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 9.2379
  • 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 Preview: 11 Straight Revenue Beats On Line With Stock Near All-Time Highs
META
Published: July 29, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Meta Platforms META is one of the top-performing Magnificent 7 stocks in 2025 and could highlight its AI investments when the company reports second-quarter financial results after market close Wednesday.

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Top Founder-Run Company Stocks That Are Outperforming the Market
DASH, HOOD, META, NFLX
Published: July 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Meta, Netflix, Robinhood Markets and DoorDash stand out as founder-run companies with strong vision, innovation, and long-term growth drivers.

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META Enhances Teen Privacy Measures: Will It Drive Ad Revenue Growth?
META
Published: July 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

META boosts teen safety across its apps to build trust, raise engagement, and fuel growth in ad-driven revenues.

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Will Higher Ad Revenues Aid Meta Platforms in Q2 Earnings?
META
Published: July 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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

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Meta Platforms' Upcoming Earnings Report Shines Focus On Direxion's METU, METD ETFs
META
Published: July 28, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Neutral

With one of the world's biggest innovators about to release its second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, traders from opposing sides will eagerly await the results. Wall Street analysts are looking for social media giant and tech juggernaut Meta Platforms Inc. META to deliver earnings per share (EPS) of $5.86 on revenue of $44.58 billion.

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Heavy-Duty Earnings Week Commences
AAPL, AMZN, META, MSFT
Published: July 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Heavy-Duty Earnings Week Commences.

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Alibaba unveils AI-powered smart glasses to rival Meta in wearable tech push
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Published: July 28, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Positive

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) has unveiled its first smart glasses, marking the e-commerce giant's entry into the growing wearable technology market and stepping up competition with rivals like Meta and Xiaomi. The Quark AI Glasses, introduced at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, are powered by Alibaba's proprietary Qwen large language model and Quark AI assistant.

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Meta's Q2 Earnings: Key Areas Investors Must Pay Attention To
META
Published: July 28, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Positive

Magnificent Seven stock Meta Platforms' NASDAQ: META Q2 earnings report is quickly approaching, and, as always, it is a highly anticipated event. That sentiment may ring true now more than ever, as Meta has made aggressive moves over the last several months to alter its AI strategy.

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NVIDIA's $300 Billion Windfall: Why Mark Zuckerberg's AI All-In Has One Clear Winner
META
Published: July 28, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

In a recent AI Investor Podcast discussion, hosts Austin Smith and Eric Bleeker delved into the monumental announcement by Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) regarding its plans to construct a one-gigawatt data center (named Prometheus) with plans to add up to five gigawatts of more capacity in the future.

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4 Must-Buy Stocks as S&P 500 Continues to Reach New Milestones
ADBE, AMZN, META, MSFT
Published: July 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

As the S&P 500 posts record highs, ADBE, MSFT, AMZN, and META emerge as top picks with solid earnings outlooks.

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How the Mag 7 Are Driving the Future of AI Capex
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Sentiment: Positive

Jason Thomas, head of global research and investment strategy at Carlyle, examines the level of investment in artificial intelligence among the big tech companies and the significance of that spending on equity and bond markets and the overall US economy.

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Meta to Stop Selling Political Ads in the EU
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Bloomberg Technology
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta plans to stop selling political and issue-focused advertising in the European Union ahead of the start of new regulations in the bloc. Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner explains what's behind the move with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.

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Should Meta Platforms Stock Be in Your Portfolio Pre-Q2 Earnings?
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

META is leveraging AI to boost engagement, which attracts users and drives top-line growth, despite a stretched valuation.

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Meta: Q2 Earnings Could Bring Another CapEx Increase
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Meta: Q2 Earnings Could Bring Another CapEx Increase

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The 'Halftime' Investment Committee debate the speculative 'Big Tech' trade
AAPL, AMZN, META, MSFT
Published: July 25, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee debate the speculative trade as we head into a big week of mega cap earnings next week.

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Citing New Rules, Meta Says It Will End Political Ads in E.U.
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: NYTimes
Sentiment: Negative

Meta said political advertising would end in October, citing a forthcoming E.U. regulation that it said presented “unworkable requirements.

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Big tech earnings preview: What you need to know before they report
AAPL, AMZN, META, MSFT
Published: July 25, 2025 by: The Street
Sentiment: Neutral

Daniel Newman, CEO, Futurum Group, breaks down what investors should watch for ahead of next week's big tech earnings.

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Unveiling Meta Platforms (META) Q2 Outlook: Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Evaluate the expected performance of Meta Platforms (META) for the quarter ended June 2025, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.

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Investors Heavily Search Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): Here is What You Need to Know
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Meta Platforms (META). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

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Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October
META
Published: July 25, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Neutral

In response to the European Union's incoming regulation of political advertising, Meta said on Friday that it will stop selling and showing political ads in the EU from October.

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AI buildout is still in the beginning phase, says Jefferies' Brent Thill
AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META
Published: July 24, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

Brent Thill, Jefferies, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss what to expect from the spate of big tech earnings.

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Google's AI Push Hits 2 Billion—But Meta's Next Move Could Flip The Script
GOOG, GOOGL, META
Published: July 24, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Alphabet Inc‘s GOOGL GOOG Google just dropped a show-stopping stat: 2 billion users are now engaging with its AI features across products like Gmail, Android, and Docs. That's a huge leap from last year—and a clear signal that Google's AI integration is scaling fast and wide.

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Meta Platforms Q2 EPS Preview: AI Takes Center Stage
META
Published: July 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

AI integrations are helping to drive user engagement and ad revenue for social media giant Meta Platforms. However, CEO Mark Zuckerberg must convince investors on the EPS call that the billions in AI CAPEX spending will bear fruit.

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3 Best Magnificent Seven Stocks to Buy Now (NVDA, META, MSFT)
META, MSFT, NVDA
Published: July 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

The Magnificent Seven stocks have dominated markets in recent years, but as technological and investor preferences shift, so too do the opportunities even among these elite companies. Right now, I think that Nvidia ( NVDA ), Meta Platforms ( META ), and Microsoft ( MSFT ) stand out as the strongest buys right now.

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Google just gave a big boost to its AI spending. Why Meta and Amazon could follow.
AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META
Published: July 24, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Positive

Analysts note new tax provisions could be giving the large technology companies more flexibility to invest in chips and other AI infrastructure.

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1 Magnificent Stock That Can Make You Richer in 2025 and Beyond
META
Published: July 24, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

After a turbulent start to the year, the stock market has performed exceptionally well since early April. The major indices are trading in record territory, showcasing investors' bullishness as we look ahead.

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Meta Touts Even More Protections for Teen Users. Here's What's New
META
Published: July 23, 2025 by: CNET
Sentiment: Positive

Accounts for teenagers using Instagram and Facebook will be getting new protections for direct messages and more.

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4 Technology Stocks Poised to Beat Earnings Estimates in Q2
FLEX, LRCX, META, STX
Published: July 23, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Here, we have picked four technology stocks, META, LRCX, FLEX and STX, which are likely to pull off earnings surprises in second-quarter 2025.

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Meta Purges 600,000+ Predator Accounts, Supercharges Teen Protection
META
Published: July 23, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Meta has intensified efforts to safeguard young users following criticism from policymakers for not doing enough to prevent sexual exploitation, including updating safety tools and deleting offensive accounts.

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Amazon Buys a Wearables Company. Why It's Joining Apple and Meta in the AI Hardware Race.
AAPL, AMZN, META
Published: July 23, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Positive

The e-commerce giant is acquiring a start-up which makes a wearable bracelet.

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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.