Meta Platforms, Inc. $META Stock Holdings Increased by F&V Capital Management LLC

Key Points

• F&V Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Meta Platforms, Inc. by 54.1%, making it the firm's 4th largest holding with 29,219 shares valued at approximately $21.57 million.
• Meta's quarterly earnings exceeded expectations, with reported EPS of $7.14 and revenue of $47.52 billion, marking a 21.6% year-over-year increase.
• The company announced a dividend of $0.525 per share, reflecting an annualized rate of $2.10 and a yield of 0.3%.

F&V Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 54.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 29,219 shares of the social networking company's stock after buying an additional 10,257 shares during the period. Meta Platforms comprises 5.5% of F&V Capital Management LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest holding. F&V Capital Management LLC's holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $21,566,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in META. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Meta Platforms by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 34,551 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $20,230,000 after buying an additional 570 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Meta Platforms by 10.2% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,456 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $5,537,000 after acquiring an additional 875 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Meta Platforms by 16.7% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 40,691 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $23,453,000 after acquiring an additional 5,829 shares during the last quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Meta Platforms by 32.7% during the first quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,120 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $646,000 after acquiring an additional 276 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MV Capital Management Inc. raised its position in Meta Platforms by 17.4% during the first quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,276 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $1,312,000 after acquiring an additional 338 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.91% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Meta Platforms

In other Meta Platforms news, insider Christopher K. Cox sold 60,000 shares of Meta Platforms stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $775.95, for a total transaction of $46,557,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 237,205 shares in the company, valued at $184,059,219.75. The trade was a 20.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold 15,847 shares of Meta Platforms stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $769.38, for a total value of $12,192,364.86. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 214,182 shares of company stock worth $164,946,219. 13.61% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Meta Platforms Trading Up 2.2%

NASDAQ META opened at $733.51 on Friday. The company's fifty day moving average price is $753.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $678.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 1.97. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a 12 month low of $479.80 and a 12 month high of $796.25. The company has a market capitalization of $1.84 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.20.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The social networking company reported $7.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.75 by $1.39. Meta Platforms had a net margin of 39.99% and a return on equity of 39.33%. The firm had revenue of $47.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $44.55 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $5.16 EPS. Meta Platforms's quarterly revenue was up 21.6% on a year-over-year basis. Meta Platforms has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 26.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Monday, September 22nd were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 22nd. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms's payout ratio is 7.60%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

META has been the subject of a number of research reports. Guggenheim restated a "buy" rating and set a $800.00 target price (up previously from $725.00) on shares of Meta Platforms in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Loop Capital reissued a "buy" rating and set a $980.00 price objective (up previously from $888.00) on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $920.00 price objective on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Meta Platforms from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Benchmark upped their price objective on shares of Meta Platforms from $800.00 to $890.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Meta Platforms has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $830.68.

Meta Platforms Profile

Meta Platforms, Inc engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately.

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