Facebook’s sales have increased to $7.9 billion from $5.1 billion, at the same time the company has been on an unprecedented buying spree. Apart from buying smaller companies such as Titan Aerospace and Ascenta — for $60 million and $20 million respectively — Facebook has made a couple of multi-billion dollar acquisitions in the form of WhatsApp and Oculus VR. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) shares after opening at $60.46 moved to $62.66 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $62.62. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 20.28 and price to cash ratio as 13.95. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) showed a negative weekly performance of -3.50%.
Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is finally stepping up its game and according to the Wall Street Journal is in preliminary talks to acquire online-video service News Distribution Network Inc. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) shares advanced 1.64% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.49. YHOO return on equity ratio is recorded as 10.20% and its return on assets is 8.50%. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) yearly performance is 53.45%.
Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) announced its newest line of deals for the discriminating shopper: the Elite Deal Series . The Groupon Elite Deal Series will be an ongoing collection of luxury items, featuring premium-plus pricing. Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) shares moved up 3.83% in last trading session and was closed at $8.14, while trading in range of $7.90 – 8.14. Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) year to date (YTD) performance is -30.84%.
Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) went public about 18 months following Facebook and soared 63% in its first six weeks of trading. The offer price for TWTR stock was $26 per share, but the stock opened at $44 on Nov. 6, 2013. By the end of December, the stock was over $73 per share. While Twitter holds the distinction as second-largest Internet IPO, it lags far behind Facebook, having raised $1.8 billion. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) weekly performance is -1.88%. On last trading day company shares ended up $46.98. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -15.38%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $50.96.
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