Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) Plans Quarterly Dividend of $0.53

Key Points

• Meta Platforms, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of $0.53, to be paid on September 29th to stockholders of record as of September 22nd, which reflects an annualized dividend yield of 0.3%.
• The company reported strong earnings results with a $7.14 EPS for the last quarter, significantly beating analyst expectations of $5.75, leading to revenue of $47.52 billion.
• Equities analysts are optimistic about Meta, with several boosting their price targets, including Barclays raising it to $810 and Pivotal Research increasing theirs to $930, indicating a consensus of "Moderate Buy."

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 11th, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.525 per share by the social networking company on Monday, September 29th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%.

Meta Platforms has a payout ratio of 7.4% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Meta Platforms to earn $30.21 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.10 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 7.0%.

Meta Platforms Stock Performance

Shares of Meta Platforms stock traded down $1.08 on Thursday, hitting $750.90. The stock had a trading volume of 7,907,898 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,790,525. Meta Platforms has a twelve month low of $479.80 and a twelve month high of $796.25. The business's 50 day moving average is $740.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $660.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.97, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a market cap of $1.89 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.24.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) last posted 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. The company had revenue of $47.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.55 billion. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 39.33% and a net margin of 39.99%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 21.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $5.16 earnings per share. Meta Platforms has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts forecast that Meta Platforms will post 26.7 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on META shares. Barclays boosted their price target on Meta Platforms from $640.00 to $810.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. DA Davidson boosted their price target on Meta Platforms from $650.00 to $825.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Pivotal Research boosted their price target on Meta Platforms from $830.00 to $930.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Citizens Jmp boosted their price target on Meta Platforms from $750.00 to $900.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Roth Capital boosted their price target on Meta Platforms from $620.00 to $740.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Meta Platforms has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $822.41.

Meta Platforms Company 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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