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Meta Platforms (Facebook)

554.44 USD
+4.70
0.85%
At close Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
549.02
-5.42
0.98%
1 day
0.85%
5 days
4.90%
1 month
-3.80%
3 months
-18.04%
6 months
-6.55%
Year to date
-7.48%
1 year
28.16%
5 years
185.51%
10 years
589.00%
 

About: Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales.

Employees: 74,067

0
Funds holding %
of 7,425 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 33 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

467% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 573 | Existing positions closed: 101

35% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 2,013 | Existing positions reduced: 1,493

21% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $53.5B | Put options by funds: $44.2B

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 4,146 [Q3] → 4,525 (+379) [Q4]

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $933B [Q3] → $990B (+$56.7B) [Q4]

4% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 960 [Q3] → 997 (+37) [Q4]

1.87% more ownership

Funds ownership: 75.22% [Q3] → 77.08% (+1.87%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

33 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$525
5%
downside
Avg. target
$703
27%
upside
High target
$935
69%
upside

33 analyst ratings

31 positive
94%
neutral
6%
negative
0%
Loop Capital
Rob Sanderson
63% 1-year accuracy
35 / 56 met price target
25%upside
$695
Buy
Maintained
28 Apr 2025
Stifel
Mark Kelley
45% 1-year accuracy
14 / 31 met price target
13%upside
$628
Buy
Maintained
23 Apr 2025
Benchmark
Mark Zgutowicz
34% 1-year accuracy
23 / 68 met price target
15%upside
$640
Buy
Maintained
23 Apr 2025
Scotiabank
Nat Schindler
39% 1-year accuracy
7 / 18 met price target
5%downside
$525
Sector Perform
Maintained
21 Apr 2025
Morgan Stanley
Brian Nowak
64% 1-year accuracy
23 / 36 met price target
11%upside
$615
Overweight
Maintained
17 Apr 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 429 articles about META published over the past 30 days

Positive
TechCrunch
6 hours ago
Meta's LlamaCon was all about undercutting OpenAI
On Tuesday, Meta held its first-ever AI developer conference, LlamaCon, at its Menlo Park, California headquarters. The company announced the launch of a consumer-facing Meta AI chatbot app, which will compete with ChatGPT, as well as a developer-facing API for accessing Llama models in the cloud.
Meta's LlamaCon was all about undercutting OpenAI
Neutral
CNBC Television
7 hours ago
Chart Master: Big Tech earnings will trade like a pair of twos
Carter Worth, Worth Charting, joins 'Fast Money' to talk Meta and Apple.
Chart Master: Big Tech earnings will trade like a pair of twos
Positive
Reuters
7 hours ago
Meta introduces Llama application programming interface to attract AI developers
Meta Platforms on Tuesday announced an application programming interface in a bid to woo businesses to more easily build AI products using its Llama artificial-intelligence models.
Meta introduces Llama application programming interface to attract AI developers
Positive
Business Insider
8 hours ago
Meta is tapping creators for help as it takes on ChatGPT with a new AI app
Meta launched a new stand-alone app for its AI tools. In addition to AI assistant tools, the Meta AI app also has a social feed and links to Instagram.
Meta is tapping creators for help as it takes on ChatGPT with a new AI app
Negative
PYMNTS
9 hours ago
Antitrust Trial Sees FTC and Meta Debate Whether Company Has Competitors
The antitrust trial brought against Meta by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reportedly focused on what the company's platforms do and who they compete with.
Antitrust Trial Sees FTC and Meta Debate Whether Company Has Competitors
Neutral
Schwab Network
10 hours ago
Tariffs, "Co-opetition," META LlamaCon & NVDA: Measuring A.I.'s Runway Ahead
"I don't think anything has changed" in the overall A.I. story, says Dave Nicholson, but he believes it can vastly change depending on which company you look into.
Tariffs, "Co-opetition," META LlamaCon & NVDA: Measuring A.I.'s Runway Ahead
Neutral
Market Watch
10 hours ago
What options trading is saying about Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft earnings
Several Big Tech companies are reporting earnings this week, including Amazon.com AMZN-0.15%, Apple AAPL+0.49%, Meta Platforms META+0.84% and Microsoft MSFT+0.75%. Options traders attempt to predict the size of a stock's post-earnings movement by bidding up its puts and calls.
What options trading is saying about Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft earnings
Neutral
CNBC Television
11 hours ago
Market Navigator: Eyeing Meta for trade opportunities ahead of earnings
Bob Lang, Explosive Options founder, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss what he's eyeing for Meta ahead of earnings.
Market Navigator: Eyeing Meta for trade opportunities ahead of earnings
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
12 hours ago
Will Higher Ad Revenues Aid Meta Platforms in Q1 Earnings?
META's first-quarter 2025 results are expected to benefit from improving advertising business and improving user engagement.
Will Higher Ad Revenues Aid Meta Platforms in Q1 Earnings?
Positive
Forbes
12 hours ago
Here's What To Know About Meta's Standalone AI App To Rival ChatGPT
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta launched a standalone artificial intelligence app Tuesday, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT and marking the latest app to release as part of the larger AI race.
Here's What To Know About Meta's Standalone AI App To Rival ChatGPT
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