Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol META
  • Rev/Share 75.271
  • Book/Share 77.1021
  • PB 8.4306
  • Debt/Equity 0.2631
  • CurrentRatio 1.9784
  • ROIC 0.2118

 

  • MktCap 1638430737102.0
  • FreeCF/Share 17.8153
  • PFCF 36.5387
  • PE 27.9541
  • Debt/Assets 0.168
  • DivYield 0.0032
  • ROE 0.3093

 

  • Rating B+
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 4
  • 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
Upgrade META Arete Neutral Buy -- $718 Dec. 4, 2025
Initiation META BNP Paribas Exane -- Outperform -- $800 Nov. 24, 2025
Downgrade META Erste Group Buy Hold -- -- Nov. 10, 2025
Reiterated META Mizuho -- Outperform $925 $815 Oct. 30, 2025
Reiterated META Bernstein -- Outperform $900 $870 Oct. 30, 2025
Reiterated META Piper Sandler -- Overweight $880 $840 Oct. 30, 2025
Reiterated META Barclays -- Overweight $810 $770 Oct. 30, 2025
Reiterated META BofA Securities -- Buy $900 $810 Oct. 30, 2025
Reiterated META Jefferies -- Buy $950 $910 Oct. 30, 2025
Reiterated META Stifel -- Buy $900 $875 Oct. 30, 2025

News

Meta Shares Drop 12% After Trump's Megabill Casts $16 Billion Tax Charge
META
Published: October 30, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft shares decreased 2.2% to around $529.40 after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday. Microsoft posted earnings per share of $4.13 and revenues totaling $77.6 billion, surpassing forecasts of $3.67 and $75.4 billion, according to FactSet.

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Meta stock drops 12% as heightened AI spending overshadows strong third-quarter results
META
Published: October 30, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative

Meta shares fell after the social media giant's boosted capital expenditures target overshadowed strong third-quarter results. CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the ambitious spending plans and said the company is already seeing returns in its core business and "aggressively" preparing for superintelligence,

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Amazon Q3 earnings updates: Analysts expect answers on AI progress and AWS as AMZN lags other Mag 7 stocks
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: October 30, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Neutral

Amazon is heading into its latest earnings report as the laggard of the Magnificent Seven this year, and investors are looking for some key updates that could spark new momentum. Specifically, Wall Street wants to know more about its AI ambitions and how it plans to position itself against stiff competition from other Big Tech players like Microsoft and Alphabet.

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GOOGL, MSFT and META Reiterate Enormous Spending in AI Infrastructure
GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: October 30, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

GOOGL, MSFT and META ramp up multibillion-dollar AI infrastructure spending as cloud and data center demand accelerates.

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Meta Earnings: How Will Its AI And Metaverse Investments Perform?
META
Published: October 29, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta Platforms is scheduled to report earnings after Wednesday's close. The stock recently hit a record high near $796.25/share and is currently trading near $746.

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Meta Is Set to Report Earnings Later Today. Its AI Plans Will Be in Focus
META
Published: October 29, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Positive

Meta is set to release its third-quarter earnings report after the closing bell Wednesday, with investors likely to be watching closely for more signs that its AI spending is paying off.

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Wednesday Will Be a Crucial Day for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Investors
META, MSFT
Published: October 29, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Microsoft (MSFT 0.58%), Meta Platforms (META 0.28%), and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below.

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Markets Await Fed's Decision on Interest Rate Cut
BA, CAT, FOMC, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NOW, NVDA, SBUX, VZ
Published: October 29, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Pre-markets are picking up where they left off as of Tuesday's closing bell: three major indexes advancing to all-time highs, with only the small-cap Russell 2000 slightly off this morning. The Dow is +79 points at this hour, +0.16%, the S&P 500 +13 points, +0.19%, the Nasdaq +88 points, +0.34% and the Russell 2000 is -2 points at this hour.

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Meta Q3 earnings updates: Investors want updates on AI and capex, with the stock up 28% in 2025
META
Published: October 29, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Neutral

It's earnings day for Meta. The social media giant is one of "hyperscalers" at the heart of Wall Street's AI trade, and updates on its AI ambitions will likely be the highlight of its third-quarter report after the bell on Wednesday.

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Why Stocks Are Set to Melt Up Despite Investor Fear
AAPL, AMD, ARM, CRWV, META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Despite investor fears, US stocks are primed to melt up into the historically strong fourth quarter. Easing trade fears, a Dovish Fed, and robust earnings are bullish tailwinds for stocks into year-end.

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Meta Platforms Stock Rallying Ahead of Earnings
META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Schaeffers Research
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) is one of the many Big Tech names reporting earnings this week.

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Meta's Ad Business Is Booming, But One Analyst Says The Real Story Is A $100 Billion AI Bet
META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms Inc‘s (NASDAQ:META) robust advertising tech and artificial intelligence infrastructure will deliver another strong quarter, one analyst says.

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Dutch court gives Meta more time to change timeline settings
META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Neutral

A Dutch court on Tuesday gave Meta Platforms until the end of the year to provide Facebook and Instagram users with a simpler way to opt out of algorithmically curated timelines — the kind that show recommended content based on user profiling.

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Meta Q3 Earnings: Can Meta Justify Its Massive AI Bet?
META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platform's earnings report is a critical event to watch not just for investors but for the market in general. Wednesday's earnings report should provide clues about how much AI can drive growth.

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Meta Platforms Earnings: Watch These Key Metrics
META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Beloved Mag 7 member Meta Platforms is on the reporting docket this week. These are the key metrics worth paying attention to.

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Meta's earnings are on deck. These are the four biggest numbers to watch.
META
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Neutral

When Meta reports earnings on Wednesday, investors should focus on its capital-spending forecast, ad revenue, engagement trends and holiday-quarter expectations.

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Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Computer and Technology Stocks Now
META, WDAY
Published: October 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Finding stocks expected to beat quarterly earnings estimates becomes an easier task with our Zacks Earnings ESP.

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Previewing the "Fab Five" from Mag 7 Earnings
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: October 27, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Neutral

Stephanie Walter and Mark Gibbens join The Watch List panel to help preview this week's slate of Mag 7 earnings names. Stephanie points to the A.I.

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Meta's CTO said the metaverse unit is reshuffling. Read the memos.
META
Published: October 27, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta reorganizes its metaverse unit, shifting Vishal Shah to its AI division, per an internal memo. Gabriel Aul and Ryan Cairns now lead Meta's metaverse efforts, focusing on VR and mobile.

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Meta appoints insider Vishal Shah to key AI role
META
Published: October 27, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has appointed insider Vishal Shah to a key artificial intelligence-linked role, heading product management for AI products, the social media giant said on Monday.

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Meta: Placing The AI Bet
META
Published: October 27, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms is aggressively investing in AI infrastructure to integrate "superintelligence" across its social media and advertising platforms. META's business strategy focuses on five key opportunities: Improved advertising, engaging experiences, business messaging, Meta AI, and AI devices. Significant capital expenditures are planned through 2026 to support AI development, with leadership transparent about potential short-term financial impact.

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Will Higher Ad Revenues Aid Meta Platforms Stock in Q3 Earnings?
META
Published: October 27, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

META's third-quarter 2025 results are expected to benefit from improving advertising business and improving user engagement.

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Meta launches 'ghost posts' that disappear after 24 hours on Threads
META
Published: October 27, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Social media giant Meta launched on Monday posts that are automatically archived 24 hours after being uploaded, dubbed "ghost posts," on its Threads app, mimicking a popular feature available on its other platforms.

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One of Wall Street's Largest Stock Splits in History Could Be Announced on October 29
META
Published: October 26, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta Platforms has never split its stock. Meta Platforms is an AI hyperscaler, but still gets nearly all of its revenue from advertising.

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Magnificent 7 Vs. Jay Powell's Posse
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: October 26, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Earnings from Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to dominate market attention over the Fed's expected rate cut. Strong AI-driven enterprise demand is fueling optimism for MSFT, GOOG, and AMZN.

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Meta: An AI Infrastructure Play In Disguise
META
Published: October 24, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms is transforming into a vertically integrated AI infrastructure leader, controlling every layer from data centers to proprietary AI models. Meta's massive CAPEX in AI infrastructure is building long-term assets, driving future operating leverage, margin expansion, and new profitable revenue streams. Despite industry-leading margins and its strategic positioning, Meta trades at a discount to tech peers, making the current price an appealing buying opportunity.

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4 Top-Ranked Technology Stocks Set to Beat Q3 Earnings Expectations
AME, IDCC, META, RDDT
Published: October 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Here, we have picked four technology stocks, META, RDDT, IDCC and AME, which are likely to pull off earnings surprises in the third quarter of 2025.

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Is Meta Platforms Stock a Smart Buy Before Q3 Earnings Report?
META
Published: October 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

META's AI-driven ad growth and massive user reach are set to power strong Q3 results, even as Reality Labs' losses weigh on margins.

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Wall Street Roundup: Are We In A Bubble?
AAPL, BYND, DIA, DNUT, GM, GOOG, GOOGL, GPRO, INTC, IRBT, MEME, META, MSFT, NDAQ, NFLX, NVDA, QQQ, SPY, TSLA, WMT
Published: October 24, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Tesla (TSLA) earnings were mixed, with margin pressure and near-term uncertainty, but revenue beat expectations and investors remain in wait-and-see mode. GM surged 15% after beating earnings and raising guidance, as tariff impacts were less severe and market share reached a multi-year high.

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EC finds Meta and TikTok breached transparency rules under DSA
META
Published: October 24, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

An investigation by EU regulators has found TikTok and Meta in breach of the Union's rules concerning illegal or harmful online content.

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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.