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 shares have 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The social networking company reported $2.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.53 by $0.03. The social networking company earned $21.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $20.90 billion. Facebook had a net margin of 26.15% and a return on equity of 19.97%. The business's revenue was up 24.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.38 earnings per share. View Facebook's earnings history.

48 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Facebook's stock. Their forecasts range from $170.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Facebook's stock 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.

Press coverage about FB stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Facebook earned a coverage optimism score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news 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 near future. 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 trading volume, of 23,768,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 investors 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]