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 stock has increased by 37.1% and is now trading at $233.42. 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 analyst estimates of $17.25 billion. Facebook had a net margin of 28.57% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The firm's revenue was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.89 EPS. View Facebook's earnings history.

44 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's share price to reach $247.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Facebook.

Media coverage about FB stock has been trending negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the social networking company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Facebook.

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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.00%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Boltwood Capital Management (0.00%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (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 Park National Corp OH, Boltwood Capital Management, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC, and Thomasville National Bank. 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 $233.42.

Facebook has a market capitalization of $665.04 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]