20%). 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 Jennison Associates LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Polen Capital Management LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, First Trust Advisors LP, AJO LP, Baillie Gifford & Co., and Swiss National Bank. 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 activity for Facebook.

FB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Capital World Investors, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $156.79.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $446.92 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. 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]