Are These the Analysts That Will Cover Facebook? - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Earlier, Wedbush initiated coverage of Facebook

with an Outperform rating and a $44 price target. While all the major research firms are likely to cover the much hyped tech IPO, what specific analysts should investors expect to be covering the company? Here are a few possibilities:

Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray

Munster is known for covering Apple AAPL but he also covers the internet giants Google GOOG and Yahoo! YHOO as well as Chinese internet company Baidu BIDU.

Douglas Anmuth, JP Morgan

Anmuth is JP Morgan's Internet analyst covering LinkedIn LNKD, Amazon AMZN, and Zynga ZNGA. He has Overweight ratings on all three names.

Heath Terry, Goldman Sachs

Terry covers WebMD WBMD, Expedia EXPE and eBay EBAY among other Internet names.

Herman Leung, Susquehanna

Leung covers most of the Internet names for Susquehanna (Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo!) as well priceline PCLN and Groupon GRPN.

Colin Gillis, BGC Partners

Gillis covers Amazon, Apple, Google, and Yahoo. Facebook could soon be added to the list.

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