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NASDAQ:META

Meta Platforms (META) Stock Forecast, Price & News

$305.09

+4.88 (+1.63%)

(As of 09:46 AM ET)

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Today's Range: $301.63
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$306.10
50-Day Range: $283.25
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$325.48
52-Week Range: $88.09
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$326.20

Volume: 2.89 million shs
Average Volume: 25.98 million shs
Market Capitalization: $785.05 billion

P/E Ratio: 35.56
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $320.34

Meta Platforms MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.85 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 6.7% Upside
$320.34 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.42% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: N/A
News Sentiment: 0.41
Based on 80 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$12.47 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 26.55%
From $13.37 to $16.92 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.56 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

145th out of 606 stocks

Computer Programming, Data Processing, & Other Computer Related Industry

15th out of 57 stocks

2.4

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Meta Platforms has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.85, and is based on 44 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $320.34, Meta Platforms has a forecasted upside of 6.7% from its current price of $300.21.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Meta Platforms has been the subject of 26 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

3.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.42% of the float of Meta Platforms has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Meta Platforms has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Meta Platforms has recently increased by 3.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

0.0

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Meta Platforms does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
Meta Platforms does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

N/A

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
There is no current Upright™ data available for META.

1.9

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Meta Platforms has a news sentiment score of 0.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 80 news articles for Meta Platforms this week, compared to 31 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 238 people have searched for META on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -23% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 610 people have added Meta Platforms to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

3.3

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Meta Platforms insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $12,472,067.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
13.75% of the stock of Meta Platforms is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.
Percentage Held by Institutions
62.87% of the stock of Meta Platforms is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

3.8

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Meta Platforms are expected to grow by 26.55% in the coming year, from $13.37 to $16.92 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Meta Platforms is 34.99, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 110.66.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Meta Platforms is 34.99, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 209.94.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Meta Platforms has a PEG Ratio of 0.98. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Meta Platforms has a P/B Ratio of 6.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Stock

Meta Platforms, Inc. is a US-based multinational technology company and 1 of the Big 5 US tech companies. It is a member of the FAANG group holding the first position with its original name, Facebook.

Meta Platforms, Inc life began in 2004 as a digital “face book” for Harvard students. The company was founded by Mark Zuckerburg and a group of friends but now only Zuckerburg remains. The company quickly grew and expanded into other universities and then opened itself to the public in 2006. As of 2006, anyone over the age of 13 can be a Facebook user which is the company’s primary source of income. As of 2022, the company claimed more than 2.9 billion monthly active Facebook users.

Facebook, Inc filed for its IPO on January 1st 2012. The prospectus stated the company was seeking to raise $5 billion but it got so much more. The day before the IPO execs announced it would sell 25% more stock than it had previously stated because of the high demand. The company wound up raising more than $16 billion making it the 3rd largest IPO in history at the time.

The massive IPO valuation earned Facebook a spot in the S&P 500 in the first year of its public life. Although its valuation has deteriorated in the wake of scandal and consumer trends within social media, early investors were treated to gains in excess of 1000% at the peak of the stock run. Mark Zuckerburg retained 22% ownership in the company following the IPO, and 57% of the voting rights. As of 2022, those holdings were down to about 14% of the company and 54% of the voting rights.

Over the years, Facebook acquired a large number of apps and other businesses that include but are not limited to Instagram and WhatsApp. The company changed its name to Meta Platforms DBA Meta in 2021 to reflect its business and mission better. The new name describes the metaverse and refers to the seamless social interaction provided by Meta’s social media application universe.

Today, Meta develops digital applications that allow people to connect with family, friends, businesses, and merchants through Internet connections. Applications are available for mobile, PC, VR, and smart homes.

The company’s primary operating segment is the Family of Apps. The family of Apps includes Facebook and all the other digital applications. This segment produces virtually all of the revenue which is in turn 97% advertising oriented. The other operating segment is Reality Labs. Reality Labs develops and markets a line of virtual and augmented-reality products.

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META Stock News Headlines

September 8, 2023 | marketbeat.com

Appeals court scales back order squelching Biden administration contact with social media platforms

A federal appeals court has significantly whittled down a lower court order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies

October 2, 2023 | axios.com

Meta says its AI trains on your Instagram posts

October 2, 2023 | PressReach (Ad)

Nuclear Revival Creates Opportunities for Uranium

Uranium companies set to benefit from increased demand for clean energy.

October 1, 2023 | msn.com

Meta has allowed anti-LGBTQ+ group Gays Against Groomers to freely spread misinformation & hate

October 1, 2023 | financialpost.com

Environmental groups increasingly using competition law to fight fossil fuel sector

October 1, 2023 | americanbankingnews.com

Jennifer Newstead Sells 670 Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) Stock