Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)
| Market Cap | 1.50T |
| Revenue (ttm) | 170.36B |
| Net Income (ttm) | 66.64B |
| Shares Out | 2.51B |
| EPS (ttm) | 25.59 |
| PE Ratio | 23.37 |
| Forward PE | 23.66 |
| Dividend | $2.10 (0.35%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Volume | 14,622,805 |
| Open | 606.29 |
| Previous Close | 596.81 |
| Day's Range | 596.62 - 611.30 |
| 52-Week Range | 442.65 - 740.91 |
| Beta | 1.24 |
| Analysts | Strong Buy |
| Price Target | 674.47 (+12.79%) |
| Earnings Date | Apr 30, 2025 |
About META
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 and mixed reality headsets, augmented reality, and wearables worldwide. It operates through two segments, Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment offers Facebook, which enables people to build community through feed, reels, stories, groups, marketplace, and other; Instagram that brings people closer through instagram feed, stories, reels, live,... [Read more]
Financial Performance
In 2024, Meta Platforms's revenue was $164.50 billion, an increase of 21.94% compared to the previous year's $134.90 billion. Earnings were $62.36 billion, an increase of 59.50%.
Financial StatementsAnalyst Forecast
According to 46 analysts, the average rating for META stock is "Strong Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is $674.47, which is an increase of 12.79% from the latest price.
News
Who Competes With Meta? Its Future Depends on the Answer.
At a landmark antitrust trial, a judge is weighing how to define competition for the social media giant in order to decide whether it broke the law.
METU Does What It Says On The Tin, 200% META Stock
Meta Platforms has significantly outperformed the broader market, attracting investors interested in leveraged exposure through funds like Direxion Daily META Bull 2X Shares. Leveraged ETFs like METU ...
Meta, Please Kill Reality Labs
Meta's core advertising business is thriving, with strong revenue growth and improved margins, making it a valuable long-term investment. Reality Labs continues to struggle, incurring significant loss...
Meta Reportedly Eyeing 'Super Sensing' Tech for Smart Glasses
The company is reportedly pulling back on some privacy concerns to give its smart glasses lineup a bigger AI boost.
Meta taps former Google DeepMind director to lead its AI research lab
Meta has chosen Robert Fergus to lead its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, according to Bloomberg.
Meta Introduces Threads Video Ads, Reels Trending Positions And Other New Options For Advertisers
Social media giant Meta Platforms is introducing Threads video ads Reels trending placement and several other innovations for advertisers. The company announced the new offerings in a blog post Thursd...
Britain's digital tax on 'Big Tech' not impacted by trade deal
Britain's digital services tax, imposed on U.S. companies like Amazon , Google and Meta , will not be changed under the terms of the trade deal agreed between the two countries on Thursday, the Britis...
Meta: Resilient In The Face Of Uncertainty Thanks To AI
Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Q1 results were strong, with significant beats on revenue and EPS, robust operating margins, and solid free cash flow generation. Increased capex spending on AI is justified, as...
The COO of Reality Labs is leaving Meta after nearly 11 years
Dan Reed, COO of Meta's Reality Labs, is stepping down after nearly 11 years. Reed's exit follows a major restructuring of Reality Labs, integrating it with Meta's core.
New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that the company was losing to TikTok
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own game. That's according to a new filing in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission'...
AAPL, META & Big Tech Options Trades
Kevin Hincks looks at a pair of Mag 7 stocks as investors level set following the tech companies' latest earnings report. For Apple (AAPL), Kevin demonstrates an example put vertical strategy in the i...
Meta: Market Is Still Mispricing Its AI Ambitions
Meta Platforms has shown tremendous resilience amid economic headwinds. Mark Zuckerberg's strategy to transform Meta into a platform-focused company is crucial, with significant investments in AI, AR,...
Meta Platforms: Undervalued Profit Growth
Meta Platforms, Inc. exceeded profit and sales estimates for Q1 2025, reporting $6.43 per share in profits and $42.31 billion in sales, up 16% YoY. The company's operating profits surged 27% YoY, driv...
Meta's new AI chatbot is yet another tool for harvesting data to potentially sell you stuff
Last week, Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp—unveiled a new "personal artificial intelligence (AI)."
NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages
Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, dissidents and others.
Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm
Damages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users
Meta suit against Israel's NSO offered rare insight into world of cyberespionage
Israel's NSO Group was handed a $168 million penalty by a federal jury in California on Tuesday for hijacking the servers of WhatsApp in order to hack users of the Meta-owned chat platform on behalf o...
Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168 million defeat for spyware firm
Meta Platforms won a $168 million verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said Tuesday, capping a six-year arm wrestling match between America's biggest social networking platfo...
Meta awarded $168 million in damages from spyware firm NSO group
Social media giant Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has been awarded $168 million in damages from the Israeli spyware firm NSO group after the surveillance company was found liable for hacking its sy...
Meta's AI Rerating Is Coming
Meta Platforms reported $41.4B in Q1 ad revenue, up 16% YoY, driven by stronger pricing and increased impressions. Family of Apps delivered $21.8B in operating income with a 52% margin, reflecting unm...
MSFT, META and GOOGL Forecast – Major US Stocks Look to Drift Lower
The three major stocks in this analysis all look like they are going to drop a bit at the opening of the market. At this point, the premarket trading is likely going to see some selling.
Meta: Bull Case Remains Intact After Q1 Earnings
I see Meta's CapEx hike as a bullish signal. It shows the company is doubling down on AI infrastructure, despite hardware price hikes from its suppliers. I expect ad spending from Asian e-commerce ret...
Meta's Growth Runway Extends As AI Frontier Unfolds
Meta Platforms has shown resilience and growth, driven by AI-led expansion, strong advertising, and a robust balance sheet, despite market pressures. The inaugural LlamaCon event highlighted Meta's tr...
Meta's $68B Reason For Its AI/ Social Media Ambitions - Maintain Buy
META has further raised its AI related capex guidance, underscoring the durability of the data center boom and the multi year nature of this cloud super cycle. We believe that the scrutiny surroundin...
Activist Robby Starbuck on why he's suing Meta for defamation
Robby Starbuck, conservative activist and director, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss details of his defamation lawsuit against Meta over the platform's AI answers about him.