Most Volatile Stocks: Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)

Citi Research analysts Michael Rollins, Simon Weeden, Noel Culhane and Kevin Toomey rate Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) as a Buy as Verizon’s pending purchase of Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) (LON:VOD)’s minority interest in Verizon Wireless is expected to close on Friday, Feb 21. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock opened at $46.42 in last session, and closed at $46.29, while the day range of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock is $46.19 – $46.76. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 0.67%.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) said new international and federal investigations have been launched into its foreign exchange and mortgage practices, respectively. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) stock opened at $16.50 in last session, and closed at $16.34 by losing -1.15%. The 52 week range of $10.98 – $17.42. Company’s market capitalization is $173.74B.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) paid a staggering $19 billion to buy WhatsApp, a company that generated only about $20 million in revenues last year. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) stock decreased -1.31% and finished the last session at $69.85. The EPS of the stock remained 0.66. Company’s market capitalization is $171.69B.

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) will release a low-cost phone in Indonesia in April and plans a broader release of a phone that restores a beloved row of control keys with a track pad. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock opened the session at $10.38, and closed the session at $10.60. The 52 week range of the BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock remained $5.44 – $16.82 and the day range was $10.25 – $10.90.