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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), the social networking giant reported 4th quarter results

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), the social networking giant reported 4th quarter results and posted earnings per share of 17 cents, more than the estimates of 15 cents. Revenue reported the gain of 40% and came in at $1.59 billion year over year, and ahead of projections for $1.53 billion. Though, fourth quarter profit fell 79%, pulled down by higher costs.

FB shares declined after analysts at Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) Brian Pitz and Brian Fitzgerald downgraded their rating on Facebook from a “Buy” to “Hold.”

BMO Capital (NYSE:BMO) analyst Daniel Salmon also downgraded stock of FB from “Outperform” to “Market Perform.”

In the last trading session, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) slipped -0.83% to close at $30.98 and its total traded volume was 190.74 million shares.

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) moved up +0.25% with the closing price of $755.69. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.63 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $556.52-$19.86. The total market capitalization remained $248.32 billion.

GOOG is ahead its 52 week low with 35.79% and its last month price volatility remained 1.11%. Its beta coefficient was 1.04 with a target price of $820.29. In its share capital GOOG has 328.59 million outstanding shares while 264.18 million shares have been floated in market. GOOG has insider ownership of 0.05% with its institutional ownership remained 85.63%. Company’s current year earnings per share grew with 9.10% while the five year EPS growth rate was +14.70%.

Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) shares surged after it has been rated as an important part of business strategy by 41% of the small to medium sized companies. In the last trading session, Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) moved up +0.27% and closed at $123.79 with the total traded volume of 1.14 million shares. LNKD has earnings per share of $0.15 and its price to earnings ratio ended at 804.82. LNKD has positive year-to0date performance of 7.81%.

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