Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) is -17.22% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $414.50 and a high of $740.91 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The META stock was last observed hovering at around $501.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -16.82%.
Currently trading at $484.66, the stock is -12.37% and -21.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 16.17 million and changing -3.35% at the moment leaves the stock -16.18% off its SMA200. META registered -1.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -15.97%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $614.1738 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $578.21765.
The stock witnessed a -17.29% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.91%, and is -10.84% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.57% over the week and 5.02% over the month.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) has around 74067 employees, a market worth around $1227.96B and $164.50B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.26 and Fwd P/E is 17.22. Profit margin for the company is 37.91%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.93% and -34.59% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.07%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 3.80% this year.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Top Institutional Holders
5836.0 institutions hold shares in Meta Platforms Inc (META), with institutional investors hold 79.88% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 2.19B, and float is at 2.19B with Short Float at 1.24%. Institutions hold 79.81% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 189.31 million shares valued at $95.45 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 7.4707% of the META Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 161.11 million shares valued at $81.23 billion to account for 6.3579 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 138.46 million shares representing 5.4639% and valued at over $69.81 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.4041 of the shares totaling 86.26 million with a market value of $43.49 billion.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Insider Activity
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Meta Platforms Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 15 ’25 that Newstead Jennifer (Chief Legal Officer) sold a total of 921 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 15 ’25 and was made at $531.22 per share for $0.49 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 28419.0 shares of the META stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 14 ’25, Olivan Javier (Chief Operating Officer) disposed off 608 shares at an average price of $556.45 for $0.34 million. The insider now directly holds 5,014 shares of Meta Platforms Inc (META).
