FB - Facebook, Inc.
| Previous Close | 163.95 |
| Open | 164.51 |
| Bid | 162.36 x 800 |
| Ask | 162.47 x 1000 |
| Day's Range | 160.86 - 164.70 |
| 52 Week Range | 123.02 - 218.62 |
| Volume | 15,504,415 |
| Avg. Volume | 25,167,254 |
| Market Cap | 463.773B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.23 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 21.47 |
| EPS (TTM) | 7.57 |
| Earnings Date | Apr 23, 2019 - Apr 29, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | N/A (N/A) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | N/A |
| 1y Target Est | 197.94 |
- TheStreet.com•9 hours ago
Amazon's Big News Week, Facebook and the FTC, Retail Earnings, Pepsi - ICYMI
Big tech saw some big developments this week. Retailers TJX, BURL, ROS, KSS are poised to report earnings. Watch the video for more.
- Kiplinger•20 hours ago
Earnings Reports for the Week of Feb. 18-22 (O, ROKU, WMT)
Check out our weekly earnings calendar and read the latest quarterly earnings previews.
- Investor's Business Daily•21 hours ago
FANG Stocks: Lack Of YouTube Transparency Could Haunt Google
Google-parent Alphabet continues to keep YouTube financials a guessing game. Google may well be the least transparent of the FANG stocks, which also include Amazon, Facebook and Netflix.
- American City Business Journals•22 hours ago
With Facebook on board, downtown Austin's Third + Shoal tower could sell for record price
A 29-story office tower downtown boasting Facebook as its largest tenant is on the market, and the sale price could be a record for Austin. It was previously reported that Facebook had dibs on buying the building, so it may have passed on the deal.
- Barrons.com•22 hours ago
Facebook Could Pay Billions Over Privacy. Investors Aren’t Too Worried.
Facebook faces a record multibillion-dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission, but investors don’t seem deeply concerned.
- Zacks•22 hours ago
Top Stock Reports for Alphabet, Facebook & Cisco
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- MarketWatch•yesterday
Early Facebook investor turned critic describes how government should approach tech giants, and how we should use their services
Roger McNamee, a longtime tech investor and one of the early backers of Facebook Inc., was a very early voice warning about privacy and data collection problems on the world’s largest social network that eventually erupted in the public eye. Now, he is trying to help carve out some solutions.
- TheStreet.com•yesterday
Relative Price Gains Favor Apple, Google and Tesla Over Amazon and Netflix
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- Investor's Business Daily•yesterday
Warren Buffett, Top Funds Bought And Sold These Stocks In Q4
Warren Buffett and top hedge funds sold tech stocks like Apple, Netflix, Facebook and Alibaba in Q4, though the "Oracle of Omaha" bought bank stocks and GM.
- American City Business Journals•yesterday
This week in NYC funding news: 3Den, Overtime, Oxido
Two venture capital firms launched new funds this week. Silicon Valley-based Future Ventures, co-founded by Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko, raised $200 million to invest in "frontier technologies," including machine intelligence, food, computational biology, and aerospace.
GuruFocus.com•yesterdayHedge Funds Loved Facebook and Google Last Quarter
Any hedge fund with more than $100 million in assets under management has to file a 13F with the SEC detailing its top U.S. equity positions. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with HUBB. Looking through the 13Fs that have been filed so far, for example, we can see that one of the most-bought stocks last quarter was social network Facebook (FB).
- InvestorPlace•yesterday
Twitter Stock Still Has a Valuation Problem
I've been skeptical about Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) stock for some time now. Admittedly, even though TWTR stock has been range-bound since late July, I've been too skeptical towards it, as Twitter stock has rallied over the last two years, roughly doubling during that period.As I wrote in December, the gains of Twitter stock have been deserved, at least to some extent. The company's total user base (as represented by MAUs, or monthly active users) hasn't grown much. But its engagement is up, as shown by increases in its DAUs (daily active users). And Twitter has become a better, more valuable partner for advertisers.Yet that success hasn't done much for TWTR stock of late. Its Q3 earnings, which were reported in October, sent Twitter stock soaring. Yet a 10% decline after the Q4 release earlier this month wiped out most of those gains. Twitter stock now actually is down 7.4% over the past twelve months.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips * 10 Hot Stocks Leading the Market's Blitz Higher There's one big reason why: valuation. TWTR looked hugely expensive at $45 in June, but even at $31, where it currently trades, it's not exactly cheap. And with Twitter's earnings growth likely to be muted in 2019, it's tough to see how concerns about its valuation will ease any time soon. The Valuation of TWTR StockTwitter stock still trades at about 17 times its enterprise value-EBITDA ratio. After backing out close to $5 per share of net cash, TWTR trades at about 30 times analysts' 2019 earnings-per-share consensus of 89 cents. (Those estimates may come down as analysts adjust their models.)Neither of those metrics is cheap. Based on both of the above criteria, Twitter is more expensive than Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), which continues to grow faster. It's more expensive than Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL,GOOG), whose revenue is also rising faster than that of TWTR. The 30 times forward P/E multiple of Twitter stock is above the S&P 500's average valuation.At the very least, the valuation of Twitter stock suggests either that Twitter will grow for years or that Twitter will be sold. But an acquisition still seems unlikely: TWTR was clearly on the auction block in 2016, only to see Alphabet, Disney (NYSE:DIS), and Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) all pass on a deal.And so, TWTR has to grow to justify the valuation of TWTR stock. Even though Twitter's business has improved, that seems like a lot to ask after the company's Q4 report. How Twitter Stock Can Move HigherFrom a broad standpoint, there are three ways that Twitter's earnings can increase. It can attract more users. It can make more money from its users. Or it can lower costs as a percentage of its revenue, either by increasing its revenue more quickly or by cutting its costs.Again, Twitter has had some success. What the company now calls mDAU (monetizable daily active usage) rose 9% year-over-year in Q4, and about 10% for the full year. Monthly active users (which Twitter no longer will disclose ) declined, in part due to the removal of bots and fake accounts. The two figures show that the users who visit Twitter are using it more often.But the MAU figure also highlights a key problem: Twitter isn't attracting users who weren't previously familiar with the service. That alone suggests a potential headwind to growth.On the revenue per user front, Twitter is also making progress. Its Q4 revenue rose 24%, driven by the 9% increase of mDAU. The shift to video - a strategy of which I admittedly was highly skeptical - is attracting advertisers and increasing the company's revenue.But Twitter delivered relatively disappointing Q1 guidance. Its Q1 revenue guidance of $715-$765 million represents an increase of 7.5%-16.5%, slower growth than the company has posted in recent quarters. It looks as if the improvements in the monetization of its users are fading, another reason to believe that the company's overall revenue growth is going to decelerate. High Spending Will Dent Twitter's EarningsMeanwhile, Twitter's costs are set to move higher, both on an absolute basis and as a percentage of its revenue. Specifically, TWTR expects its GAAP and non-GAAP operating expenses to rise 20% in 2019.That means its costs likely are going to rise faster than its revenue will. The higher spending is being partly caused by Twitter's efforts to improve its IT security and users' experience.As a result, Twitter's Q4 earnings look a bit like the Q2 report that caused Facebook stock to plunge in July. Facebook's revenue growth slowed, and it warned that it would have to spend a great deal more money to protect its platform. Consequently, FB stock lost the most money in a single day in stock-market history.The selloff of TWTR stock obviously wasn't nearly as bad. Nor should it have been; Twitter's spending isn't spiking to anywhere near the same extent as Facebook's did.But it's worth noting that Facebook stock still trades below where it did after that plunge. And while the stories of the two stocks aren't identical, the results could be similar. Twitter stock still is pricing in quite a bit of earnings growth. The company is saying that that growth isn't coming, at least in 2019. That divergence could keep on a lid on TWTR stock for quite some time.As of this writing, Vince Martin has no positions in any securities mentioned. More From InvestorPlace * 2 Toxic Pot Stocks You Should Avoid * Should You Buy, Sell, Or Hold These 7 Medical Cannabis Stocks? * 7 Strong Buy Stocks With Over 20% Upside * 7 Reasons Stock Buybacks Should Be Illegal Compare Brokers The post Twitter Stock Still Has a Valuation Problem appeared first on InvestorPlace.
- Market Realist•yesterday
Is Warren Buffett Still Optimistic about Apple?
Is Warren Buffett Still Optimistic about Apple?Warren Buffett On February 14, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) released its fourth-quarter 13F. The company trimming its stake in Apple (AAPL) and exiting Oracle (ORCL) were the most notable changes.
- Yahoo Finance Video•23 hours ago
Facebook tracks users who may threaten workers
After a Facebook user made a threat to the company’s Europe office back in 2018, the social media tech giant confirmed to mining its network for threatening comments and in some cases uses its products to track the location of people they believe could be a threat. Yahoo Finance's Adam Shapiro, Julie Hyman and Brian Cheung discuss.
