Speculative Call Buying Activity in Facebook (FB) Into Earnings Announcement Today After Market Close - Susquehanna

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $195 at Piper Jaffray

Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $195.00 (from $190.00) while maintaining a Overweight rating following the company's 4Q. Revenue growth came in at 30% y/y (vs. 33% in Q3'18) or $16.9B vs. consensus at $16.4B. GAAP... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $190 at Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $190.00 (from $175.00) while maintaining a Overweight rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. FB posted stronger revenue, EBIT, EPS and engagement, and results showed evidence that Stories is starting to drive... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $195 at Macquarie Following 4Q Report

Macquarie analyst Benjamin Schachter raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $195.00 (from $190.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. 4Q revenues and EPS were 3.9% and $0.34 above Macquarie's expectations, respectively.

The bottom line is that... More

KeyBanc Reiterates Overweight on Facebook (FB) Following 4Q

KeyBanc analyst, Andy Hargreaves, reiterated an Overweight rating and $195.00 price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) following the company's 4Q. Total user growth remained remarkably stable, up 191M MAU in the quarter, which was in line with expectations. Ad revenue of $16.6B was 2% above estimates of... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $195 at JMP Securities Following 4Q

JMP Securities analyst Ronald Josey raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $195.00 (from $176.00) while maintaining a Market Outperform rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. Revenue and profitability came in 3% and 7%, respectively, above consensus projections. EPS of $2.38 compares to consensus of... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $200 at RBC Capital Following 4Q

RBC Capital analyst Mark Mahaney raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $200.00 (from $190.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating following the company's 4Q report. FB reported results above Street largely across the board. Q4 Revenue & GAAP Op Income came in well above... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $200 at Raymond James Following 4Q

Raymond James analyst Aaron Kessler raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $200.00 (from $180.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. Total revenue of $16.9B (~3% above Street estimates) increased 30% y/y (33% y/y fxn vs. 34.5% y/y in 3Q).... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $120 at Pivotal Research Following 4Q

Pivotal Research analyst Brian Wieser raised the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $120.00 (from $113.00) while maintaining a Sell rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. Results were good for the current quarter on revenue, profit and cashflow vs. expectations, although nothing in the results... More

UPDATE: Apple (AAPL) revoked Facebook's (FB) iOS Developer Certificate - Cheddar

(Updated - January 30, 2019 9:51 AM EST)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) revoked Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) iOS Developer Certificate -... More

Facebook (FB) PT Lowered to $160 at MoffettNathanson

MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson lowered the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $160.00 (from $165.00) while maintaining a Neutral rating.

Facebook (FB) collecting data on teens in a very sketchy way - TechCrunch

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) on watch as TechCrunch editor said the company has been collecting data on teens in a very sketchy way.

Facebook has been collecting data on teens in a very sketchy way. Stay tuned for an exclusive TechCrunch investigation

Facebook (FB) Integration of Messaging Services Will Be Watched by DOJ: Delrahim - Bloomberg

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Integration of Messaging Services Will Be Watched by DOJ: Delrahim - Bloomberg

UPDATE: Facebook (FB) Mentioned Positively at Cleveland Research

(Updated - January 28, 2019 9:36 AM EST)

Cleveland Research analyst Chandler Converse maintains Buy on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB).

The analyst says the 2019 outlook is below consensus due to headwinds and increasing competition. He notes that strong pricing supports Q4 revenue growth and remains Buy... More

Facebook (FB) Earnings Could Spark A Rally - Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs analyst, Heather Bellini, reiterated her Buy rating on shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and expects upside to her revenue forecast after field work indicates Instagram will drive upside to results on increasing ad load on Instagram Stories. This combined with higher... More

Facebook (FB) Earnings Preview - Nomura

Nomura/Instinet analyst, Mark Kelly, reiterated his Neutral rating on shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) ahead of 4Q earnings on Wednesday, January 30th, after the close.

The analyst stated "We think Facebook is one of the more controversial stocks in our coverage... More

Facebook (FB) PT Lowered to $208 at Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju lowered the price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $208.00 (from $210.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating ahead of Q4 results.

The firm's FY18 Adj. EPS is now $8.65 vs. prior $8.66.