Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair raised their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Meta Platforms in a report issued on Wednesday, July 30th. William Blair analyst R. Schackart now forecasts that the social networking company will post earnings per share of $6.56 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $5.51. The consensus estimate for Meta Platforms' current full-year earnings is $26.70 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Meta Platforms' Q4 2025 earnings at $7.97 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $28.09 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $7.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $25.23 EPS.
META has been the subject of several other reports. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Meta Platforms from $750.00 to $850.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and issued a $890.00 price target (up previously from $800.00) on shares of Meta Platforms in a report on Thursday. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on shares of Meta Platforms from $725.00 to $750.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price objective on shares of Meta Platforms from $775.00 to $900.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Susquehanna lowered their target price on Meta Platforms from $800.00 to $700.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Meta Platforms presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $820.32.
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Meta Platforms Price Performance
Shares of META stock opened at $750.01 on Monday. Meta Platforms has a twelve month low of $450.80 and a twelve month high of $784.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $701.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $646.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.89 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.27.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The social networking company reported $7.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.75 by $1.39. The company had revenue of $47.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $44.55 billion. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 39.33% and a net margin of 39.99%. Meta Platforms's revenue was up 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $5.16 earnings per share.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Meta Platforms
Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of META. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC grew its position in Meta Platforms by 608,429.2% during the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 59,775,823 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $44,119,937,000 after buying an additional 59,766,000 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 67,172.9% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 23,452,665 shares of the social networking company's stock worth $13,517,178,000 after acquiring an additional 23,417,803 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of Meta Platforms in the 1st quarter valued at about $2,990,544,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Meta Platforms in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,243,603,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 13.5% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 23,445,565 shares of the social networking company's stock valued at $13,727,613,000 after purchasing an additional 2,787,832 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.91% of the company's stock.
Insider Activity at Meta Platforms
In other news, CTO Andrew Bosworth sold 22,449 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $636.85, for a total value of $14,296,645.65. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 1,183 shares in the company, valued at $753,393.55. This represents a 94.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Susan J. Li sold 6,874 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $659.36, for a total value of $4,532,440.64. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 70,040 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,181,574.40. This trade represents a 8.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 152,372 shares of company stock worth $105,348,896 over the last three months. Company insiders own 13.61% of the company's stock.
Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Monday, June 16th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms's payout ratio is currently 7.60%.
Meta Platforms Company Profile
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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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