Henry Blodget: Big Money Buying Facebook?
By: Facebook should have tumbled on Wednesday.
In the face of the stock's biggest lock-up expiration, shares should have taken a beating.
After all, a lock-up expiration allows selling among shareholders who were formerly forbidden from selling. And 804 million shares came into play.
However, by the close of trading shares of Facebook popped over 10%.
What gives?
According to Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget the price action suggests big money may be starting to buy. "I wouldn't be surprised if a big institution that wants a big position came in and bought," he explained on CNBC's Fast Money.
Fundamentals support the thesis, said Blodget. "They appear to be bottoming – mobile revenue has started to pick up."
Also, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been talking about how making money is a priority - that's a big change from the kind of comments he had been making.
All told, there are good reasons for portfolio managers to establish new positions.
Of course that begs that question, if big money is going into Facebook, should you buy too?
If you're a retail investor probably not. Although big money managers may want or even need to own Facebook, individuals can probably make more money elsewhere.
"I think Facebook is in the middle of multi-year trading sideways compression process," said Blodget. "And it's valuation at 35 times earnings is rich. It's still hard to justify that price."
Posted by CNBC's Lee Brodie
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