Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Purchases Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Key Points

• Senator Shelley Moore Capito purchased shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) worth between $1,001 and $15,000 on July 29th, 2025.
• Meta Platforms reported a quarterly earnings per share of $7.14, significantly surpassing the consensus estimate of $5.75, and achieved a revenue of $47.52 billion during the quarter.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.525 per share, reflecting a 0.3% yield and a low dividend payout ratio of 7.60%.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) recently bought shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. NASDAQ: META. In a filing disclosed on August 04th, the Senator disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Meta Platforms stock on July 29th.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of General Dynamics NYSE: GD on 7/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Colgate-Palmolive NYSE: CL on 7/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of PPG Industries NYSE: PPG on 7/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of PPG Industries NYSE: PPG on 7/30/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL on 7/29/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. NYSE: JPM on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Apple NASDAQ: AAPL on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Aflac NYSE: AFL on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 7/18/2025.

Meta Platforms Stock Performance

META opened at $776.37 on Tuesday. 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's 50 day moving average price is $704.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $647.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.95 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.27. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a 12-month low of $450.80 and a 12-month high of $784.75.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The social networking company reported $7.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.75 by $1.39. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 39.33% and a net margin of 39.99%. The company had revenue of $47.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $44.55 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $5.16 earnings per share. Meta Platforms's revenue for the quarter was up 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 26.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Meta Platforms Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 16th were issued a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 7.60%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of META. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 34,551 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $20,230,000 after acquiring an additional 570 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,456 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $5,537,000 after purchasing an additional 875 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG grew its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 221,459 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $129,666,000 after purchasing an additional 7,587 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE lifted its stake in Meta Platforms by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 6,189 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $3,624,000 after buying an additional 218 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Meta Platforms during the fourth quarter worth about $2,243,603,000. Institutional investors own 79.91% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Andrew Bosworth sold 22,449 shares of Meta Platforms stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $636.85, for a total transaction of $14,296,645.65. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 1,183 shares of the company's stock, valued at $753,393.55. This trade represents a 94.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold 15,847 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $753.43, for a total transaction of $11,939,605.21. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 167,298 shares of company stock valued at $116,742,790 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 13.61% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have issued reports on META. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Meta Platforms from $700.00 to $720.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Susquehanna decreased their target price on Meta Platforms from $800.00 to $700.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Meta Platforms from $795.00 to $875.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on Meta Platforms from $725.00 to $600.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 7th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on Meta Platforms from $825.00 to $850.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $820.32.

About Senator Capito

Shelley Moore Capito (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from West Virginia. She assumed office on January 3, 2015. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Capito (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. Capito was first elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first female U.S. Senator in the state's history. Prior to serving in the Senate, Capito was a member of the West Virginia House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015. At the start of the 116th Congress, Capito was a member of the U.S. Senate committees on Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, and Rules and Administration. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Capito is a more moderate right of center Republican Party vote. As a result, she may break with the Republican Party line more than her fellow members. Capito earned her bachelor's degree from Duke University. After earning her M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, Capito was a college counselor and then director of an educational information center. She was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until the 2010 elections and is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito is a former chairwoman of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, as well as a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus. After an explosion responsible for the death of 29 coal workers, Capito founded the Congressional Coal Caucus. Prior to her election to the U.S. House, Capito served in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

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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