Facebook (FB) PT Lifted to $110 at Raymond James Into Q2 Print
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Raymond James analyst Aaron Kessler reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted his price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $110.00 (from $90.00) ahead of Q2 results (07/29), saying they expected video to drive strong results.
"We maintain our positive view on Facebook and based on industry data points and our checks we expect upside to our/consensus ad revenue estimate of ~40% y/y or 13% q/q," Kessler commented. "Additionally, we expect strength from advertisers' adoption of video ads and dynamic product ads. We maintain our Outperform rating and increase our price target from $90 to $110 (22.5x 2016 EBITDA). We believe a higher multiple is warranted given our increased confidence and expectation for upside to FB estimates."
For the quarter, the firm is estimating 2Q revenues of $3.97 billion, slightly below consensus of $3.99 billion. They estimate advertising revenues of $3.74 billion (+40% y/y vs. 46% y/y in 1Q), mobile ad revenue of ~$2.77 billion (+67% y/y vs. +81% y/y in 1Q), daily active users (DAUs) of 968 million (+16.6% y/y vs. +16.7% y/y in 1Q), adjusted EBITDA of $2.46 billion (+25% y/y vs. +29% y/y in 1Q), and non-GAAP EPS of $0.49 vs. consensus of $0.47.
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Shares of Facebook closed at $96.95 yesterday.
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