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 (WHO). Since then, FB shares have increased by 68.4% and is now trading at $286.55.
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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, February 3rd 2021.
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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The social networking company reported $2.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.77. The social networking company earned $21.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $19.78 billion. Facebook had a net margin of 32.00% and a return on equity of 23.27%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.12 earnings per share.
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46 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $350.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's stock price to reach $295.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price.
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Facebook saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,940,000 shares, an increase of 19.5% from the October 31st total of 21,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 22,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Facebook include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Envestnet (ENV), J2 Global (JCOM), LivePerson (LPSN), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Stamps.com (STMP), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) and Yelp (YELP).
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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), The 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.35%), Morgan Stanley (0.74%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.72%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.55%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.43%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.41%). 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, State Street Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, SRS Investment Management LLC, Veritas Asset Management LLP, and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.. 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, and Susan JS Taylor.
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FB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SB Management Ltd, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Morgan Stanley, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Jennison Associates LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, SG Americas Securities LLC, and Point72 Asset Management L.P..
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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 $286.55.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $816.18 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]