NASDAQ Most Active: Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)

Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is trying to change its luck. Investors may not want to be so quick to wager on the social-gaming company succeeding. By dropping $527 million in cash and stock to buy mobile-game maker NaturalMotion, Zynga is undertaking the largest acquisition of its short life span. The deal is nearly triple the size of its $183 million pickup of OMGPop in March 2012. That didn’t work out so well: Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) stock opened at $4.25 in last trading session, and closed at $4.40, trading in the range of $4.10 – $4.50. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 25.71%.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) shares hit an all-time high on Thursday after the social media network’s fourth quarter results came in ahead of analysts’ forecasts and demonstrated progress in both ad sales and mobile revenue. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) stock advanced 2.44% and finished the last session at $62.57. The EPS of the stock remained 0.59. Company’s market capitalization is $153.60 billion.

Satya Nadella recalls asking Steve Ballmer in a management performance review how he stacked up against “greats” from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s past. The chief executive called the question “nonsense,” because it didn’t focus on the future of the company. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares closed at $37.84 on last trade day, by gaining 2.66%. Stock 52 week range is $27.10 – $38.98. Company’s market capitalization is $314.10 billion.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO)‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by equities research analysts at TheStreet in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, American Banking News reports. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) stock opened at $21.61 in last trading session and closed at $21.91. The 52 week range of the stock is $19.98 – $26.49 and the day range was $21.61 – $21.99.

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