Facebook (FB) Stock Up,Tests New Tools to Improve Breakup Experience
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Facebook (FB) - Get Report shares are rising 0.98% to $107.30 on Friday as the social networking giant is trying out new ways to ease users' experience when relationships come to an end.
When two people part ways or change their relationship status on Facebook, it's unclear how much control they have over the content they see regarding their exes or the content they want to disclose.
Facebook is now testing out new features on how former partners can interact. For instance, users don't necessarily have to unfriend them or block them. Instead, they can choose to see less of the person's name or profile picture, the company said.
In addition, users can have the choice of limiting photos, videos or status updates that a former partner will see on their news feed.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates FACEBOOK INC as a Buy with a ratings score of B+. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
We rate FACEBOOK INC (FB) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 15.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 40.5%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- FB's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.00 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 9.96, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 75.64% to $2,192.00 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, FACEBOOK INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 3.04%.
- FACEBOOK INC's earnings per share improvement from the most recent quarter was slightly positive. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, FACEBOOK INC increased its bottom line by earning $1.10 versus $0.59 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.17 versus $1.10).
- The gross profit margin for FACEBOOK INC is currently very high, coming in at 94.80%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 19.90% trails the industry average.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: FB