Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
Market cap $1.55T

612.77 USD

+1.47

0.24%

At close Jan 17, 4:00 PM EST

After hours

612.71

-0.06

0.01%

1 day

0.24%

5 days

0.93%

1 month

-1.08%

3 months

6.21%

6 months

32.64%

Year to date

2.26%

1 year

66.35%

5 years

175.85%

10 years

703.74%

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: 72,404

Information Technology Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.

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Funds holding %

of 6,823 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 25 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

136% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 257 | Existing positions closed: 109

25% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,898 | Existing positions reduced: 1,517

20% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $53.4B | Put options by funds: $44.6B

9% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 873 [Q2] → 953 (+80) [Q3]

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $885B [Q2] → $963B (+$78.6B) [Q3]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 4,016 [Q2] → 4,113 (+97) [Q3]

2.29% less ownership

Funds ownership: 80.04% [Q2] → 77.75% (-2.29%) [Q3]

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Research analyst outlook

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

Low target

$530

14%

downside

Avg. target

$678

11%

upside

High target

$811

32%

upside

25 analyst ratings

23 positive

92%

2 neutral

8%

0 negative

0%

Morgan Stanley Brian Nowak 84% 1-year accuracy 27 / 32 met price target	8%upside $660	Overweight Maintained	13 Jan 2025
Wells Fargo Ken Gawrelski 64% 1-year accuracy 32 / 50 met price target	12%upside $685	Overweight Maintained	13 Jan 2025
Keybanc Aleksey Yefremov 37% 1-year accuracy 41 / 111 met price target	14%upside $700	Overweight Maintained	10 Jan 2025
Jefferies Brent Thill 63% 1-year accuracy 34 / 54 met price target	17%upside $715	Buy Maintained	6 Jan 2025
Wedbush Scott Devitt 75% 1-year accuracy 42 / 56 met price target	11%upside $680	Outperform Maintained	6 Jan 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 316 articles about META published over the past 30 days

Meta Makes 'Intense Year' Forecast And Big Layoffs

Recently, Zuckerberg has mentioned that Meta will be facing an “intense year” as the company makes massive AI investments and launches new products. The company is looking to cut its headcount by 5% which shows the efficiency drive by the management and should help improve the margin trajectory. Another important factor for Meta's earnings ability will be the final decision on TikTok and the possibility of attracting a big customer and advertiser base from TikTok.

Meta Makes 'Intense Year' Forecast And Big Layoffs

Meta Will Continue Fact-Checking Outside the U.S.

Meta's use of fact checkers will reportedly continue, at least outside the U.S. The social media giant has decided to phase out fact-checking in the U.S.

Meta Will Continue Fact-Checking Outside the U.S.

Meta confirms it will keep fact-checkers outside the U.S. ‘for now'

Meta says it plans to keep its fact-checking program in place outside the U.S. for the time being, though it could eventually expand it elsewhere.

Meta confirms it will keep fact-checkers outside the U.S. ‘for now'

Facebook, X, YouTube to do more against online hate speech, EU says

Meta's Facebook, Elon Musk's X, Google's YouTube and other tech companies have agreed to do more to tackle online hate speech under an updated code of conduct that will now be integrated into EU tech rules, the European Commission said on Monday.

Facebook, X, YouTube to do more against online hate speech, EU says

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Meta's Mendelsohn on Fact-Checking, AI, EU Regulation, DEI

Nicola Mendelsohn, head of the global business group at Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta, says the company doesn't plan to change fact-checking practices outside the US "at the moment." Mendelsohn also discusses artificial intelligence, the European Union's "over-complication of regulation," as well as the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments.

Meta's Mendelsohn on Fact-Checking, AI, EU Regulation, DEI

The Motley Fool

4 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Splits That Could Happen in 2025

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Instagram Debuts New Video-Editing App, as TikTok Deals With a Ban

Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance.

Instagram Debuts New Video-Editing App, as TikTok Deals With a Ban

Meta announces a new video editing app called Edits amidst TikTok and CapCut ban

Meta today announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance's video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban.

Meta announces a new video editing app called Edits amidst TikTok and CapCut ban

24/7 Wall Street

I Thought AI Stocks Were in a Bubble, But These 3 Trends Have Me Thinking Again

The last few years of AI-induced gains have some folks going on bubble watch. And while the meteoric rise of names like Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) could end in a painful pullback of sorts at some point down the line, I'm not so sure you can dismiss all high-tech AI innovators as a bubble that's just waiting to be burst.

I Thought AI Stocks Were in a Bubble, But These 3 Trends Have Me Thinking Again

The Motley Fool

Can This Unstoppable Stock Double in 5 Years?

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