Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

NASDAQ: META · Real-Time Price · USD
677.76
+16.72 (2.53%)
Jul 15, 2026, 3:24 PM EDT - Market open
Market Cap1.72T -5.8%
Revenue (ttm)214.96B +26.2%
Net Income70.59B +5.9%
EPS27.49 +7.4%
Shares Out 2.54B
PE Ratio24.05
Forward PE20.22
Dividend$2.10 (0.31%)
Ex-Dividend DateJun 15, 2026
Volume14,161,708
Open663.60
Previous Close661.04
Day's Range656.66 - 686.08
52-Week Range520.26 - 796.25
Beta1.25
AnalystsStrong Buy
Price Target826.63 (+21.97%)
Earnings DateJul 29, 2026

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 (VR) headsets, and AI glasses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. 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 Instag... [Read more]

IPO Date May 18, 2012
Employees 78,865
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol META
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2025, Meta Platforms's revenue was $200.97 billion, an increase of 22.17% compared to the previous year's $164.50 billion. Earnings were $60.46 billion, a decrease of -3.05%.

Financial Statements

Analyst Summary

According to 63 analysts, the average rating for META stock is "Strong Buy." The 12-month stock price target is $826.63, which is an increase of 21.97% from the latest price.

Price Target
$826.63
(21.97% upside)
Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

Meta employees allege discriminatory AI-driven layoffs

Twenty-six Meta employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using artificial intelligence to select workers for mass layoffs, a claim strongly denied by the trillion-dollar company.

4 hours ago - TechXplore

'We have maybe 20 months' to rebuild for AI agents, Meta's infrastructure VP tells VB Transform 2026

Organizations need to transform to meet the needs of agentic AI. Meta VP of Engineering Barak Yagour opened his talk at VB Transform 2026 wearing a pair of Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, a small sign of how...

4 hours ago - VentureBeat

Meta Stock’s Next Catalyst Could ‘Act More like a Coiled Spring,’ Says Top Fund Manager

Meta Platforms’ stock ($META) is rising fast after a tough few months of falling prices. Shares of Meta rose 17% in July, making Meta one of the best performers in…

8 hours ago - TipRanks

Meta Workers Accuse It of Using AI to Conduct Discriminatory Layoffs

A lawsuit alleged the company relied on AI that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities or who were on medical or parental leave.

19 hours ago - WSJ

Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs

19 hours ago - The Guardian

Employees sue Meta, alleging discrimination in using AI to make layoffs

A group of current and former employees sued Meta, alleging that the social media giant used artificial intelligence to conduct layoffs and discriminated against some workers. The workers allege that ...

23 hours ago - CNBC

Meta accused of using AI to target workers on medical leave in bloodbath layoffs: lawsuit

This tech failed to account for workers who were out on valid medical leave – and “in effect penalized the employees for exercising their legal rights to these leaves,” according to the suit.

23 hours ago - New York Post

Meta to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Results

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) announced today that the company's second quarter 2026 financial results will be released after market close on We...

23 hours ago - PRNewsWire

Meta used AI workplace tools to target employees on medical leave, lawsuit alleges

Twenty-six employees sued Meta, saying it used AI systems to help select workers for layoffs. The lawsuit says AI usage metrics penalized workers who took medical, parental, or disability leave.

1 day ago - Business Insider

Meta's Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

In a recent interview, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he can see a time in the future, perhaps only a year or two, when putting limits on Meta employees' AI token spend will become necessary.

1 day ago - TechCrunch

Meta Stock Hit with Lawsuit Alleging AI Bias in Mass Layoffs

Meta Platforms, Inc. ($META), the parent company of Facebook, is facing a new lawsuit that could add legal and reputational risk to its ongoing cost-cutting efforts. Twenty-six former employees have…

1 day ago - TipRanks

Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, former employees' lawsuit claims

Twenty-six ​former employees of ‌Meta Platforms have filed ​a lawsuit ​against the company, ⁠accusing it ​of using ​AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people ​with disabilities, ​or ...

1 day ago - Reuters

Meta’s (META) Cloud Pivot and Custom Silicon Secure the Bull Case

Meta ($META) is securing the bull case through its cloud pivot and custom silicon, in my view. The market continues to treat Meta’s infrastructure program mainly as a threat to…

Other symbols: AMZNAVGOCRWVTSM
1 day ago - TipRanks

Meta Platforms announces expansion of Louisiana data center

Meta announced on Monday: “Meta is expanding its Richland Parish, Louisiana data center to 5GW of compute capacity in a town that’s already seeing life-changing returns for teachers, local businesses,...

1 day ago - TheFly

Meta Is Flooding the Market With Smartglasses. Privacy Advocates Are Up in Arms.

The social-media giant has flooded the market with its AI-enabled, camera-equipped smartglasses, much to the chagrin of privacy advocates.

1 day ago - WSJ

Did Meta Signal The AI Boom Is Overbuilt? Wall Street Cheered Anyway

On July 13, Meta said it would put more than $50 billion into a single Louisiana data center, more than doubling its planned capacity to 5 gigawatts. Twelve days earlier, Bloomberg reported that the s...

1 day ago - Forbes

AI-related debt jumped 99% over the past year. It's a ‘shock to the system' for investors.

A deluge of hyperscaler debt creates risk that investors will run up against concentration limits in their portfolios from a single company or industry.

Other symbols: AMZNGOOGGOOGLORCL
1 day ago - Market Watch

Meta and Amazon are leading a trillion-dollar Big Tech spending spree

As the cost of AI infrastructure continues to increase, Morgan Stanley says Big Tech capital expenditures are on track to hit new records.

Other symbols: AMZN
2 days ago - Market Watch

Meta says it's expanding the Louisiana AI data center that helped fuel $50K teacher bonuses

Meta announced that it is supercharging its Louisiana data center, known as Hyperion. The project has led to year-end bonuses of up to $50,000 for local teachers, Meta said.

2 days ago - Business Insider

META, AMZN, GOOGL: Why Big Tech’s AI Spending Could Hit $1.4 Trillion by 2028

Capital spending on AI infrastructure by five Big Tech companies, including Alphabet’s ($GOOGL) Google, Meta ($META), and Amazon ($AMZN), could reach between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion by 2028. T...

Other symbols: AMZNGOOGLMS
2 days ago - TipRanks

Meta yanks controversial AI image tool after privacy backlash: ‘Force their slop down everyone's throat'

The Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp owner last Tuesday launched Muse Image, its first AI image generator meant to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Google's Nano Banana 2.

2 days ago - New York Post

AMZN, GOOGL, META & 2Q Earnings Expectations as Tech Sees Tentative Tailwinds

Ted Thatcher talks about his expectations for the second quarter of the earnings season believing Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (META) have strong stories right now. He looks insi...

Other symbols: AMZNGOOGGOOGL
2 days ago - Schwab Network

Meta is pushing AI ads hard — and causing chaos for brands

Meta is pushing advertisers to use its AI tools — and results are proving chaotic: strangely twisted limbs, gibberish writing, or entirely changed products. Meta's response to brands: That's on you, n...

2 days ago - Business Insider

Meta, Amazon capex estimates raised at Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak, who recently raised the firm’s estimates of Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) capital expenditures “substantially,” now raises the firm’s forecast for Meta (META) capex by ...

Other symbols: AMZNGOOGGOOGLMSFT
2 days ago - TheFly

Meta Platforms price target lowered to $766 from $865 at UBS

UBS lowered the firm’s price target on Meta Platforms (META) to $766 from $865 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm adjusted targets for the advertising driven…

2 days ago - TheFly