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Bartosiak: Trading Facebook's (FB) Earnings with Options

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On Wednesday May 3rd, Facebook will release its first quarter earnings results after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 3 (Hold), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of B.

In our video David will take a look at the current state of Facebook, their past earnings announcements, and he’ll give us his thoughts on their upcoming earnings call. Furthermore, David will also give us insight on how to play the options market.

Facebook in Focus

Facebook Inc. operates a social networking website worldwide. The Company's products for users are free of charge and available on the Web, mobile Web, and mobile platforms, such as Android and iOS. Its website enables users to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other. The Facebook Platform is a set of tools and application programming interfaces that developers can use to build social apps on Facebook or to integrate their Websites with Facebook. It offers products that enable advertisers and marketers to engage with its users. Facebook Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook is expected to report earnings at $0.88 per share according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Last quarter they reported earnings at $1.24, beating expectations by $0.13. Their average EPS surprise is 19.53%.

Facebook, Inc. Price and EPS Surprise

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Bottom Line

How should investors play Facebook ahead of their earnings report? For insights on the best options trades, then tune in 1:00pm today to see David’s thoughts.

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