- Previous Close
537.95 - Open
549.86 - Bid 558.94 x 100
- Ask 570.00 x 500
- Day's Range
546.52 - 561.36 - 52 Week Range
279.40 - 561.36 - Volume
11,358,631 - Avg. Volume
13,849,695 - Market Cap (intraday)
1.415T - Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.21
- PE Ratio (TTM)
28.59 - EPS (TTM)
19.57 - Earnings Date Oct 23, 2024 - Oct 28, 2024
- Forward Dividend & Yield 2.00 (0.37%)
- Ex-Dividend Date Sep 16, 2024
- 1y Target Est
566.94
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. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California
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Market Cap
1.36T
Enterprise Value
1.34T
Trailing P/E
27.51
Forward P/E
22.32
PEG Ratio (5yr expected)
0.95
Price/Sales (ttm)
9.47
Price/Book (mrq)
8.68
Enterprise Value/Revenue
8.95
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
18.19
Financial Highlights
Profitability and Income Statement
Profit Margin
34.34%
Return on Assets (ttm)
17.66%
Return on Equity (ttm)
35.37%
Revenue (ttm)
149.78B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)
51.43B
Diluted EPS (ttm)
19.57
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Total Cash (mrq)
58.08B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)
24.24%
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)
32.01B
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View MoreMeta: Firm’s Scale and Prowess in Digital Advertising Is Hard to Match
Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm’s “Family of Apps,” its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta’s overall sales.
RatingPrice TargetMeta Earnings: Strong Advertising Demand Drives Impressive Cash Flow Despite Ramping Investments
Meta is the world’s largest online social network, with nearly 4 billion family of apps monthly active users. Users engage with each other in different ways, exchanging messages and sharing news events, photos, and videos. The firm’s ecosystem consists mainly of the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and many features surrounding these products. Users can access Facebook on mobile devices and desktops. Advertising revenue represents more than 90% of the firm’s total revenue, with more than 45% coming from the US and Canada and over 20% from Europe.
RatingPrice TargetMeta Earnings: Strong Advertising Demand Drives Impressive Cash Flow Despite Ramping Investments
Meta is the world’s largest online social network, with nearly 4 billion family of apps monthly active users. Users engage with each other in different ways, exchanging messages and sharing news events, photos, and videos. The firm’s ecosystem consists mainly of the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and many features surrounding these products. Users can access Facebook on mobile devices and desktops. Advertising revenue represents more than 90% of the firm’s total revenue, with more than 45% coming from the US and Canada and over 20% from Europe.
RatingPrice TargetDollar Strength Reflects U.S. Economic Trends
The dollar has strengthened in 2024, as the Federal Reserve has thus far not cut the fed funds rate, the U.S. economy has grown at a solid pace, and the high level of interest rates has attracted global investors into dollar-denominated securities. The greenback has climbed 2.5% on a trade-weighted basis in 2024 and is 17% above its average value since 2000. Looking ahead, we anticipate a relatively stable trading range for the dollar into 2025, for several reasons. For one, the dollar typically tracks GDP growth trends, and we think the U.S. economic expansion is poised to slow in coming quarters as the unemployment rate ticks higher. In addition, we expect the higher rates to increase the interest payments as a percent of GDP from recent lows of 1.5%, putting a modest strain on the U.S. balance sheet; the current rate is 3.8%. Lastly, the still-elevated valuation of the greenback implies that other currencies -- and even gold or other commodities -- are possibly undervalued, and we would expect investors such as the petrodollar-fueled sovereign wealth funds to bid up those values at a measured pace over time. For global investors, a higher dollar is a positive factor for export companies (particularly from China), as their goods become relatively cheaper in the global marketplace. But a higher dollar also can generate higher commodity prices, imported inflation, higher interest payments on global borrowings, and ultimately trade wars as U.S. exports stall.