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 $640.34, down 0.55% from the previous day, and has increased 35.31% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Internet Content & Information industry by 0.1 percentage points. Facebook stock is currently +44.66% from its 52-week low of $442.65, and -13.57% from its 52-week high of $740.91.
As of May 16, 2025, there are 2.51B shares of META outstanding. The market value of META is $1.61T. In the past 24 hours, 17.95M 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
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Mark Kelley, a top 2% analyst from Stifel Nicolaus maintains META with a strong buy rating and raises their META price target from $628.00 to $655.00, on May 1, 2025.
Ross Sandler, a top 9% analyst from Barclays maintains META with a strong buy rating and lowers their META price target from $705.00 to $640.00, on May 1, 2025.
Youssef Squali, a top 2% analyst from Truist Securities maintains META with a strong buy rating and raises their META price target from $700.00 to $720.00, on May 1, 2025.
Ken Gawrelski, a top 6% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains META with a strong buy rating and lowers their META price target from $752.00 to $664.00, on May 1, 2025.
Wells Fargo's Ken Gawrelski lowered their price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: META) by 11.7% from $752 to $664 on 2025/05/01. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Meta Platforms reported its Q1 2025 earnings.
According to Gawrelski, ad trends looked good through 2025/04, and management's Q2 revenue guidance was better than expected.
The analyst pointed out that management is fast-tracking its CapEx in FY 2025 and cautioned that the Street will look for ever more concrete proof of ROI in response, particularly in the form of faster revenue growth in 2026.
For Q1 2025, Meta Platforms reported:
For Q2 2025, management guided:
Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg commented: "We've had a strong start to an important year, our community continues to grow, and our business is performing very well.
"We're making good progress on AI glasses and Meta AI, which now has almost 1B monthly actives."
John Blackledge, a bottom 11% analyst from TD Securities maintains META with a strong buy rating and lowers their META price target from $725.00 to $700.00, on May 1, 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 35.54%.
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 17.63%.
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In the past year, executives and large shareholders at META have sold more shares than they have bought.
Jennifer Newstead, Chief Legal Officer of META, was the latest META insider to sell. They sold $585,713.39 worth of META shares on May 13, 2025.
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Facebook pays a dividend of 0.32%, compared to the Internet Content & Information industry's average dividend yield of 2.88%. If you owned $1,000 worth of META stock, you would have received $3.16 in the past 12 months.
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