Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

NASDAQ: META · Real-Time Price · USD
716.37
-20.30 (-2.76%)
At close: Feb 18, 2025, 4:00 PM
716.00
-0.37 (-0.05%)
Pre-market: Feb 19, 2025, 7:23 AM EST
-2.76%
Market Cap 1.82T
Revenue (ttm) 164.50B
Net Income (ttm) 62.36B
Shares Out 2.53B
EPS (ttm) 23.86
PE Ratio 30.02
Forward PE 28.38
Dividend $2.10 (0.29%)
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 14, 2025
Volume 21,815,704
Open 736.00
Previous Close 736.67
Day's Range 706.44 - 736.73
52-Week Range 414.50 - 740.91
Beta 1.20
Analysts Strong Buy
Price Target 714.00 (-0.33%)
Earnings Date Jan 29, 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]

IPO Date May 18, 2012
Employees 74,067
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol META
Full Company Profile

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 Statements

Analyst Forecast

According to 47 analysts, the average rating for META stock is "Strong Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is $714.0, which is a decrease of -0.33% from the latest price.

Price Target
$714.0
(-0.33% downside)
Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

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Why Shares of Meta Platforms Fell for the First Time in 20 Days

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14 hours ago - The Motley Fool

"Absolutely Overbought" META Winning Streak Ends, Long-Term Potential Remains

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17 hours ago - Benzinga

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Facebook announced on Tuesday that live videos will now only be stored on the social network for 30 days, after which they will be deleted. Previously, these videos were stored indefinitely.

18 hours ago - TechCrunch

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Jeff deGraaf, Renaissance Macro Research chairman, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss Meta's technicals, which parts of the market could move higher, and much more.

19 hours ago - CNBC Television

Meta announces LlamaCon, its first generative AI dev conference

Meta on Tuesday announced that it'll host its first-ever dev conference dedicated to generative AI.

20 hours ago - TechCrunch

What's driving Meta's stock run

CNBC's Julia Boorstin joins 'Squawk on the Street' with the latest news about Meta.

20 hours ago - CNBC Television

Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence.

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Meta plans to build the world's longest subsea cable that will connect the US to India

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1 day ago - Business Insider

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Meta's global affairs chief highlights Trump as its possible new defender against EU regulators

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Meta plans to build world's longest underwater sub-sea cable venture

Project Waterworth involves 50,000km cable using 24 fibre-pair system connecting US, India, Brazil and other regions

1 day ago - The Guardian

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Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD

ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

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Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training

New court filings in an AI copyright case against Meta add credence to earlier reports that the company “paused” discussions with book publishers on licensing deals to supply some of its generative AI...

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Report: Meta to Form Team Focused on AI-Powered Humanoid Robots

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The  'Fast Money' traders talk Meta's massive stock run.

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