Meta is an internet content & information business based in the US. Meta shares (META) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $597.02 – an increase of 8.6% over the previous week. Meta employs 76,834 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $170.4 billion.
April 30, 2025: Still miffed about a European Commission fine (for being found in breach of the Digital Markets Act), Meta Platforms told European users that they might have to put up with a "materially worse" experience on Meta services. Shareholders, meanwhile, were warned of a "a significant impact" to the tech giant's European business and revenue in the company's Q1 earnings update, which was otherwise broadly positive (showing stronger-than-expected revenue). Analyst Eric Seufert told the BBC that Meta might be seeking to "turn public opinion against this regulatory regime".
April 23, 2025: The European Commision hit Meta Platforms and Apple with €200m and €500m fines respectively, after ruling the tech giants had breached its Digital Markets Act. Apple's App Store was called out for not letting users be told about alternative offers outside of the platform. Meanwhile Meta was called out for not giving users enough choice over how data captured across platforms is tied together under a new "consent or pay" model.
April 14, 2025: In Washington, the landmark antitrust case that could see Mark Zuckerberg forced to sell off Instagram and Whatsapp begins. Although the acquisitions of both platforms were initially approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), it pledged to monitor developments, and is now bringing the case against Meta.
March 8, 2025: Meta shares traded down 2.3% during trading on Friday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $611.11 and last traded at $613.62. 5,379,466 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 61% from the average session volume of 13,622,523 shares, according to MarketBeat.
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| Latest market close | $597.02 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $441.48 - $740.25 |
| 50-day moving average | $585.45 |
| 200-day moving average | $579.09 |
| Wall St. target price | $710.38 |
| PE ratio | 22.3694 |
| Dividend yield | $1.5 (0.38%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $25.58 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $597.02 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-28) | 8.60% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 18.29% |
| 3 months (2025-02-06) | -16.15% |
| 6 months (2024-11-06) | 4.37% |
| 1 year (2024-05-06) | 28.20% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | 157.68% |
| 3 years (2022-05-05) | 187.99% |
| 5 years (2020-05-05) | 189.68% |
Valuing Meta stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Meta's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Meta's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Meta shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Meta's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.8858. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Meta's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Meta's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $88 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Meta's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $170.4 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 41.49% |
| Gross profit TTM | $139.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 17.88% |
| Return on equity TTM | 39.84% |
| Profit margin | 39.11% |
| Book value | $73.22 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.4 trillion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Meta.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 29.4
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Meta's overall score of 29.4 (as at 12/31/2018) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 59th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Meta is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 0.07/100
Social score: 13.68/100
Governance score: 8.28/100
Controversy score: 4/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Meta scored a 4 out of 5 for controversy – the second-lowest score possible, reflecting that Meta has a damaged public profile.
Meta Platforms Inc. was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 29.4 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 59.14 |
| Environmental score | 0.07 |
| Social score | 13.68 |
| Governance score | 8.28 |
| Level of controversy | 4 |
Dividend payout ratio: 7.9% of net profits
Recently Meta has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Meta shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Meta's case, that would currently equate to about $1.5 per share.
While Meta's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Meta is investing more in its future growth.
Meta's most recent dividend payout was on 25 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Meta's shares have ranged in value from as little as $441.479 up to $740.2514. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Meta's is 1.279. This would suggest that Meta's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality and mixed reality headsets, augmented reality, and wearables worldwide. It operates through two segments, Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment offers Facebook, which enables people to build community through feed, reels, stories, groups, marketplace, and other; Instagram that brings people closer through instagram feed, stories, reels, live, and messaging; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; Threads, an application for text-based updates and public conversations; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact in a private way. The RL segment provides virtual, augmented, and mixed reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc.
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