Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META)’s traded shares stood at 10.9 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.27. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $714.8, to imply an increase of 0.17% or $1.22 in intraday trading. The META share’s 52-week high remains $747.90, putting it -4.63% down since that peak but still an impressive 38.07% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $442.65. The company has a valuation of $1797.11B, with an average of 10.7 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 12.91 million shares over the past 3 months.
Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Meta Platforms Inc (META), translating to a mean rating of 1.44. Of 51 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 1 analyst(s) give META a Sell rating. 2 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 8 advise Hold as 40 recommend it as a Buy.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) trade information
After registering a 0.17% upside in the last session, Meta Platforms Inc (META) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 1.91%, and 0.37% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 46.66%. Short interest in Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) saw shorts transact 25.61 million shares and set a 2.13 days time to cover.
The extremes give us $775 and $935 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, META has been trading -30.81% off suggested target high and -8.42% from its likely low.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 29.99% for the past 5-year period. While 2025 is set for a 7.93% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 10.29% annually.
META Dividends
Meta Platforms Inc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Apr-30. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Meta Platforms Inc has a forward dividend ratio of 2.05, with the share yield ticking at 0.29% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META)’s Major holders
Meta Platforms Inc insiders hold 0.07% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 80.03% of the shares at 80.08% float percentage. In total, 80.03% institutions holds shares in the company, led by VANGUARD GROUP INC. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 189.31 million shares (or 7.4707% of shares), all amounting to roughly $95.45 billion.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is BLACKROCK INC. with 161.11 million shares, or about 6.3579% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $81.23 billion.
