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Facebook Stock Expected To Keep Soaring On Ad Revenue Growth

MENLO PARK (KCBS) - Facebook's catching a tailwind from a CitiBank research note, that's lifting the company's price target by six bucks to $97.

The note praises Facebook's ad revenue growth and says it should be sustained by new video ads as well as eCommerce and payments potential.

After a couple of years struggling to convince Wall Street that it could make a meaningful move in mobile ads, Facebook's shares have soared 30-percent higher over the past twelve months.

The social network posted revenue of $3.85-billion dollars in the fourth quarter, with mobile ads making up 69-percent of its total ad sales.

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