FB - Facebook, Inc.
172.58 +12.89 (8.07%)
Pre-market: 9:03AM EDT
| Previous close | 159.69 |
| Open | 160.14 |
| Bid | 171.56 x 100 |
| Ask | 171.60 x 200 |
| Day's range | 156.19 - 161.06 |
| 52-week range | 144.42 - 195.32 |
| Volume | 41,083,581 |
| Avg. volume | 35,975,724 |
| Market cap | 462.999B |
| Beta | 0.77 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 29.63 |
| EPS (TTM) | 5.39 |
| Earnings date | 1 May 2018 - 7 May 2018 |
| Forward dividend & yield | N/A (N/A) |
| Ex-dividend date | N/A |
| 1y target est | 216.06 |
TechCrunch•16 hours agoFacebook warns GDPR could flatten or reduce European user count
Europe's sweeping privacy law GDPR goes into effect May 25th, and Facebook is
Yahoo Finance•17 hours agoFacebook beats earnings expectations, stock jumps
In Q1, Facebook reported 2.2 billion monthly active users, which was in line with expectations.
- Market Realist•3 minutes ago
Why Google’s Nest Is Considering Nokia Health Acquisition
Google’s (GOOGL) Nest, a smart home company, is considering bidding for Withings, Nokia’s (NOK) smart health business. Withings has been struggling since Nokia acquired it in 2016. Apart from Google’s Nest, which is known for its smart thermostats and smoke detectors, two French companies and one non-European company have joined the race to acquire Nokia’s smart health business, according to industry sources.
- MarketWatch•11 minutes ago
U.S. stocks on track for modest opening gains as Facebook buoys tech sector
U.S. stock-index futures traded modestly higher Thursday, with Facebook Inc. buttressing investor sentiment after better-than-expected corporate results. Another deluge of corporate earnings are hitting before the bell, with General Motors dropping after its results. Futures for the Nasdaq-100 index (NQM18.CME) rose 46 points, or 0.7%, to 6,602, buoyed by a solid premarket gain for Facebook Inc. (FB) and other tech giants that reported Wednesday after the close.
- Forbes•19 minutes ago
Why The Chewed-Over FAANG Stocks Will Rebound
The once-high-riding FAANG stocks have taken a hit lately. Here's why you should look for a turnaround.
- Zacks•44 minutes ago
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- Investor's Business Daily•57 minutes ago
Nasdaq Futures Rack Beefy Gains; Facebook, PayPal, Chipotle Rising
Nasdaq futures geared for a strong bounce at Thursday's open, with Facebook and chip stocks rising toward early gains.
Reuters•1 hour agoFutures bounce as tech results shine
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a strong open for the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Thursday as a slew of upbeat earnings from Facebook and Qualcomm helped set aside worries over rising U.S. bond yields and ...
Market Realist•2 hours agoAmazon Acquires Smart Doorbell Maker Ring for ~$1 Billion
Online retail giant Amazon (AMZN) recently completed its acquisition of smart doorbell maker Ring for more than $1.0 billion, making it Amazon’s second-most-expensive acquisition after its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods.
Reuters•2 hours agoFacebook to clearly label political advertising in Britain, CTO says
Facebook will introduce new measures to improve transparency around adverts in Britain by June this year and require political ads to be clearly labeled, the firm's Chief Technology Officer told a parliamentary committee. In a written submission to the British parliament's media committee, Mike Schroepfer said those wanting to run political adverts would have to complete an authorization process and the messages would also have to display who paid for them. "I want to start by echoing our CEO, Mark Zuckerberg: what happened with Cambridge Analytica represents a breach of trust, and we are deeply sorry.
Reuters•2 hours agoFacebook to clearly label political advertising in Britain, CTO says
Facebook will introduce new measures to improve transparency around adverts in Britain by June this year and require political ads to be clearly labeled, the firm's Chief Technology Officer told a parliamentary committee. In a written submission to the British parliament's media committee, Mike Schroepfer said those wanting to run political adverts would have to complete an authorization process and the messages would also have to display who paid for them. "I want to start by echoing our CEO, Mark Zuckerberg: what happened with Cambridge Analytica represents a breach of trust, and we are deeply sorry.
- Reuters•2 hours ago
Facebook CTO says decisions on political ads are not to do with money
LONDON (Reuters) - Political adverts are not an important revenue stream for Facebook so decisions on the issue are not about money, the company's chief technology officer said on Thursday. "This ...
- Reuters•2 hours ago
Facebook CTO says sorry journalists feel firm is trying to suppress the truth
Facebook did not intend its behavior toward the media to be interpreted as trying to stop the truth about a data scandal from coming out, the company's chief technology officer said on Thursday. Asked by a lawmaker on a British parliamentary committee whether Facebook would apologize for its "bullying" behavior toward the press, Mike Schroepfer said: "I am sorry that journalists feel that we are trying to prevent them from getting the truth out.
- Reuters•2 hours ago
Facebook CTO says sorry journalists feel firm is trying to suppress the truth
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook did not intend its behavior toward the media to be interpreted as trying to stop the truth about a data scandal from coming out, the company's chief technology officer said ...
- Reuters•2 hours ago
Facebook CTO says decisions on political ads are not to do with money
Political adverts are not an important revenue stream for Facebook so decisions on the issue are not about money, the company's chief technology officer said on Thursday. "This is not an issue of ...
- Market Realist•2 hours ago
Where Alphabet’s Valuation Stands among Peers
On April 23, Alphabet’s (GOOG) stock closed down 0.51% at $1,067.45 for the day. However, on a year-to-date basis, Alphabet’s stock price grew 2.0%, compared to the S&P 500’s return of -0.1%. Stock prices for peers Twitter (TWTR), Amazon (AMZN), and Alibaba (BABA) were up 30.0%, 29.8%, and 1.8%, respectively. However, Facebook (FB) was down nearly 6% on a YTD basis as of April 23.
Sky News•2 hours agoFacebook to require authorisation and labels for political adverts
Political adverts on Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB - news) will have to be labelled as such and display who paid for them, a senior company official has said. Chief (Taiwan OTC: 3345.TWO - news) technology officer Mike Schroepfer faced questions from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Thursday, with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg having turned down requests to appear. Mr Schroepfer told MPs (BSE: MPSLTD.BO - news) that new measures to boost transparency on the social network would be introduced in the UK by July this year.
- MarketWatch•2 hours ago
This overlooked stock in an increasingly hot sector is ready to bust out
Like Facebook, which is on a tear in premarket after dazzling investors with bulletproof earnings, such as a 49% revenue pop. Helping complete that FAANG earnings picture, Amazon and Microsoft are due after the close, with Apple finishing things off next Tuesday.
- The Independent•2 hours ago
Facebook profits soar 63% to $5bn despite Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal
Facebook profits soared 63 per cent to $5bn (£3.6bn) in the first three months of the year despite the company being engulfed in a data privacy scandal that has angered millions of users. Allegations that up to 87 million Facebook users’ data was collected without their knowledge and then used by Cambridge Analytica to try to sway the US Presidential election and the Brexit vote, did little to slow the tech company’s rapid growth. Total revenues jumped 49 per cent compared to the same three months last year, Facebook reported on Wednesday.
- CNBC•2 hours ago
Facebook runs ad campaign that sort of says sorry for data misuse scandal
Facebook is running an advertising campaign that acknowledges it has had a problem with fake news and the misuse of data and goes some way to apologizing for these issues.
- Reuters - UK Focus•2 hours ago
Facebook to clearly label political advertising in Britain, CTO says
Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB - news) will introduce new measures to improve transparency around adverts in Britain by June this year and require political ads to be clearly labelled, the firm's Chief Technology Officer told a parliamentary committee. In a written submission to the British parliament's media committee, Mike Schroepfer said those wanting to run political adverts would have to complete an authorisation process and the messages would also have to display who paid for them. "I want to start by echoing our CEO, Mark Zuckerberg: what happened with Cambridge Analytica represents a breach of trust, and we are deeply sorry.
