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META:NASDAQ
Meta Platforms Inc
$703.18
-0.87%
(-6.15) 1D
Oct 19, 2:18:02 PM GMT-4  ·   USD
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SymbolPriceChange% Change
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Open
$707.16
High
$708.83
Low
$693.86
Mkt. cap
1.79T
Avg. vol.
21.48M
Volume
9.62M
Dividend
0.30%
Quarterly dividend
$0.53
Ex-dividend date
Sep 21, 2026
P/E ratio
26.47
52-wk high
$779.82
52-wk low
$520.26
EPS
$26.56
Beta
1.19
Shares outstanding
2.21B
No. of employees
75K
Open
$707.16
High
$708.83
Low
$693.86
Mkt. cap
1.79T
Avg. vol.
21.48M
Volume
9.62M
Dividend
0.30%
Quarterly dividend
$0.53
Ex-dividend date
Sep 21, 2026
P/E ratio
26.47
52-wk high
$779.82
52-wk low
$520.26
EPS
$26.56
Beta
1.19
Shares outstanding
2.21B
No. of employees
75K
News stories
From web sources and news partners
Profile
Meta Platforms, Inc., headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is an American multinational technology company and is one of the Big Tech companies. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads. The company also operates an advertising network for its own sites and third parties; as of 2023, advertising accounted for 97.8% of its total revenue. The company was established in 2004 as TheFacebook, Inc., and was renamed Facebook, Inc. in 2005. In 2021, it rebranded as Meta Platforms, Inc. to reflect a strategic shift toward developing the metaverse—an interconnected digital ecosystem spanning virtual and augmented reality technologies. Meta is ranked 17th on the Fortune 500 and 16th on the Forbes Global 2000. As of 2022, it was the world's third-largest spender on research and development, with R&D expenses totaling US$35.3 billion. Wikipedia
About Meta Platforms Inc
CEOMark Zuckerberg
Employees75.5K
FoundedFeb 4, 2004
Headquarters-
SectorInteractive media
Websitemeta.com
Analyst ratings
Based on 45 analysts giving stock ratings to META in the past 3 months
Strong buy
Buy
39
Hold
6
Sell
0
12-month forecast
Based on 45 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for META in the last 3 months.
Highest
Current $703.18
$1,000.00 (+42.21%)
Average
$832.58 (+18.40%)
Lowest
$580.00 (-17.52%)
Analyst
Recommendation
Action
Price target
Projected
Date
Brian White
Monness
Buy
Maintained
$830.00
+18%
10/19/2026
Brian Nowak
Morgan Stanley
Buy
Maintained
$820.00
+16.6%
10/19/2026
Benjamin Black CFA
Deutsche Bank
Buy
Maintained
$820.00
+16.6%
10/16/2026
Ygal Arounian
Wedbush
Hold
Maintained
$700.00
-0.5%
10/16/2026
Justin Post
Bank of America Securities
Buy
Reiterated
$810.00
+15.2%
10/16/2026
Jason Helfstein
Oppenheimer
Hold
Maintained
-
-
10/15/2026
Doug Anmuth
J.P. Morgan
Buy
Reiterated
$920.00
+30.8%
10/15/2026
Ronald Josey
Citi
Buy
Maintained
$895.00
+27.3%
10/15/2026
Brent Thill
Jefferies
Buy
Maintained
$875.00
+24.4%
10/14/2026
Eric Sheridan
Goldman Sachs
Buy
Maintained
$860.00
+22.3%
10/14/2026
Michael Morris
Guggenheim
Buy
Maintained
$850.00
+20.9%
10/14/2026
Stephen Ju
UBS
Buy
Reiterated
$884.00
+25.7%
10/14/2026
Mark Mahaney
Evercore ISI
Buy
Maintained
$860.00
+22.3%
10/13/2026
Youssef Squali
Truist Financial
Buy
Maintained
$1,000.00
+42.2%
10/13/2026
Jeffrey Wlodarczak
Pivotal Research
Buy
Reiterated
$930.00
+32.3%
10/13/2026
Justin Patterson
KeyBanc
Buy
Maintained
$900.00
+28%
10/13/2026
Ken Gawrelski
Wells Fargo
Buy
Maintained
$1,000.00
+42.2%
10/12/2026
Deepak Mathivanan
Cantor Fitzgerald
Buy
Maintained
$840.00
+19.5%
10/12/2026
John Blackledge
TD Cowen
Buy
Maintained
$865.00
+23%
10/08/2026
Unknown Analyst
Yorkville Ives & Co
Buy
Initiated
$900.00
+28%
10/06/2026
Daniel Ives
Yorkville Ives & Co
Buy
Initiated
$900.00
+28%
10/06/2026
Nat Schindler
Scotiabank
Hold
Maintained
$600.00
-14.7%
10/02/2026
Laura Martin
Needham
Hold
Maintained
-
-
10/01/2026
Sachin Mittal
DBS
Buy
Maintained
$883.00
+25.6%
09/29/2026
Brian Pitz
BMO Capital
Hold
Maintained
$580.00
-17.5%
09/29/2026
Mark Shmulik
Bernstein
Buy
Maintained
$800.00
+13.8%
09/28/2026
Thomas Champion
Piper Sandler
Buy
Reiterated
$875.00
+24.4%
09/25/2026
Maria Ripps
Canaccord Genuity
Buy
Maintained
$950.00
+35.1%
09/25/2026
Ivan Feinseth
Tigress Financial
Buy
Reiterated
$995.00
+41.5%
09/24/2026
Josh Beck
Raymond James
Buy
Maintained
$860.00
+22.3%
09/24/2026
Andrew Boone
Citizens JMP
Buy
Maintained
$885.00
+25.9%
09/24/2026
Ralph Schackart
William Blair
Buy
Maintained
-
-
09/24/2026
Brad Erickson
RBC Capital
Buy
Maintained
$770.00
+9.5%
09/23/2026
Lloyd Walmsley
Mizuho Securities
Buy
Maintained
$750.00
+6.7%
09/22/2026
Mark Zgutowicz
StoneX
Hold
Reiterated
-
-
09/22/2026
Barton Crockett
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
Maintained
$886.00
+26%
08/27/2026
Paul Chew
Phillip Securities
Buy
Maintained
$750.00
+6.7%
08/03/2026
Rohit Kulkarni
Roth MKM
Buy
Reiterated
$750.00
+6.7%
08/03/2026
Saiyi He
CMB International Securities
Buy
Maintained
$830.00
+18%
07/31/2026
Ingo Wermann
DZ BANK AG
Buy
Maintained
-
-
07/30/2026
Shyam Patil
Susquehanna
Buy
Maintained
$650.00
-7.6%
07/30/2026
Colin Sebastian
Robert W. Baird
Buy
Maintained
$750.00
+6.7%
07/30/2026
Gil Luria
D.A. Davidson
Buy
Maintained
$700.00
-0.5%
07/30/2026
Shweta Khajuria
Wolfe Research
Buy
Reiterated
$700.00
-0.5%
07/29/2026
Ross Sandler
Barclays
Buy
Maintained
$780.00
+10.9%
07/30/2026
Dominic Ball
Rothschild & Co Redburn
Buy
Maintained
$1,000.00
+42.2%
07/21/2026
Hans Engel
Erste Group
Buy
Upgraded
-
-
07/07/2026
Rocco Strauss
Arete Research
Buy
Upgraded
$735.00
+4.5%
06/02/2026
Mark Kelley
Stifel Nicolaus
Buy
Maintained
$780.00
+10.9%
04/30/2026
Jed Kelly
Oppenheimer
Hold
Reiterated
$622.25
-11.5%
04/29/2026
Nicolas Cote Colisson
HSBC
Buy
Maintained
$905.00
+28.7%
04/21/2026
Madison Rezaei
Bernstein
Buy
Maintained
$900.00
+28%
04/14/2026
Stacy Rasgon
Bernstein
Buy
Maintained
$900.00
+28%
03/31/2026
Unknown Analyst
Argus Research
Buy
Maintained
$800.00
+13.8%
02/02/2026
Scott Devitt
Wedbush
Buy
Maintained
$900.00
+28%
01/29/2026
Next call in 2 days
Wed, Oct 21, 10:30 PM
Fiscal period
Q3 2026
- / $6.76
Revenue / Est. (USD)
- / 63.39B
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Revenue
Net income
All values in USD
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Revenue
51.24B
59.89B
56.31B
60.80B
Cost of goods sold
9.21B
10.91B
10.22B
11.33B
Cost of revenue
9.21B
10.91B
10.22B
11.33B
Research and development expenses
15.14B
17.14B
17.70B
21.66B
Total research and development expenses
-
-
-
-
Selling, general, and admin expenses
6.36B
7.11B
5.52B
6.64B
Operating expense
21.50B
24.24B
23.22B
28.30B
Total operating expenses
30.71B
35.15B
33.44B
39.63B
Operating income
20.54B
24.74B
22.87B
21.18B
Other non operating income
32.00M
-32.00M
-1.00M
761.00M
EBT including unusual items
21.66B
25.35B
21.75B
18.76B
EBT excluding unusual items
20.74B
24.76B
22.83B
21.89B
Income tax expense
18.95B
2.59B
-5.02B
2.91B
Effective tax rate
87.49%
10.20%
-23.08%
15.50%
Other operating expenses
-
-
-
-
Net income
2.71B
22.77B
26.77B
15.85B
Net profit margin
5.29%
38.01%
47.54%
26.07%
Earnings per share
7.25
8.88
7.31
6.18
Interest and investment income
359.00M
625.00M
744.00M
859.00M
Interest expense
-227.00M
-456.00M
-562.00M
-783.00M
Net interest expenses
132.00M
169.00M
182.00M
76.00M
Depreciation and amortization charges
-
-
-
-
EBITDA
25.50B
30.16B
28.87B
27.53B
Gain or loss from assets sale
-
-
-
-
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