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Needham & Company Remains Bullish on Facebook (FB) Ahead of 2Q15 Results

July 8, 2015 8:49 AM EDT
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Needham & Company reiterates a Buy rating and $93.00 price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) ahead of 2Q15 earnings results. Analyst Laura Martin maintains revenue estimates of $4B, and Non-GAAP EPS estimate of $0.39.

Martin commented, "We maintain our FB estimates for 2Q15 of revenue of $4B (up 38% y/y), Non-GAAP Operating Income of $2.1B (up 22% y/y), and Non-GAAP EPS estimate of $0.39 (down 6% y/y). We also maintain our FY15 estimates of revenue of $17.04B (up 37% y/y), Non-GAAP Operating Income of $8.9B (up 24% y/y), and NonGAAP EPS of $1.76 (up 2% y/y). We maintain our Buy rating and $93 Target Price based on FB’s 1.44B person global reach and optionality upside provided by their 4 key properties, each of which has premium shelf-space status on the first two screens of most SmartPhones, and 3 of which have no meaningful monetization today."

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Shares of Facebook closed at $87.22 yesterday.



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