Meta Platforms, Inc. $META Shares Acquired by Krilogy Financial LLC

Krilogy Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 13.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,926 shares of the social networking company's stock after acquiring an additional 3,138 shares during the quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $18,104,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 24.5% during the fourth quarter. Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners LLC now owns 457 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $302,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the period. Hamilton Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 119.1% during the fourth quarter. Hamilton Capital Partners LLC now owns 47,616 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $31,431,000 after acquiring an additional 25,879 shares during the period. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 42.5% during the fourth quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,863 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $7,831,000 after acquiring an additional 3,539 shares during the period. Berkshire Money Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the fourth quarter worth about $1,053,000. Finally, VCI Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 25.5% during the fourth quarter. VCI Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,474 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $6,254,000 after acquiring an additional 1,926 shares during the period. 79.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Meta Platforms

In related news, CTO Andrew Bosworth sold 8,089 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $631.24, for a total transaction of $5,106,100.36. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 2,841 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,793,352.84. This represents a 74.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, COO Javier Olivan sold 2,778 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $629.45, for a total transaction of $1,748,612.10. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 10,557 shares in the company, valued at $6,645,103.65. The trade was a 20.83% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 165,600 shares of company stock valued at $106,023,973. Company insiders own 13.61% of the company's stock.

Meta Platforms Stock Performance

Shares of META opened at $671.34 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 2.60 and a current ratio of 2.60. The company has a market capitalization of $1.70 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.57, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.31. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $629.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $648.51. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a 1 year low of $520.26 and a 1 year high of $796.25.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The social networking company reported $8.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.16 by $0.72. The business had revenue of $59.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.33 billion. Meta Platforms had a net margin of 30.08% and a return on equity of 38.61%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $8.02 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 29.83 EPS for the current year.

Meta Platforms Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th were paid a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 16th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms's dividend payout ratio is presently 8.94%.

Key Meta Platforms News

Here are the key news stories impacting Meta Platforms this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Meta signed a multi‑year agreement to reserve up to 1 GW of space‑based solar power to support its AI data‑center needs — a long‑dated but high‑profile effort to secure continuous renewable power for heavy AI compute, which supports the company’s long‑term AI growth and cost profile. Meta partners with space startup Overview Energy
• Positive Sentiment: Early reception to Meta’s new Muse Spark model is constructive — the product marks a shift in strategy (less open‑source Llama-style releases) and raises the stakes for CEO commentary on monetization at earnings. Positive AI-product signals can support multiple revenue levers if Wall Street sees a clear path to commercial adoption. Meta's new AI model shows early promise
• Positive Sentiment: Reliance‑Meta joint venture progress in India (appointing a founding CEO) signals faster enterprise AI deployment in a large market — a potential revenue growth channel outside core consumer ads. Reliance and Meta's joint venture signals India shift
• Positive Sentiment: Operational partnership with CBRE to train fiber technicians supports Meta’s data‑center expansion and network reliability, reducing execution risk on infrastructure rollouts tied to AI workloads. Meta Platforms partners with CBRE
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentary emphasize that advertising metrics (ad revenue and engagement) remain the primary near‑term driver; Q1 results and management guidance will determine whether recent AI‑driven ad strength is durable. Large moves are expected around the print. Advertising results remain key
• Neutral Sentiment: Market narratives warn investors to look for proof that AI spending is producing returns — elevated CapEx guidance or unclear ROI could pressure sentiment even if revenue beats. Traders expect volatility around the earnings release. Will this week's earnings be 'good enough'?
• Negative Sentiment: China has blocked Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus and Meta is preparing to unwind the deal — an unexpected setback that removes an incremental capability and highlights geopolitical risk for cross‑border AI deals. That raises strategic and execution uncertainty. Meta prepares to undo Manus acquisition
• Negative Sentiment: Broader regulatory pressure: EU regulators say new rules will target cloud and AI services — tighter rules could raise compliance costs and constrain go‑to‑market options for AI products in Europe. EU to target cloud services and AI
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/regulatory drag: FTC data shows Americans lost $2.1B to social‑media scams last year, with >2/3 tied to Meta apps — policymakers and advertisers watch trust metrics, which can affect user engagement and ad pricing over time. Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Citizens Jmp reiterated a "market outperform" rating and set a $900.00 price target on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of Meta Platforms from $825.00 to $775.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Meta Platforms from $856.00 to $765.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Meta Platforms from $872.00 to $908.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $837.09.

Meta Platforms Profile

Meta Platforms, Inc NASDAQ: META, formerly Facebook, Inc, is a global technology company best known for building social networking services and immersive computing platforms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company operates a family of consumer-facing products and services that connect users, creators and businesses. In October 2021 the company rebranded as Meta to reflect an expanded strategic focus on augmented and virtual reality technologies alongside its social media businesses.

Meta's core consumer products include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, which enable social networking, messaging, content sharing and community building across mobile and desktop devices.

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