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Facebook's (FB) Price Target Raised to $145 at Deutsche Bank

January 28, 2016 8:59 AM EST

Deutsche Bank maintained a Buy rating on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and raised its price target to $145.00 (from $125.00). The change follows strong Q4 results. Analyst Ross Sandler noted that this was Facebook's biggest upside print in three years.

"The bull case on... More

Facebook (FB): Heavy Investment More than Offset By Accelerating Rev Growth - Baird

January 28, 2016 8:09 AM EST

Baird analyst, Colin Sebastian, highlighted Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) as its top pick after accelerating revenue growth and margins came in ahead of expectations. No change to Outperform rating but the price target increases to $120 from $116.

Mobile momentum drove Q4 upside. Q4 revenues and EPS of $5.8 billion (+60% Y/Y ex-FX vs. +51% in 3Q15) and $0.79 were above consensus of $5.3 billion and $0.68. Key highlights include mobile ad... More

Jefferies Boosts PT on Facebook (FB) to $145

January 28, 2016 7:44 AM EST

Jefferies US Internet Team reiterated a Buy rating and boosted its price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $145.00 (from $135.00) following strong reslts.

The analysts commented: "This 2015 holiday season could be remembered as a watershed moment when advertisers truly embraced mobile... More

Facebook 'likes' push Wall Street higher

January 28, 2016 7:38 AM EST

By Noel Randewich

(Reuters) - Wall Street climbed on Thursday as a blockbuster quarterly report from Facebook drove tech shares higher and a bounce in oil prices propped up the beleaguered energy sector.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) surged 15.5 percent in its biggest one-day leap since 2013 after the digital advertising behemoth smashed expectations with a 52-percent jump in fourth-quarter revenue.

Helped also by a 4.28-percent gain in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the S&P tech sector surged 1.48 percent.

The S&P energy sector... More

Mobile, Instagram Drives Facebook's (FB) Big Beat, Piper Jaffray's Munster Comments; PT Raised to $170

January 28, 2016 7:28 AM EST

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reiterated an Overweight rating and boosted his price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $170.00 (from $155.00) following strong results after the close as mobile/Instagram adds fuel to revenue growth rate.

Munster commented, "Facebook beat Q4 revenue estimates by 9% driven by... More

RBC's Mahaney Raises Facebook (FB) PT to $160

January 28, 2016 6:57 AM EST

RBC Capital analyst Mark Mahaney reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted his price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $160.00 (from $130.00) following strong results after the close.

Mahaney commented, "FB reported Strong Beat Q4 results, with Revenue 9% above the Street and Operating Income 16% above the Street, an impressive result, in our view. Intrinsic fundamentals were also very impressive. 66%! That was both the... More

Facebook shares jump 15.5 percent after strong results

January 28, 2016 6:55 AM EST

By Sayantani Ghosh

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares surged 15.5 percent on Thursday, their biggest percentage increase since July 2013, after the social networking service posted quarterly results that blew away expectations on every key measure.

Facebook shares closed at $109.11, putting its market capitalization at about $308.6 billion. That would make it the fourth most valuable technology company, overtaking Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), which was valued at about $296 billion ahead of its results on... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $150 at Macquarie Amid 'Remarkably Strong Quarter'

January 28, 2016 6:22 AM EST

Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted his price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $150.00 (from $120.00) following results.

Schachter commented, "Facebook posted a remarkably strong quarter in terms of across the board revenue strength as well as opex controls. The revenue reacceleration was a complete surprise and highlights FBs utility for advertisers around the world. Importantly, mgmt commentary on 16 revs and... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $140 at Credit Suisse on Strong Q4

January 28, 2016 6:18 AM EST

Credit Suisse analyst S. Ju reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted its price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $140.00 (from $135.00) following strong results after the close.

Ju commented, "Facebook reported better-than-expected results with revenue and Adj. EPS of $5.84b and $0.79 respectively vs. cons... More

Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $140 at Evercore ISI Amid 'Blowout' Qtr

January 28, 2016 6:08 AM EST

Evercore ISI analyst Ken Sena reiterated a Buy rating and boosted his price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $140.00 (from $130.00) following "blowout" results after the close.

Sena commented, "Facebooks quarter was a blowout with revenues increasing 60% x-FX vs. our / Street 48%. The advertiser is no longer... More

Facebook (FB) Tops Q4 EPS by 11c

January 27, 2016 4:06 PM EST

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reported Q4 EPS of $0.79, $0.11 better than the analyst estimate of $0.68. Revenue for the quarter came in at $5.84 billion versus the consensus estimate of $5.37 billion.

For Q4:

Mobile advertising revenue Mobile advertising revenue represented approximately 80%... More