Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

US — Communication Services Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol META
  • Rev/Share 67.4155
  • Book/Share 73.2208
  • PB 9.3501
  • Debt/Equity 0.2676
  • CurrentRatio 2.6623
  • ROIC 0.2621

 

  • MktCap 1721236031145.0
  • FreeCF/Share 20.7008
  • PFCF 32.9039
  • PE 25.9629
  • Debt/Assets 0.1767
  • DivYield 0.003
  • ROE 0.3869

 

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

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Reiterated META Morgan Stanley -- Overweight $615 $650 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META KeyBanc Capital Markets -- Overweight $645 $655 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META Goldman -- Buy $685 $690 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META MoffettNathanson -- Buy $525 $605 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META Guggenheim -- Buy $675 $725 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META Pivotal Research Group -- Buy $875 $830 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META UBS -- Buy $650 $683 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META Monness Crespi & Hardt -- Buy $775 $780 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META Roth Capital -- Buy $580 $620 May 1, 2025
Reiterated META BofA Securities -- Buy $640 $690 May 1, 2025

News

'Mag 7' Has Become the 'Maleficent 7,' Kostin Says
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: March 18, 2025 by: Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Sentiment: Negative

David Kostin, Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist, says the group of Magnificent Seven stocks are now the Maleficent Seven and they've been a "real source of pain" in the market this year. Kostin lowered his 2025 year-end S&P 500 price target from 6,500 to 6,200.

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Dividends Come Back Into Vogue: My Favorite Places For Income Extraction
ADC, BIP, BIPC, JEPI, META, MSFT, NVDA, O, TSLA, UTF
Published: March 18, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Currently, we have many signs pinpointing to a value factor outperforming growth. It seems that the dividend-oriented stocks might become the new glamour. In this article, I elaborate on the key reasons why I think so. I highlight 3 specific high and durable yield segments that could really deliver superior returns going.

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Meta: Reality Labs Is The Best Thing About This Company
META
Published: March 18, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta's metaverse and Reality Labs have never really been appreciated by the market. I think this is a fundamental error. Augmented and virtual reality will almost certainly become a huge market with endless use cases from leisure, healthcare, gaming, military, to enterprise products. Meta is expected to have spent $100 billion in CapEx on virtual and augmented reality by year end 2025, with no competitor spending close to this amount.

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FTC Chair Puts Big Tech on Notice
META
Published: March 17, 2025 by: Bloomberg Technology
Sentiment: Negative

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson says the agency is ready to go to trial next month and break up Meta Platforms. The parent company of Facebook would be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Facebook Stock (META) Has Gotten a Little Sexy Again, and Instagram Has Nothing to Do With It
META
Published: March 17, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

[00:00:04] Doug McIntyre: So Facebook has gotten a little bit sexy again, it's sort of, it was the big social media network and then there was, Tik Tok and Instagram and all this stuff.

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Final Trades: Uber, NRG Energy, Franco-Nevada Corp and Meta
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Published: March 14, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

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The Nasdaq Just Hit Correction Territory. Here Are 5 Stocks You'll Regret Not Buying Right Now.
AMZN, AVGO, GOOG, META, NVDA
Published: March 14, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

With the Nasdaq Composite in correction territory, investors should consider investing some cash in the stock market. Corrections are defined as a decline of 10% from an all-time high, but they occur fairly often (just over every year since 1980).

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FTC to grill Mark Zuckerberg at antitrust trial as it seeks Instagram breakup amid Big Tech crackdown
META
Published: March 13, 2025 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Negative

The feds want to grill Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg next month during the antitrust trial seeking to unwind its Instagram acquisition – as the FTC ramps up its plans to crack down on Big Tech giants.

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Trade Tracker: Steve Weiss buys more Meta, Taiwan Semi and Netflix
META, NFLX, TSM
Published: March 12, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

Steve Weiss, Founder and Managing Partner of Short Hills Capital Partners joins CNBC's “Halftime Report” to detail his latest buys.

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Meta Platforms (META) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 For March 12
META
Published: March 12, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Negative

Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) lost -1.55% in morning trading on Wednesday, compounding a rough week and month that has seen the stock fall by -3.94% and -14.26%, respectively.

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The Nasdaq Just Hit Correction Territory: Time to Buy the Dip on Meta Platforms Stock?
META
Published: March 12, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

Following the stock market's record-breaking run last year, the start of 2025 offers a timely reminder that risk and price volatility are normal parts of the investing process.

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Meta sued in France over alleged use of protected works to train AI models
META
Published: March 12, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Negative

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) is facing a lawsuit in France over alleged copyright infringement related to its AI training practices. On Wednesday, three prominent French publishing and authors' associations filed a legal complaint against Meta in a Paris court.

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Meta Stock Analysis: Buy, Hold, or Sell?
META
Published: March 12, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms (META 2.65%) boasts several billion users, which leads to billions in profits.

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Meta Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit in France Over AI Training
META
Published: March 12, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Negative

Meta is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit in France brought by trade associations representing publishers and authors, who accuse the company of training its generative artificial intelligence model on their books without permission.

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Final Trades: Netflix, Meta, Vertex, Interactive Brokers and the COWZ
IBKR, META, NFLX, COWZ, VRTX
Published: March 11, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

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Exclusive: EU likely to impose modest fines on Apple, Meta over DMA breaches, sources say
AAPL, META
Published: March 10, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Neutral

EU antitrust regulators are expected to hand out modest fines to Apple and Meta Platforms for allegedly breaching landmark rules aimed at reining in their power, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

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Trump Trade War Sell-Off: 5 Genius Stocks I'm Buying While They're Cheap
AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, NVDA, TSM
Published: March 10, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

The stock market has taken a nose dive due to fears that a looming trade war will take a toll on the U.S. economy. While the recent declines have hit nearly every sector, no group of stocks has fared worse than the big tech leaders that have been benefiting from the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Meta Stock Falls As Analyst Warns Of 'Another DeepSeek Moment.' Is Buzzy New AI Tool A Threat?
META
Published: March 10, 2025 by: Investors Business Daily
Sentiment: Negative

Meta stock was down Monday adding to a three-week slide that has wiped out the gains from a record-setting 20 day winning streak. The post Meta Stock Falls As Analyst Warns Of 'Another DeepSeek Moment.

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4 Founder-Run Company Stocks That Can Enrich Your Portfolio
META, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
Published: March 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Have NVDA, NFLX, META and TSLA stock in your portfolio to benefit from the success stories of their visionary founders.

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2 Stocks That Could Split Very Soon
LLY, META
Published: March 10, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

Stock splits tend to create a lot of buzz in the market, especially when some of the most prominent companies announce a split.

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Meta keeps secret ‘do not rehire' list of ex-employees — despite exceptional performance reviews: report
META
Published: March 07, 2025 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Positive

A former Meta engineer was shocked to learn that they were deemed "ineligible for rehire" even though hiring managers spoke to them about coming back.

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Facebook Data Scientist Salary 2025 - AI-focused Data Science Interview Preparation Course Taught by FAANG+ Instructors
META
Published: March 07, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Santa Clara, March 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Santa Clara, California - With the rise of artificial intelligence and generative AI, data science has experienced remarkable growth. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs requiring data science skills is expected to grow by 27.9% by 2026.

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2 Top AI Stocks to Buy in the Nasdaq Correction
AVGO, META
Published: March 07, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have roared higher over the past couple of years as investors piled in, aiming to invest early in the next big game-changing technology. Through AI, companies may become more efficient and develop exciting new products faster -- and all of this could mean a major earnings boost over time.

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Here Are Billionaire Philippe Laffont's 5 Biggest Stock Holdings
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Published: March 07, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Individual investors love following the moves of billionaire investors. What better way could there be to get investing inspiration?

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Meta product chief says Llama 4 will power AI agents
META
Published: March 05, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive

Meta chief product officer Chris Cox said Wednesday that the social networking giant's upcoming Llama 4 AI software will help power AI agents, the latest trend in generative AI. Cox said that Llama 4 will have reasoning capabilities and create AI agents capable of using a web browser and other tools.

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Meta (META) and Starbucks (SBUX) Show That Cutting Jobs Leads to Bonuses
META, SBUX
Published: March 03, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

[00:00:04] Doug McIntyre: So Meta, owner of owner, of Facebook, among other things founded by Zuckerberg in his room in Harvard, I think, in 2004 is now the second richest man in the world.

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With $50K to invest and torn between Microsoft and Meta—which one is the better pick?
META, MSFT
Published: February 28, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

If you've got cash on hand to put to work, perhaps there's no better time than now with the Nasdaq 100 now down almost 8% from its recent highs.

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Facebook Technical Interview Preparation Course 2025 – Meta Mock Interviews With FAANG Hiring Managers
META
Published: February 28, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Santa Clara, Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Santa Clara, California - Interview Kickstart, a leading upskilling platform for tech professionals, has launched its Facebook Technical Interview Preparation course. Designed by FAANG+ hiring managers and Silicon Valley experts, this program is built to help engineers land top-tier roles at Meta and other leading tech companies.

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META Plans ChatGPT Rival, A.I. Battle Heating Up
META
Published: February 28, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

Reports have surfaced that Mark Zuckerberg's ready to take on Sam Altman's OpenAI, as Meta Platforms (META) plans to launch an standalone A.I. app in 2Q.

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Meta fires employees for leaks amid Zuckerberg's Trump pivot
META
Published: February 28, 2025 by: TechXplore
Sentiment: Negative

Meta on Thursday said it had laid off 20 workers for leaking information to the media, as the social media giant faces pressure over the recent political shift of its boss Mark Zuckerberg towards US President Donald Trump.

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About Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

  • IPO Date 2012-05-18
  • Website https://investor.fb.com
  • Industry Internet Content & Information
  • CEO Mr. 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.