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Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META

738.70 USD
-12.41
1.65%
At close Updated Aug 29, 4:00 PM EDT
Pre-market
After hours
737.79
-0.91
0.12%
1 day
-1.65%
5 days
-2.14%
1 month
5.53%
3 months
14.52%
6 months
10.55%
Year to date
23.27%
1 year
42.55%
5 years
151.94%
10 years
726.01%
 

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: 75,945

Communication Services Internet Content & Information
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Funds holding %
of 7,446 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 30 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

146% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 339 | Existing positions closed: 138

45% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 2,354 | Existing positions reduced: 1,619

30% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $945B [Q1] → $1.23T (+$284B) [Q2]

29% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $55B | Put options by funds: $42.5B

12% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1,036 [Q1] → 1,160 (+124) [Q2]

2.26% more ownership

Funds ownership: 74.83% [Q1] → 77.09% (+2.26%) [Q2]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 4,624 [Q1] → 4,720 (+96) [Q2]

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Research analyst outlook

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

Low target
$685
-7% downside
Avg. target
$861
17% upside
High target
$1,086
47% upside

30 analyst ratings

28  positive
93%
2  neutral
7%
0  negative
0%
Cantor Fitzgerald
Deepak Mathivanan
24% upside
$920
Overweight
Reiterated
13 Aug 2025
Loop Capital
Rob Sanderson
32% upside
$980
Buy
Maintained
5 Aug 2025
Barclays
Ross Sandler
9% upside
$810
Overweight
Maintained
1 Aug 2025
Citigroup
Ronald Josey
23% upside
$915
Buy
Maintained
31 Jul 2025
JP Morgan
Doug Anmuth
18% upside
$875
Overweight
Maintained
31 Jul 2025
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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 351 articles about META published over the past 30 days

Positive
The Motley Fool
8 hours ago
4 "Ten Titans" Stocks Are Already in the Dow Jones. Could the Rest Join by 2030?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average includes 30 industry-leading U.S. companies from a variety of sectors. Despite having far fewer components than the S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite, the Dow remains one of the most widely followed stock market indexes -- acting as a representative democracy, if you will, of the broader market.
4 "Ten Titans" Stocks Are Already in the Dow Jones. Could the Rest Join by 2030?
Positive
The Motley Fool
12 hours ago
Meta Platforms Pauses AI Spend. Here's Why That's a Good Thing For Investors
Few companies have spent as much on artificial intelligence (AI) as Meta Platforms (META -1.69%). While many companies have invested heavily in AI infrastructure, almost nobody has spent as much on talent.
Meta Platforms Pauses AI Spend. Here's Why That's a Good Thing For Investors
Positive
The Motley Fool
13 hours ago
2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Before They Soar Under President Trump
President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4. The legislation is nearly 900 pages and includes a litany of provisions, but two in particular should benefit Nvidia (NVDA -3.38%) and Meta Platforms (META -1.69%).
2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Before They Soar Under President Trump
Positive
The Motley Fool
14 hours ago
This Stock Is Crushing the S&P 500 in 2025 and Shows No Signs of Stopping
The S&P 500 has risen about 10% this year and is hovering near its all-time highs. That rally was largely driven by the tech sector's robust growth rates, big buybacks, earnings beats across the market, easing trade tensions, and hopes for deeper interest rate cuts.
This Stock Is Crushing the S&P 500 in 2025 and Shows No Signs of Stopping
Negative
Business Insider
18 hours ago
Meta changes the way its AI chatbot responds to kids after senator launches probe into its conversations with teens
Sen. Josh Hawley said he would launch an investigation into how Meta trains its AI chatbot. Meta will train its chatbot not to have romantic discussions or talk about self-harm with children.
Meta changes the way its AI chatbot responds to kids after senator launches probe into its conversations with teens
Negative
TechCrunch
20 hours ago
Cracks are forming in Meta's partnership with Scale AI
It's only been since June that Meta invested $14.3 billion in the data vendor Scale AI, bringing on CEO Alexandr Wang and several of the startup's top executives to run Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). However, the relationship between the two companies is already showing signs of fraying.
Cracks are forming in Meta's partnership with Scale AI
Positive
Reuters
22 hours ago
Meta's AI leaders discuss using Google, OpenAI models in apps, The Information says
Meta Platforms is considering partnerships with rivals Google or OpenAI to enhance artificial intelligence features in its applications, The Information reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the conversations.
Meta's AI leaders discuss using Google, OpenAI models in apps, The Information says
Negative
Reuters
23 hours ago
WhatsApp finds new hacking campaign targeting fewer than 200 people
WhatsApp said Friday it discovered an advanced cyberespionage effort that took advantage of a chain of security vulnerabilities in the app and Apple devices to hack them.
WhatsApp finds new hacking campaign targeting fewer than 200 people
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
yesterday
NVIDIA, Meta and Amazon: Top Momentum Plays in the Mag 7
NVIDIA, Meta and Amazon emerge as top picks under Driehaus' momentum strategy, spotlighting strong earnings trends and growth potential.
NVIDIA, Meta and Amazon: Top Momentum Plays in the Mag 7
Negative
Reuters
yesterday
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
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