Silicon Valley Capital Partners Has $21.10 Million Position in Meta Platforms, Inc. $META

Key Points

• Silicon Valley Capital Partners increased its stake in Meta Platforms by 73.7%, acquiring an additional 15,519 shares, bringing its total holdings to 36,576 shares worth approximately $21.1 million.
• Institutional investors and hedge funds now own 79.91% of Meta Platforms' stock, indicating significant institutional confidence in the company.
• Meta Platforms reported a strong quarterly performance with an EPS of $7.14, surpassing analyst expectations and demonstrating a 21.6% year-over-year revenue growth of $47.52 billion.

Silicon Valley Capital Partners lifted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) by 73.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 36,576 shares of the social networking company's stock after acquiring an additional 15,519 shares during the period. Meta Platforms makes up about 2.8% of Silicon Valley Capital Partners' investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Silicon Valley Capital Partners' holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $21,095,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Meta Platforms during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Meta Platforms in the first quarter worth about $28,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Meta Platforms in the first quarter worth about $33,000. JCIC Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 102.6% in the first quarter. JCIC Asset Management Inc. now owns 79 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. bought a new position in shares of Meta Platforms in the fourth quarter worth about $47,000. 79.91% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on META. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $740.00 to $840.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $800.00 to $905.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $783.00 to $811.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $650.00 to $825.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Meta Platforms from $845.00 to $900.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Meta Platforms currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $822.41.

Meta Platforms Stock Up 0.6%

META traded up $4.69 during trading on Friday, reaching $755.59. The company had a trading volume of 8,240,448 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,776,048. 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 business's fifty day moving average price is $741.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $661.83. The company has a market cap of $1.90 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.36, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.24.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The social networking company reported $7.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $44.55 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $5.16 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 21.6% on a year-over-year basis. Meta Platforms has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 26.7 EPS for the current year.

Meta Platforms Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 22nd. Meta Platforms's dividend payout ratio is 7.60%.

Insider Activity

In related news, COO Javier Olivan sold 517 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $755.65, for a total value of $390,671.05. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 11,577 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,748,160.05. This represents a 4.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Susan J. Li sold 18,332 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $764.71, for a total transaction of $14,018,663.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 84,141 shares in the company, valued at $64,343,464.11. This trade represents a 17.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 283,280 shares of company stock valued at $214,119,908. 13.61% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.