Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) has a beta value of 1.27 and has seen 4.33 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $1773.48B, closed the recent trade at $705.4 per share which meant it gained $6.87 on the day or 0.98%% during that session. The META stock price is -5.03% off its 52-week high price of $740.91 and 37.25% above the 52-week low of $442.65. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 11.72 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 16.19 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Meta Platforms Inc (META) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.45. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 2 rate it as Overweight. 8 out of 51 have rated it as a Hold, with 40 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 5.84.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) trade information
Sporting 0.98%% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the META stock price touched $705.4 or saw a rise of 0.99%. Year-to-date, Meta Platforms Inc shares have moved 40.60%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.47%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) have changed 10.81%. Short interest in the company has seen 30.94 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.12.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $750, which means that the shares’ value could jump 5.95% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $670.0 while the price target rests at a high of $935.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -32.55% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 5.02% from the levels at last check today..
Meta Platforms Inc (META) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 18.12% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 14.06%.
44 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 44.55B for the current quarter. 43 have an estimated revenue figure of 45.81B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 39.07B and 40.59B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 14.02% for the current quarter and 14.06% 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 29.99% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 7.31% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 10.13%.
META Dividends
Meta Platforms Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Apr-30 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 2.05 at a share yield of 0.29%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.07% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 80.05% with a share float percentage of 80.11%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Meta Platforms Inc having a total of 5995.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 189.31 million shares worth more than $95.45 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 7.4707% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 161.11 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $81.23 billion and represent 6.3579% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 3.19% shares in the company for having 69.19 shares of worth $48.66 billion while later fund manager owns 60.85 shares of worth $42.8 billion as of Mar 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 2.80% of company’s outstanding stock.
