Meta Platforms - META Stock Forecast, Price & News

51 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Meta Platforms in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings, 31 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" META shares.
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51 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Meta Platforms' shares. Their META share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $375.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $168.26 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 53.7% from the stock's current price.
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Meta Platforms' stock was trading at $336.35 at the beginning of the year. Since then, META shares have decreased by 67.5% and is now trading at $109.46.
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Meta Platforms saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 41,520,000 shares, an increase of 17.5% from the October 31st total of 35,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 43,730,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 1st 2023.
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, October, 24th. The social networking company reported $3.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.19 by $0.03. The social networking company had revenue of $29.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $29.52 billion. Meta Platforms had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.16% and a net margin of 24.41%. The firm's revenue was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.71 EPS.
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Meta Platforms updated its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $30.00 billion-$32.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $31.52 billion.

Meta Platforms trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "META."

Meta Platforms' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cutler Group LLC CA (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Bosworth, David B Fischer, David B Fischer, David B Fischer, David M Wehner, David M Wehner, David M Wehner, Javier Olivan, Jennifer Newstead, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Marne L Levine, Michael Todd Schroepfer, Nicholas Clegg, Peter Thiel, Susan J Li and Susan JS Taylor.
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Shares of META stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of META stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.46.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has a market capitalization of $290.24 billion and generates $117.93 billion in revenue each year. The social networking company earns $39.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.49 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 71,970 workers across the globe.

Meta Platforms' mailing address is 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA, 94025. The official website for the company is www.facebook.com. The social networking company can be reached via phone at (650) 543-4800 or via email at investor@fb.com.