Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol META
  • Rev/Share 79.7168
  • Book/Share 86.1733
  • PB 7.7775
  • Debt/Equity 0.3862
  • CurrentRatio 2.5988
  • ROIC 0.1795

 

  • MktCap 1689594697753.0
  • FreeCF/Share 18.29
  • PFCF 36.6435
  • PE 27.9467
  • Debt/Assets 0.2292
  • DivYield 0.0031
  • ROE 0.3056

 

  • 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
Reiterated META Wells Fargo -- Overweight $754 $849 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META Piper Sandler -- Overweight $840 $880 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META JP Morgan -- Overweight $800 $825 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META Pivotal Research Group -- Buy $930 $910 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META Roth Capital -- Buy $800 $850 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META Wolfe Research -- Outperform $800 $850 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META Barclays -- Overweight $770 $800 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META UBS -- Buy $830 $872 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META Monness Crespi & Hardt -- Buy $808 $890 Jan. 29, 2026
Reiterated META BofA Securities -- Buy $810 $885 Jan. 29, 2026

News

Baird's Colin Sebastian on Meta: Margins, investments are concerns but look further ahead
META
Published: December 23, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

Colin Sebastian, Baird senior internet analyst, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Baird's take on Meta.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jay Woods Picks His Favorite And Least Favorite Magnificent 7 Stocks For 2026 – 'A Story To Watch'
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: December 23, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Neutral

The Magnificent Seven stocks continue to be among the most closely followed by investors, analysts and market experts. In an interview with Benzinga, Freedom Capital Markets Chief Market Strategist Jay Woods shares his favorite Magnificent 7 stocks heading into 2026 and which of the seven he's avoiding.

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Investors Heavily Search Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): Here is What You Need to Know
META
Published: December 22, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Meta Platforms (META) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

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FBY: A High-Yield Option Play On Meta Platforms
META
Published: December 22, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms is a highly profitable hyperscaler aggressively expanding its AI and Cloud capabilities, driving strong free cash flow and user growth. The YieldMax META Option Income Strategy ETF offers tactical income exposure to META via a synthetic covered call strategy, prioritizing yield over capital appreciation. FBY's structure results in capped upside and a high risk of under-performing META shares, with a 35 PP total return gap since inception in July 2023.

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Prediction: These Could Be the Biggest Stock-Split Winners of 2026
MELI, META
Published: December 22, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

MercadoLibre is a prime candidate for a stock split. Meta Platforms has never conducted a stock split, but its stock is at a level where many companies would consider a split.

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META Rises Amid Tech Decline, Trump's AI Order Praised By Analyst
META
Published: December 19, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Neutral

The last few months of 2025 haven't brought what investors in Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META hoped for. Through late October, shares were up around 28% on the year.

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Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says
META
Published: December 19, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

It's all hands on deck at Meta, as the company develops new AI models under its superintelligence lab led by Scale AI co-founder, Alexandr Wang. The company is now working on an image and video model codenamed “Mango” along with a new text-based model internally known as “Avocado,” The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Meta is reportedly working on new multimedia model with H1 2026 release date in mind
META
Published: December 19, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

It's all hands on deck at Meta, as the company develops new AI models under its superintelligence lab led by Scale AI co-founder, Alexandr Wang. The company is now working on an image and video model codenamed “Mango” along with a new text-based model internally known as “Avocado,” The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Meta developing image and video AI ‘Mango' alongside text model ‘Avocado'
META
Published: December 19, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, XETRA:FB2A, SIX:FB) is developing a new image- and video-focused artificial intelligence model code-named Mango, alongside a text-based large language model called Avocado, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Both models are expected to be released in the first half of 2026.

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Meta Keeps Revolutionizing Advertising
META
Published: December 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms (META) is revolutionizing digital advertising through unified AI models like Lattice, Andromeda, and GEM, driving superior ad performance. META's Advantage+ system, leveraging these AI advances, has reached a $60 billion annual revenue run rate and is automating end-to-end ad processes. Risks include persistent Reality Labs losses (~$19 billion TTM) and potential overinvestment in AI infrastructure impacting future returns.

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3 Stocks to Watch In 2026 As AI Spending Becomes a Hot Topic
META, NVDA, PLTR
Published: December 18, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

The artificial intelligence trade is one that's become integral to the U.S.

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What Can Go Wrong For META Stock's Investors?
META
Published: December 18, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Negative

Meta Platforms (META) has faced challenges in the past. Its stock has plummeted over 30% on four separate occasions in less than two months in recent years, leading to billions in lost market value and reversing substantial gains in a single downturn.

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Austria's top court rules Meta's ad model illegal, orders overhaul of user data practices in EU
META
Published: December 18, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

Austria's Supreme Court has ruled that Meta's personalized advertising model is unlawful and ordered the company to provide users across the European Union with complete access to their personal data within 14 days of any request, in a final and directly enforceable decision that sets a binding legal precedent across the bloc.

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Social Media Victims Law Center Lawsuit Alleges Meta Prioritized Engagement Over Child Safety in Instagram Sextortion Deaths
META
Published: December 17, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Social Media Victims Law Center, a legal advocacy organization supporting families harmed by predatory tech, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Instagram over the sextortion-related suicides of 16‑year‑old M.D. from Dunblane, Scotland, and 13‑year‑old L.M. from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who died two days after opening his Instagram account. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, alleges that newly.

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Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest's Horizon OS with third-party headset makers
META
Published: December 17, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta says that it has paused its program to share Meta Horizon OS, the mixed reality operating system that powers its Quest headsets, with third-party device makers. The program was part of the company's metaverse push — the idea behind the program was to create a “new generation of hardware” that would give VR users their pick of devices when it came to engaging with Meta's digital worlds.

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Meta's stock could soar in the next 6 months, along with these under-the-radar picks
META
Published: December 17, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Positive

The Facebook parent company headlines Rosenblatt's list of top first-half stock picks, but Applied Optoelectronics and Magnite shares also make the cut with major upside projected.

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Instagram TV app coming to Amazon Fire streaming device
AMZN, META
Published: December 16, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

Meta said Tuesday that the company will begin testing its Instagram for TV app in the U.S. via Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, underscoring the photo-sharing app's effort to become a major video platform beyond smartphones, taking on TikTok and YouTube.

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Why Meta is My Largest Position By Far
META
Published: December 16, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

In October 2023, I published an article on this site urging you to buy Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) ahead of earnings.

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RDDT vs. META: Which Digital Advertising Stock Is a Better Buy?
META, RDDT
Published: December 16, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Reddit exhibits stronger upside potential, driven by rapid growth, new advertising tools, and higher earnings momentum compared to Meta Platforms.

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Meta launches Instagram for TV
META
Published: December 16, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports on Instagram's new TV app.

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Navigate Meta Platform's Crosscurrents With Direxion's METU And METD ETFs
META, METD, METU
Published: December 16, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Neutral

Fundamentally, one of the central catalysts of social media and tech juggernaut Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) is its operating capacity as an attention refinery. In effect, raw human time enters Meta's vast ecosystem while monetizable intent comes out.

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Why Meta Stock Is A Better Investment Than Google?
GOOG, GOOGL, META
Published: December 15, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive

META is Alphabet's competitor in the Interactive Media & Services sector that possesses:

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META Down 19% From 52-Week High: What Awaits the Stock in 2026?
META
Published: December 15, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta Platforms' massive AI push aims to drive long-term growth, but near-term earnings face pressure from high spending.

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META's Data "Goldmine" & Ways A.I. Can Tap Into Ecommerce
META
Published: December 12, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

It's no secret how large Facebook and Instagram are. @LikeFolio's Landon Swan says it should also be no secret that A.I.

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Wall Street Roundup: Market Reacts To Earnings
AAL, AVGO, AZO, DAL, DIS, FDX, JBLU, KBH, LEN, LUV, META, NFLX, NKE, NVDA, ORCL, PSKY, UAL, WBD
Published: December 12, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

Oracle (ORCL) fell 11% post-earnings as revenue missed and operating expenses outpaced cloud revenue growth, raising debt and spending concerns. AI-driven margin pressures are surfacing across tech, with Broadcom (AVGO) sliding 10% despite strong results, as investors weigh infrastructure costs.

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Will Meta Stock Rebound From $650?
META
Published: December 12, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms (META) stock deserves a spot on your watchlist. Here is why — it is currently trading within the support zone ($620.07 - $685.35), an area from which it has previously staged meaningful rebounds.

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Meta's stock may actually be an overlooked AI winner. Why bulls say to buy the dip.
META
Published: December 11, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms' aggressive artificial-intelligence spending plans have caused shareholders a lot of grief this year, as the stock has sold off over the last few months. But that selloff has presented a prime opportunity to buy a “Magnificent Seven” winner for cheap, according to Morgan Stanley's Brian Nowak.

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Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple warned over AI outputs by US attorneys general
AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: December 10, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple were among the 13 companies that received a warning from a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, according to a letter from the state leaders, who said their chatbots' "delusional outputs" could be violating state laws.

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Will Meta Platforms (META) Stock Hit $1,000 in 2027?
META
Published: December 10, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

Guided by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is a business seeking a direction.

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Meta divided by conflict between new AI brainiacs and longtime Zuck loyalists: report
META
Published: December 10, 2025 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Negative

A key player in the alleged conflict is Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old founder of Scale AI who joined Meta after it paid $15 billion for his startup. He now leads the TBD Lab of researchers.

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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.