Meta Platforms (META) News Today

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) are trading higher today, driven by strong AI‐related advertising performance, major financing deals, and strategic acquisitions, although legal rulings, privacy backlash, debt concerns, and insider selling are tempering enthusiasm.

• Positive Sentiment: Meta beat ad revenue and earnings expectations thanks to AI-driven ad tools. Tech is getting a boost from AI ad tools. Some companies are being left behind
• Positive Sentiment: Meta selected PIMCO and Blue Owl for a $29 billion financing to expand data centers in rural Louisiana. Meta selects PIMCO, Blue Owl for $29 billion data center financing, Bloomberg News reports
• Positive Sentiment: Meta acquired AI audio startup WaveForms to bolster its Superintelligence Labs unit. Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms
• Positive Sentiment: Representative Cleo Fields purchased $50K–$100K in META shares, signaling confidence in the company. Rep. Cleo Fields Purchases Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)
• Positive Sentiment: Shares have a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating from 46 brokerages covering META. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks Analyst Blog highlighted META among its top tech names alongside Alphabet, Amazon, and Snap. The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Meta Platforms, Alphabet, Amazon and Snap
• Neutral Sentiment: Benzinga compared META’s market standing in the Interactive Media & Services industry versus peers. Investigating Meta Platforms's Standing In Interactive Media & Services Industry Compared To Competitors
• Neutral Sentiment: The Fool examined Meta’s dividend profile in a head-to-head with Microsoft’s dividend track record. Battle of Dividend Stocks: Microsoft vs. Meta Platforms
• Neutral Sentiment: The Wall Street Journal introduced Meta’s new TBD Lab, its superintelligence SWAT team developing the next Llama model. Meet TBD Lab, Meta's Superintelligence SWAT Team
• Neutral Sentiment: Wedbush analysts reiterated that AI is still undervalued, maintaining a bullish outlook on Meta’s AI-driven growth. AI still undervalued by the market, Wedbush analysts believe
• Negative Sentiment: A California jury ruled that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act in a period-tracking app lawsuit. California jury rules Meta violated law in period-tracking app data case
• Negative Sentiment: Users criticized Instagram’s new map feature over geolocation privacy concerns. Instagram's map feature spurs user backlash over privacy concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts warned that META is among big-tech firms facing up to $1 trillion in AI-related financing, raising debt concerns. From Cash to Credit: AMZN, META and MSFT Face $1 Trillion in New AI Debt
• Negative Sentiment: Major insider selling continued as Jennifer Newstead offloaded 515 META shares, trimming her stake by over 2%. Jennifer Newstead Sells 515 Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) Stock
• Negative Sentiment: First Eagle Investment Management reduced its Meta stake, signaling waning institutional conviction. First Eagle Investment Management LLC Reduces Meta Stake