Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

US — Communication Services Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol META
  • Rev/Share 71.0103
  • Book/Share 77.4702
  • PB 9.2046
  • Debt/Equity 0.2541
  • CurrentRatio 1.9733
  • ROIC 0.2702

 

  • MktCap 1791396041262.0
  • FreeCF/Share 19.9114
  • PFCF 35.73
  • PE 25.1099
  • 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

AI Stocks Face 'Show Me' Moment. Meta Hosts Llama Conference.
META
Published: April 27, 2025 by: Investors Business Daily
Sentiment: Positive

Amid hype over artificial intelligence, the best AI stocks generate revenue or get a strategic edge from the fast evolving technology.

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2 Magnificent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Consider Buying Before April 30
META, MSFT
Published: April 26, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

As of market close on April 22, each "Magnificent Seven" stock has a negative price return in 2025. Among this cohort of megacap technology stocks, Microsoft (MSFT 1.21%) and Meta Platforms (META 2.65%) have dropped by the least amounts -- falling by 13% and 14.5%, respectively.

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Nigerian tribunal upholds $220 million fine against Meta for violating consumer, data laws
META
Published: April 25, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

A $220 million fine against Meta Platforms by Nigeria's competition watchdog for violating local consumer, data protection and privacy laws has been upheld following an unsuccessful appeal, Nigeria's Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal said on Friday.

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Trade Tracker: Stephanie Link buys more Meta
META
Published: April 25, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

Stephanie Link, CIO at Hightower, joins CNBC's "Halftime Report" to explain why she bought more Meta

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Tariffs Take Toll On Tech Giants. Will Earnings Reveal The Damage?
AAPL, AMZN, META, SPOT
Published: April 25, 2025 by: Investors Business Daily
Sentiment: Negative

IBD's Alexis Garcia and Ed Carson preview key upcoming earnings reports from Meta Platforms, Amazon, Apple and Spotify.

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Mag 7 Earnings Loom, Seeking Market "Stabilization" Instead of "Normalization"
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: April 25, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Neutral

Scott Bauer (@ProsperTradingAcademy) says even despite this week's rally, "we're not out of the woods yet" as markets will continue to whipsaw back and forth on every trade negotiation headline. For now, Scott's looking for stabilization instead of normalization as he focuses ahead to a slew of big tech earnings next week including Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN).

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Mark Zuckerberg really wants to make Facebook cool again
META
Published: April 24, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

In an ongoing antitrust case, the Federal Trade Commission says that Meta has a monopoly on “personal social networking services” and should have to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Should Microsoft and Meta Share More Wealth and Pay Investors Larger Dividends?
META, MSFT
Published: April 24, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Meta and Microsoft have room for dividend growth, but is the right answer as the AI boom clashes with the era of Trump tariffs?

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Facebook cracks down on spammy content by cutting reach and monetization
META
Published: April 24, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Neutral

Facebook will begin lowering the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and making them ineligible for monetization, Meta announced on Thursday. The company is also increasing efforts to remove Facebook accounts that coordinate fake engagement and impersonate others, it says.

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The European Union hits Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines, first under digital rules
AAPL, META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: TechXplore
Sentiment: Negative

European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc's digital competition rules.

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EU hands Apple, Meta massive fines despite warnings from Trump
AAPL, META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: Fox Business
Sentiment: Negative

The European Union fined Apple $570 million and Meta $228 million for violating the Digital Markets Act, a piece of legislation aimed at curbing Big Tech.

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Meta Oversight Board Urges Company To Assess ‘Human Rights Impact' Of Hateful Conduct Policy
META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Negative

Meta's oversight board criticized the company's updated hateful conduct policies, which included a provision allowing users to describe LGBTQ people as mentally ill, among other controversial updates, urging the company to assess the “human rights impact” of the policy on LGBTQ people, minors and immigrants.

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Meta and Apple Hit With Almost $800 Million in Fines From the EU
AAPL, META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: CNET
Sentiment: Negative

Meta and Apple are being fined hundreds of millions of dollars each by the EU. Editor in Chief Adam Auriemma explains why.

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Meta Platforms' Q1: Considering The Risk-Reward Of A Bullish Option Strategy
META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Going into 2025, I rated Meta Platforms, Inc. stock as a sell for 2025 due to anticipated headwinds impacting commercial momentum. Since then, Meta shares have dropped more than 15%, down 30%+ from all-time highs, influenced by macro risks like tariff sentiment headwinds, de-risking the current investment setup. With Meta's Q1 report scheduled for April 30th, I now upgrade the stock to a "Hold" rating. The revised rating reflects a more favorable risk profile for investors buying at.

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Bullish Example Options Trades for NVDA and META
META, NVDA
Published: April 23, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

As Mag 7 earnings take center stage this week and next, Kevin Hincks looks at 2 names among the mega cap tech space. For both Nvidia (NVDA) and Meta Platforms (META), he composes an example call diagonal trade.

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Meta opens Threads to advertisers globally
META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it is expanding advertising on its social network Threads to all eligible advertisers globally, as it looks to generate new revenue streams amid brand uncertainty over tariffs.

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Explainer: What happens to Apple and Meta after the EU fine?
AAPL, META
Published: April 23, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday fined Apple AAPL.O 500 million euros ($570 million) and Meta 200 million euros to make the companies comply with the Digital Markets Act, which seeks to allow smaller rivals into markets dominated by the biggest companies.

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Meta could take a $7 billion hit this year because of Trump's tough China tariffs
META
Published: April 22, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative

Meta's core online advertising business could take a $7 billion hit this year due to President Donald Trump's tough China tariffs impacting retailers in the country, according to a MoffettNathanson research note. The analysts attribute the hit to a potential pull back on digital ad campaigns from China-linked retailers like like Temu and Shien.

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Even if you are tempted to buy Mag 7, wait until they report results: Portfolio Manager
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: April 22, 2025 by: Yahoo Finance
Sentiment: Negative

Tesla (TSLA) is set to report first quarter earnings results on Tuesday after the closing bell on Wall Street. Harvest Portfolio Management chief investment officer Paul Meeks joins Morning Brief with Brad Smith and Madison Mills to outline his bearish view of Tesla stock and what he wants to hear from Elon Musk.

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At Meta Trial, Instagram Co-Founder Says Startup Was Denied Resources
META
Published: April 22, 2025 by: NYTimes
Sentiment: Negative

Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Meta viewed Instagram as a threat.

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Instagram launches Edits app for video, rivaling TikTok
META
Published: April 22, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive

Instagram launched its Edits video creation app that offers features similar to those from TikTok. Features include background replacement, automatic captioning and artificial intelligence tools that can turn images into video.

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Meta releases its CapCut rival Edits globally
META
Published: April 22, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

Meta announced on Tuesday that it's officially launching Edits, its CapCut-like video creation app. Releasing globally, Edits will allow creators to do things like keep track of video ideas, get inspiration for new content, and create videos with effects and AI tools. The app is available on iOS and Android.

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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes on the importance of marketcraft
META
Published: April 22, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

Chris Hughes, Facebook co-founder, Economic Security Project chair and ‘Marketcrafters' author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the importance of government investments for political goals, impact of President Trump's tariff policy, the importance of Fed independence, and more.

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⁠Best Social Media Advertising Platform (2025): Meta for Business Awarded Top Prize by Expert Consumers
META
Published: April 22, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta for Business earns top honors in 2025 for its innovative AI-enabled targeting, multi-platform reach, and data-driven insights, setting the standard in social media advertising. Meta for Business earns top honors in 2025 for its innovative AI-enabled targeting, multi-platform reach, and data-driven insights, setting the standard in social media advertising.

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Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instgram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization' of Facebook
META
Published: April 21, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company's Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a confidential message.

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Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization' of Facebook
META
Published: April 21, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company's Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a confidential message.

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Why Google, Meta are facing antitrust scrutiny
GOOG, GOOGL, META
Published: April 21, 2025 by: Yahoo Finance
Sentiment: Negative

Meta Platforms (META) and Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google face ongoing cases with antitrust regulators in the US. Former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Rohit Chopra, joins Morning Brief with Brad Smith and Madison Mills to discuss the antitrust cases.

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Hedge funds cut 'Mag Seven' to two-year low ahead of earnings
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: April 21, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

Global hedge funds last week dumped the so-called Magnificent Seven megacap stocks, bringing their exposure to the group to a two-year low just ahead of their earnings, according to a Morgan Stanley note to clients seen by Reuters.

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The biggest questions facing Big Tech ahead of earnings
AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: April 21, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Neutral

Tesla kicks off tech earnings season on Tuesday, followed by Alphabet on Thursday. All of the megacap companies have significant exposure to President Trump's sweeping tariffs, which will be a major topic on earnings calls.

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Breakup of Meta, Google May Spur New AI Innovation Wave, Analysts Say
GOOG, GOOGL, META
Published: April 21, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Neutral

Just as companies are ramping up their artificial intelligence (AI) deployments in areas ranging from customer service to manufacturing, the U.S. government is seeking to break up two of the biggest AI players, which could have repercussions for AI development and investment for years to come.

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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.