Facebook Inc (FB), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), & More: Here’s Why Investors Are Buzzing about These Stocks

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) shares are in the red after analysts at Macquarie downgraded the stock to ‘Underperform’ from ‘Neutral’, saying that the company might run into some difficulty in the near term due to increasing competition and higher content costs. Due to those factors, the analysts don’t think Netflix will be able to grow as fast internationally as the market expects. However, in the long term, Macquarie is still optimistic and the investment bank retained its $85 price target. A total of 54 investors tracked by us own shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) as of the end of June, down by 10 funds from the previous quarter.

Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) is in the spotlight after the company gave an optimistic forecast on Chinese demand for civilian aircraft for the next two decades. According to the company, Chinese airlines will buy more than $1 trillion worth of jets, which includes 6,810 planes. The new estimate is 7.6% higher than Boeing’s last-year forecast of 6,330 planes. The number of funds tracked by us with holdings in Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) rose by three quarter-over-quarter to 40 at the end of June.

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)‘s Instagram division has rolled out a revision that allows users to search for specific wording/phrases and hide those potentially offensive comments on their posts. Instagram has done so in part to prevent cyber-bullying, which has been a growing problem lately. Facebook’s purchase of Instagram in 2012 has paid off substantially, as the value of the social photo sharing site is worth significantly more than the $1.0 billion Mark Zuckerberg and Co paid for it. At the end of June, 148 funds from our database owned shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), down by 16 funds from the previous quarter.

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