It's the same thing. If the company isn't paying dividends the stock price includes whatever dividends the company will pay out in the future. The value of th

It's the same thing. If the company isn't paying dividends the stock price includes whatever dividends the company will pay out in the future. The value of the stock is the total value of all expected future dividends priced in today's dollars. And in Facebook's case investors think (or want you to believe) that the future profits will be pretty big.