Meta Platforms Inc [NASDAQ: META] surged by $1.47 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $612.77.
Meta Platforms Inc stock has also loss -0.50% of its value over the past 7 days. However, META stock has inclined by 6.24% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 28.77% and gained 4.66% year-on date.
The market cap for META stock reached $1546.63 billion, with 2.18 billion shares outstanding and 2.18 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 12.47M shares, META reached a trading volume of 16916722 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Meta Platforms Inc [META]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for META shares is $673.89 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on META stock is a recommendation set at 1.50. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Jefferies have made an estimate for Meta Platforms Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on January 06, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wolfe Research raised their target price from $670 to $730. The new note on the price target was released on January 03, 2025, representing the official price target for Meta Platforms Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $780 to $800, while Pivotal Research Group kept a Buy rating on META stock. On October 31, 2024, analysts increased their price target for META shares from 620 to 660.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Meta Platforms Inc is set at 17.86, with the Price to Sales ratio for META stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 9.90. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 9.40, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 28.13. Price to Free Cash Flow for META in the course of the last twelve months was 29.60 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.73.
META stock trade performance evaluation
Meta Platforms Inc [META] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.50. With this latest performance, META shares dropped by -1.84% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 28.77% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 66.35% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for META stock in for the last two-week period is set at 53.14, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 53.08, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 53.45 for Meta Platforms Inc [META]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 595.83, while it was recorded at 608.75 for the last single week of trading, and 534.27 for the last 200 days.
Meta Platforms Inc [META]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Meta Platforms Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.73 and a Current Ratio set at 2.73.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Meta Platforms Inc [META] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for META. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Meta Platforms Inc go to 17.00%.
Meta Platforms Inc [META]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $79.40%, or 79.52%% of META stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of META stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 189.31 million shares, which is approximately 7.4384%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 161.11 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$81.23 billion in META stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$69.81 billion in META stock with ownership which is approximately 5.4403%.
