Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) has a beta value of 1.20 and has seen 21.45 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1097.18B, closed the last trade at $432.62 per share which meant it lost -$10.67 on the day or -2.41% during that session. The META stock price is -22.85% off its 52-week high price of $531.49 and 46.87% above the 52-week low of $229.85. The 3-month trading volume is 19.05 million shares.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) trade information
Sporting -2.41% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, when the META stock price touched $432.62 or saw a rise of 15.17%. Year-to-date, Meta Platforms Inc shares have moved 22.22%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -10.19%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) have changed -10.91%.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Meta Platforms Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 50.03% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 35.84%, compared to 19.00% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, increased its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are 46.30% and 13.00% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 17.70%.
44 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $35.67 billion for the current quarter. 43 have an estimated revenue figure of $36.4 billion for the next quarter concluding in Sep 2024. Year-ago sales stood $30.41 billion and $33.56 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 17.30% for the current quarter and 8.40% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 14.46% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 35.50% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 30.00%.
META Dividends
Meta Platforms Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in May this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.50 at a share yield of 0.12%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
