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$627.09

− 0.55%− 3.47

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52-Week Range41% Into the Band

Low: $520.26; 21% Above the Low
High: $779.82; 20% Below the High

Company Profile

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Market Cap: $1.60 T; At the Live Price; 2.3% of the S&P 500 Total
Market Cap Rank: 7.; Of 499 S&P 500 Companies

METALargest: NVDA · $5.25 T6. AVGO · $22.0 B Ahead8. TSLA · $2.20 B Behind

Owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — revenue driven by digital ads. Invests in Llama open AI models and Quest headsets.

Country: United States
Exchange: Nasdaq
IPO Date: May 18, 2012

52-Week Range41% Into the Band

Low: $520.26; 21% Above the Low
High: $779.82; 20% Below the High

Company Profile

Technical Analysis

Pre-Market · Oct 27

SELLTurned Sell

Meta closed below its 100-day at 630.88 as well; with the 200 and 100-day both lost, the view turns to SELL.

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Company Summary

Index Membership: S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100
Sector: Communication Services
Sub-Industry: Interactive Media & Services
Same Sub-Industry: 1 Index Companies

Valuation

Key Metrics

Rule Check

P/E Ratio: 21.38
Forward P/E: 22.28
P/B: 5.86
Earnings per Share: $29.34
Dividend Yield: –
Beta: 1.27
Net Margin: 31.2%
Debt / Equity: 0.30
Volume: 17,106,952

How to Read

The lane spans the 5th to 95th percentile of 23 companies in the same GICS sector: the line is the sector median, the dot is the company. Same source as the Stock Scorecard; measures without sector data get no lane. Position is not a grade: being high or low is not good or bad on its own.

Moving Averages

Technical Analysis

Latest Price: $627.09
50-Day: $665.76− 5.81%
100-Day: $630.86− 0.60%
200-Day: $632.31− 0.83%

Average close over the last 50, 100 and 200 trading days. Above the average, buyers led that stretch; below it, sellers did. The percentage next to it is the gap.

Analyst Ratings

88%Lean Buy

Strong Buy: 20; 29%
Buy: 41; 59%
Hold: 7; 10%
Sell: 1; 1%
Strong Sell: 0; 0%

Average Price Target$833.12+ 32.86%Upside

Target Range: $650.00 – $1,000.00

58 Analysts · MarketBeat · Oct 24, 2026

12-Month Recommendation Mix69 Analysts · October 2026

These five buckets are the 12-month ratings of the analysts covering the stock. They are not a price target and they say nothing about timing. Ratings move slowly and in step, so the distribution usually turns after the price rather than before it.

Sharia Screening

Needs Review

Interest-Bearing Debt / Market Cap: 5.1%; 0Limit 33%
Cash and Interest-Bearing Assets / Market Cap: 5.2%; 0Limit 33%

This Is Not a Religious Ruling

It is an automated pre-screen based on the line of business and AAOIFI's widely used financial thresholds; a final judgement rests with your own school of thought and the certification boards that audit the filings.

The interest-income test (5% of revenue) needs a revenue breakdown our free data source doesn't provide, so that criterion isn't screened.

Stock Scorecard

Communication Services · 23 Companies

Growth87%Growing faster than 87% of its sector · Revenue Growth, EPS Growth
Profitability85%More profitable than 85% of its sector · Operating Margin, Net Margin, Return on Equity
Balance Sheet Health75%Ahead of 75% of its sector on debt and liquidity · Debt / Equity, Current Ratio
Momentum50%Ahead of 50% of its sector over 6 months · 6-Month Return

Position among index members in the same GICS sector, not a grade or a recommendation. The filled bar is the company's percentile, the vertical line the sector median. Valuation uses the live price.

FinnhubOldest Figure Oct 26, 2026

Analyst Distribution Change

The buy-side share fell 1 points in 3 months: 89% → 88%.

Buy-Side ShareStrong Buy 20Buy 41Hold 7Sell 1Strong Sell 0

Table With Numbers

Analyst Ratings	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26	Change
Strong Buy	21	21	20	20	−1
Buy	42	41	42	41	−1
Hold	8	9	9	7	−1
Sell	0	0	0	1	+1

How to Read

Net change in the monthly distribution: a rise in a bucket can come from an analyst changing their rating or a new one joining. Individual rating changes and price targets are not in the source.

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Earnings

Latest Earnings, in Brief

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Next Earnings

Tuesday, January 26

After Close

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EPS Estimate: $8.52
Revenue Estimate: $76.1 B

Beat Record

Beat estimates in 3 of the last 4 quarters

Earnings Analyses

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SELLQ3 2026Wednesday, October 21Meta's revenue beat expectations by 1.9%, but a $9.89 billion legal charge pushed GAAP EPS 29.9% below estimates. The stock first rose 6.7% after hours, but gave back most of the gain after the call and was up 1.8% as of 6:33 p.m. ET. The next thing to watch is whether free cash flow turns positive again as capital spending keeps growing.

Past Earnings

ForecastActual

Q4 '25
Q1 '26
Q2 '26
Q3 '26

Period	Report Date	Surprise	EPS · Forecast	EPS · Actual	Revenue · Forecast	Revenue · Actual
Q3 2026Sep 2026Oct 21, 2026	Oct 21, 2026	+ 27.8%	$5.79	$7.40	$64.6 B	$64.6 B
Q2 2026	No Data	− 16.0%	$7.36	$6.18	No Data

EPS (Earnings Per Share)

Dividends

Quarterly Payer

2026Partial Year: $1.583 Payments
2025: $2.104 Payments
2024: $2.004 Payments

Recent Payments

Annual Yield Estimate ~0.3%

Sep 21, 2026$0.53
Jun 15, 2026$0.53
Mar 16, 2026$0.53
Dec 15, 2025$0.53

US dividends are taxed at source: under the US–Türkiye treaty, individual investors pay 20% with a W-8BEN form on file and 30% without. Amounts are gross, per share, before tax. What Is W-8BEN Tax Guide

How It's Calculated

The annual yield estimate is the latest regular dividend × payments per year ÷ the last price; it isn't shown when the payment frequency can't be established from past payments, or when the payment is special or from a foreign issuer.

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In Context

Insider Transactions

Last 90 Days

Open-Market Buys: $0.00; 0 People
Open-Market Sales: $101 M; 10 People
Net: −$101 M

Buy and Sell BalanceBuy 0% · Sell 100%

Monthly Share Purchase Ratio (MSPR)

Latest (Oct 26): −100

Nov 25Oct 26

Insider	Date	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value
Javier OlivanChief Operating Officer	Oct 19	Sell	−1,575	$707.20	$1.11 M
Javier OlivanChief Operating Officer	Oct 12	Sell	−1,575	$728.10	$1.15 M
Javier OlivanChief Operating Officer

How to Read

Colored chips are open-market decisions; dimmed rows are grants, tax withholding, gifts or option exercises, which are not trading decisions.

Rows come from SEC Form 4 filings; parts of the same filing are merged into one transaction. The summary counts only open-market buys and sales: grants, tax withholding, gifts and option exercises are not trading decisions. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are not flagged separately by the source.

The role under each name is taken from the person's latest Form 4 filing; when the filing cannot be read, the row shows the name only.

MSPR runs from −100 to 100: 100 means only buying that month, −100 only selling. An empty month means the source has no computed value for it; recent months can reach the source late.

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