Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol META
  • Rev/Share 71.0103
  • Book/Share 77.4702
  • PB 9.2379
  • Debt/Equity 0.2541
  • CurrentRatio 1.9733
  • ROIC 0.2702

 

  • MktCap 1797877504473.0
  • FreeCF/Share 19.9114
  • PFCF 35.8593
  • PE 25.2008
  • Debt/Assets 0.1681
  • DivYield 0.0029
  • ROE 0.3933

 

  • Rating B+
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 3
  • P/B Score 1
  • D/E Score 2

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Reiterated META Wells Fargo -- Overweight $811 $837 Oct. 7, 2025
Initiation META Mizuho -- Outperform -- $925 Sept. 30, 2025
Reiterated META KeyBanc Capital Markets -- Overweight $800 $905 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META Morgan Stanley -- Overweight $750 $850 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META Citizens JMP -- Mkt Outperform $750 $900 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META Wells Fargo -- Overweight $783 $811 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META Citigroup -- Buy $803 $915 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META UBS -- Buy $812 $897 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META JP Morgan -- Overweight $795 $875 July 31, 2025
Reiterated META BofA Securities -- Buy $775 $900 July 31, 2025

News

Meta Q2 Earnings Preview: Spotlight On AI Narratives
META
Published: July 23, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

The last time Meta Platforms, Inc. failed to surpass the quarterly consensus EPS forecast was in FQ4 2022. Since then, the company has delivered an impressive streak of dual beats. Mark Zuckerberg is known for his ability to create strong narratives, and I expect him to shine again during the Q2 earnings call. META stock is not currently overbought, which is another clear positive ahead of what is expected to be a strong earnings release.

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Wall Street is upbeat on tech megacaps, but big questions loom on AI spending, China, Trump tariffs
AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, TSLA
Published: July 22, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Neutral

Tech earnings season kicks off Wednesday with results from Alphabet and Tesla, followed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple next week. President Trump's tariffs and AI spending were the big topics last quarter and remain top of mind for investors.

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Best Momentum Stock to Buy for July 22nd
GE, MCB, META
Published: July 22, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

GE, META and MCB made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on July 22, 2025.

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Nasdaq 100: Meta, Apple Rally Lifts Tech Stocks and Boosts US Indices
AAPL, META
Published: July 21, 2025 by: FXEmpire
Sentiment: Positive

Nasdaq 100 hits record as Meta, Apple, and Alphabet lift tech stocks. Traders eye strong earnings and bullish US stock market forecasts.

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Meta's AI Gambit Offers High AI-Specific Free Cash Flow By 2030
META
Published: July 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta is spending aggressively on AI talent after already outlaying and committing hundreds of billions of dollars for infrastructure. Management is building a long-term moat in advanced social media that will be difficult to compete with for the foreseeable future. My ROI model reveals the potential for substantial AI-specific free cash flow by 2030.

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Meta investors settlement with Zuckerberg takes heat off Delaware
META
Published: July 21, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

A last-minute settlement between Meta Platforms shareholders and the company's leadership last week ended an $8 billion trial and spared Mark Zuckerberg from testifying about alleged violations of Facebook users' data. It also took the heat off the state of Delaware, which has been plagued by criticism from technology and business leaders.

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Think It's Too Late to Buy This Leading Tech Stock? Here's the Biggest Reason Why There's Still Time
META
Published: July 19, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Investors may think this is one of the worst times to buy Meta Platforms (META 0.37%) stock. Although it dominates the social media sphere, the fact that more than 40% of the world's population logs onto a Meta-owned site every day may imply limited growth.

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Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines
META, MSFT
Published: July 18, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft will likely sign the European Union's code of practice to help companies comply with the bloc's landmark artificial intelligence rules, its president told Reuters on Friday, while Meta Platforms rebuffed the guidelines.

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Meta Rejects European Commission's AI Code of Practice, Citing ‘Overreach'
META
Published: July 18, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Negative

Meta will not sign the European Commission's code of practice for general-purpose AI models, Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan said in a Friday (July 18) post on LinkedIn.

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Meta Continues AI Focus by Adding 2 Ex-Apple Researchers
META
Published: July 18, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Positive

Meta reportedly continued its artificial intelligence (AI)-focused hiring spree by adding two AI researchers who had worked for Apple. The company hired Mark Lee and Tom Gunter, who will join its new Superintelligence Labs team, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 17), citing unnamed sources.

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Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach that will stunt growth
META
Published: July 18, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative

Meta Platforms said it won't sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will stunt growth, global affairs chief Joel Kaplan wrote. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post on LinkedIn Friday.

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Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice
META
Published: July 18, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

Meta has refused to sign the European Union's code of practice for its AI Act, weeks before the bloc's rules for providers of general-purpose AI models take effect.

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Downey: Buy Seasonal Dips, META, TSM & LRCX Key A.I. Stocks
META, TSM
Published: July 17, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

Lucas Downey expects a seasonal pullback after the steep SPX rally. He urges investors not to panic and instead buy on the anticipated dip.

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Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads
META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta's VP of product for generative AI, to become the head of Threads, per Axios.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg spared from testifying after settling Meta shareholders' $8B privacy lawsuit
META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Neutral

The case followed revelations that data from millions of Facebook users was accessed by Cambridge Analytica, a now-defunct political consulting firm that worked for Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in 2016.

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Zuckerberg and Meta investors reach settlement in $8B privacy case
META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Neutral

Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former Meta executives have settled a lawsuit filed by a group of shareholders. They were seeking $8 billion for the damage the executives caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users' privacy in relation to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end trial over Facebook privacy litigation
META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

A lawyer for Meta Platforms shareholders who were suing Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders told a Delaware judge on Thursday that the parties had reached a settlement agreement, ending a $8 billion trial over Facebook's user privacy violations.

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Will Amazon or Meta Be Next to Hit a $4 Trillion Market Cap?
AMZN, META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock was the first-ever company to hit a $4 trillion market cap.

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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year (July 17)
META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

So far this year, one of the better performers among Magnificent 7 has been Meta Platforms Inc.

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Investor Andreessen to take stand to defend his role in Facebook privacy case
META
Published: July 17, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

Famed investor Marc Andreessen is scheduled to take the stand on Thursday to defend his role on the Facebook board of directors when it was hit with a $5 billion fine in 2019 for alleged violations of an agreement with a U.S. regulator to protect user privacy.

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Meta Platforms Is Going All-In On AI
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Meta is making massive AI investments, aiming to become a leading AI powerhouse and compete with OpenAI and other peers. Despite potentially facing near-term margin pressure from heavy spending, I see long-term value in Meta's enterprise AI strategy and closed model monetization. Given the growth outlook and AI initiatives, I reiterate my BUY rating with a $775/share target, valuing META at 18.11x eFY26 EV/EBITDA.

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Meta shareholders sue Zuckerberg, Thiel and Sandberg for $8bn over FTC fines
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: The Guardian
Sentiment: Negative

Trade commission fined Facebook for violating 2012 data-protection agreement after Cambridge Analytica scandal

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Zuckerberg Faces Meta Shareholder Data Scandal Trial
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: Bloomberg Technology
Sentiment: Negative

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is going to trial with shareholders over his management of the company's user data. Bloomberg's Riley Griffin discusses the case with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.

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Meta set to outperform conservative Q2 guidance on AI momentum, ad rebound: analysts
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) will soon report its second quarter earnings amid growing optimism from Jefferies analysts, who point to better-than-expected revenue trends, strengthening ad metrics, and continued long-term investments in AI. The analysts upped their price target to $845 from $790, implying upside of 19% from current levels.

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Mark Zuckerberg Goes On Trial Today In $8 Billion Meta Privacy Lawsuit—What To Know
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Negative

The trial begins Wednesday in Delaware Chancery Court—as Meta is incorporated in the state—and will last for eight days. There's no jury in the trial and the judge will issue the verdict in the case.

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Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Meta Platforms (META): Should You Buy?
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 for July 16
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) lost 3.03% over the past five trading sessions, but the Magnificent Seven mainstay remains up 18.38% year-to-date.

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Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers
META
Published: July 16, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will join Meta's new Superintelligence Lab, reports Wired, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, may also join Meta.

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Why Meta's AI Edge Makes It The Top Ad Stock For 2025
META
Published: July 15, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms META is significantly advancing its artificial intelligence capabilities, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing ambitious plans for several multi-gigawatt data centers.

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META Plans "Several" Data Centers, Shift in Open-Source A.I.
META
Published: July 15, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms (META) is looking to build numerous multi-gigawatt data centers that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says make up a "significant part of the footprint of Manhattan." Marley Kayden says that may not be the only piece of news moving the stock.

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About Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

  • IPO Date 2012-05-18
  • Website https://investor.fb.com
  • Industry Internet Content & Information
  • CEO Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
  • Employees 76834

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 headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. Meta Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.