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 headsets, and wearables worldwide.
Facebook stock last closed at $713.57, down 0.79% from the previous day, and has increased 40.05% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Internet Content & Information industry by 0.93 percentage points. Facebook stock is currently +61.2% from its 52-week low of $442.65, and -4.59% from its 52-week high of $747.90.
As of Jul 2, 2025, there are 2.51B shares of META outstanding. The market value of META is $1.79T. In the past 24 hours, 9.34M META shares were traded.
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Out of 39 sell side analysts who track META, the consensus analyst rating on Facebook is a Strong Buy
It's important to note that analyst forecasts are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Ken Gawrelski, a top 7% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains META with a strong buy rating and maintains their META price target from $664.00 to $664.00, on Jun 17, 2025.
Wells Fargo's Ken Gawrelski maintained their Strong Buy rating on Facebook (NASDAQ: META). The analyst also maintained a $664 price target.
In a note in which they neither re-rated the stock nor adjusted their price target, Gawrelski argued that "the stock's long-term outperformance is increasingly dependent upon stronger signals from Meta Platforms regarding its next product cycle."
To that point, the analyst characterized as "encouraging" the announcement of new WhatsApp monetization features that Wells Fargo expects to contribute 2 pts+ to revenue by FY 2027.
Jason Helfstein, a top 1% analyst from Oppenheimer maintains META with a buy rating and raises their META price target from $665.00 to $775.00, on Jun 16, 2025.
Justin Post, a top 2% analyst from Bank of America maintains META with a strong buy rating and raises their META price target from $690.00 to $765.00, on Jun 12, 2025.
Doug Anmuth, a top 1% analyst from JP Morgan maintains META with a strong buy rating and raises their META price target from $675.00 to $735.00, on Jun 4, 2025.
Rob Sanderson, a top 9% analyst from Loop Capital maintains META with a strong buy rating and raises their META price target from $695.00 to $888.00, on May 16, 2025.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Facebook stock forecast page.
Last year, META earnings were $66.64B. In the past five year, META's earnings have gone up by 29.08% per year. This was slower than the Internet Content & Information industry average of 35.34%.
Last year, META revenue was $170.36B. In the past 5 year, META's revenue has increased by 18.35% per year. This was faster than the Internet Content & Information industry average of 17.81%.
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In the past year, executives and large shareholders at META have sold more shares than they have bought.
Javier Olivan, Chief Operating Officer of META, was the latest META insider to sell. They sold $9,597.43 worth of META shares on Jun 30, 2025.
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Facebook pays a dividend of 0.29%, compared to the Internet Content & Information industry's average dividend yield of 2.86%. If you owned $1,000 worth of META stock, you would have received $2.87 in the past 12 months.
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