Facebook (FB) Faces Revenue Slump on Weak Demand For Digital Ads

Brown Advisory recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The Flexible Equity Fund posted a return of 25.16% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 20.53% in the same quarter. You should check out Brown Advisory’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.

In the said letter, Brown Advisory highlighted a few stocks and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is one of them. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is a social media company. Year-to-date, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock gained 16.7% and on July 21st it had a closing price of $241.75. Here is what Brown Advisory said:

“Facebook reported first-quarter earnings at the end of April which were better than investors feared and more importantly, trends stabilized in the beginning of the month. Facebook reported flat year-over-year revenue growth through the first few weeks of April, as weakening ad budgets in some verticals offset strong user engagement.”

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Earlier this week, we published an article revealing that Polen Capital Management turned cautious about Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock amid Facebook ad boycott.

In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)  stock increased by about 8% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in Facebook’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)  is ranked #3 among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.

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