Meta Platforms Inc [NASDAQ: META] surged by $16409304.23 during the normal trading session on Friday and reaching a high of $701.8197 during the day while it closed the day at $16410000.0.
Meta Platforms Inc stock has also loss -1.59% of its value over the past 7 days. However, META stock has inclined by 16.44% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 9.31% and gained 34.68% year-on date.
The market cap for META stock reached $1715.53 billion, with 2.18 billion shares outstanding and 2.17 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 16.41M shares, META reached a trading volume of 22538640 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 $704.80 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 1.43. 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.
Wedbush have made an estimate for Meta Platforms Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on May 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price from $650 to $683. The new note on the price target was released on May 01, 2025, representing the official price target for Meta Platforms Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $700 to $720, while Truist kept a Buy rating on META stock. On May 01, 2025, analysts increased their price target for META shares from 628 to 655.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 9.30, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 27.96. Price to Free Cash Flow for META in the course of the last twelve months was 32.79 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.66.
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 -1.59. With this latest performance, META shares gained by 7.10% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 9.31% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 16.54% in the past year of trading.
Meta Platforms Inc [META]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Meta Platforms Inc [META] shares currently have an operating margin of 43.00% and a Gross Margin at 81.75%. Meta Platforms Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 39.11%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 26.49%, with Return on Assets sitting at 26.49%.
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 10.13%.
Meta Platforms Inc [META]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $80.06%, or 80.12%% 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 7.4707%. 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 5.4639%.
