Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) is 43.79% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $442.65 and a high of $747.90 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The META stock was last observed hovering at around $701.41 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.87%.
Currently trading at $704.28, the stock is -1.55% and 3.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 12.73 million and changing 0.41% at the moment leaves the stock 13.17% off its SMA200. META registered 20.28% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.12%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $681.1852 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $622.3418.
The stock witnessed a 1.01% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 40.21%, and is -1.84% 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 1.78% over the week and 1.94% over the month.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) has around 74067 employees, a market worth around $1770.66B and $170.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.47 and Fwd P/E is 24.85. Profit margin for the company is 39.11%. Distance from 52-week low is 59.11% and -5.83% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (28.65%).
with sales reaching $44.55B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.65% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 14.12% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 14.03% in year-over-year returns.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Top Institutional Holders
5946.0 institutions hold shares in Meta Platforms Inc (META), with institutional investors hold 80.06% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 2.18B, and float is at 2.17B with Short Float at 1.46%. Institutions hold 80.01% 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by KIMMITT ROBERT M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that KIMMITT ROBERT M sold 465 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 15 ’25 at a price of $723.08 per share for a total of $0.34 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9342.0 shares.
Meta Platforms Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 15 ’25 that Newstead Jennifer (Chief Legal Officer) sold a total of 519 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 15 ’25 and was made at $723.08 per share for $0.38 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 26588.0 shares of the META stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 14 ’25, Olivan Javier (Chief Operating Officer) disposed off 517 shares at an average price of $717.50 for $0.37 million. The insider now directly holds 6,819 shares of Meta Platforms Inc (META).
