How to buy Facebook (Meta Platforms) shares

Easy steps to invest in Facebook (Meta Platforms) stock in the UK.

While you can't invest directly in Facebook, you can buy shares in Meta Platforms, its parent company. Meta is listed on the Nasdaq with the ticker "META", where it's traded in US dollars and is a constituent of the S&P 500 index.

It's important to note that Meta has other brands under its umbrella. By investing in Meta, you're effectively also buying into Instagram and WhatsApp, for example. So that means the movement of Meta's share price will be affected by more than just the fortunes of Facebook.

How to buy shares in Facebook (Meta Platforms)

  1. Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
  2. Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
  3. Search the platform by ticker symbol. META in this case.
  4. Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
  5. Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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View Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $616.81

1 week (2026-04-30) 1.32%
1 month (2026-04-07) 0.72%
3 months (2026-02-07) -6.75%
6 months (2025-11-07) -0.79%
1 year (2025-05-07) 3.14%
2 years (2024-05-07) 30.51%
3 years (2023-05-07) 164.31%
5 years (2021-05-07) 93.31%
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Is Facebook (Meta Platforms) under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, let alone a "Magnificent 7" stock, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Facebook (Meta Platforms) P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Facebook (Meta Platforms)'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, Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

However, Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9298. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

However, it's sensible to consider Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $109.3 billion (£80.4 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Facebook (Meta Platforms)'s overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

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