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This analyst recommends buying the dip on facebook

This analyst recommends buying the dip on facebook
Ruchi Gupta
Oct 07, 2021, 10:40 AM
  • JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth recommends buying facebook.
  • Analyst says despite the ongoing concerns the stock has major upside.
  • The tech giant’s stock has dipped from $380 to $330 since August.

American multinational investment bank and financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (NYSE: JPM) analyst Doug Anmuth said on Thursday to buy the dip on tech giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). The analyst said that despite the ongoing concerns around the company he thinks that there is major upside on the stock.

What Doug Anmuths note says:

JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth reiterated his rating for Facebook to overweight in a note on Thursday. He recommended the investors to buy the dip in the stock and even said that despite the company being under fire on multiple occasions, there is still major upside in the stock.

Anmuth even mentioned in his note regarding Apple’s recent ad tracking rules and how it may affect Facebook. He said:

The tech giants stock has been hurt by the recent development involving the congressional hearing and the impact their platform is having on teenagers. Despite the ongoing development the analyst does not believe there to be much downside from this news cycle. The note said:

Whistleblower incident

Frances Haugen, former Facebook product manger leaked some of Facebook’s internal research to the public. She said that the company was prioritizing profits over safety.

The documents provided by Ms. Haugen showed how the company’s social media platforms favored the elites and how its algorithm nurtures Discord and even showed how openly drugs and human traffickers are using the its services .

Ms. Haugen singled out Mark Zuckerberg for his control over the company. The Facebook founder controls about 58% of Fcaebook’s voting shares according to an April filing. She said: