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Meta Platforms Inc - Class A

NASDAQ: META Internet Content & Information
$605.08
▼ $24.92 (−3.96%) today
Markets closed · 1:36am ET

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Price Prediction $795.28 +26.2% Our analysts’ 12-month view: target, optimistic case, and floor. META price prediction → Earnings Miss −32.8% EPS vs. the estimate, revenue, and how the market reacted. META earnings history →

META at a Glance

Valuation
Market cap
$1.61T
P/E ratio
21.5
Dividend yield
0.34%
Profitability
Revenue (TTM)
$241.6B
Profit margin
31.1%
EPS (TTM)
$29.31
Price
52-week range
$519 – $780
24/7 target
$795.28
Street target
$848.38
Earnings
Next report
Jan 26, 2027
Q3 2026 EPS
$3.83
vs. $5.70 est.
−32.8%

Headquartered in Menlo Park, CA Fiscal year ends December NASDAQ: META meta.com

About Meta

Meta Platforms, Inc. operates global social technology platforms and is investing heavily in artificial intelligence and immersive technologies. The company's Family of Apps segment includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, which collectively serve 3.64 billion daily active people. Its Reality Labs segment develops virtual and augmented reality consumer hardware, software, and content. Meta generates the vast majority of its revenue from digital advertising served across its family of applications, leveraging AI-driven engagement, recommendations, and monetization tools. The company is undertaking a massive capital expenditure program to build AI infrastructure, with annual capex expected in the range of $135-145 billion for 2026. Meta has also launched AI products including Muse and its first frontier model, Muse Wonder, as part of its strategy to deliver personal superintelligence. The company is establishing a new non-voting Class C common stock effective January 2027 to support future capital raising and strategic flexibility while maintaining its founder-led governance structure. Updated

Revenue by Segment · Q3 2026
  1. Family of Apps99%
  2. Reality Labs1%

Latest Activity

METAMeta
Regular session
$591.46
-6.41%open $631.95

Roughly $80 billion comes off a $1.3 trillion company in one session, an outsized single-day move for a mega cap this size. No confirmed catalyst yet, so the next few sessions decide how much of it sticks.

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Wall St. Engine@wallstengine

A politician who ran against data centers is now courting one, a sign Meta keeps leverage on permitting and incentives as its AI buildout costs climb.

$META president says a newly elected governor who made data centers a campaign issue asked to meet after inauguration: “As soon as we get past the inauguration, let's meet, because we don't want to lose this investment in our town." "We don't want these jobs to go elsewhere.” https://t.co/GbhsEhIMlC
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Reddit's most-discussed stocks · Nov 4
  1. 1AMDsplit603 comments · 4.9K upvotes
  2. 2METAbearish241 comments · 1.4K upvotes
  3. 3GOOGLsplit361 comments · 1.1K upvotes
  4. 4ORCLbearish200 comments · 1.3K upvotes
  5. 5SPYbearish443 comments · 306 upvotes

NVDAheating up fast

METAsouring fast

AMD's earnings have retail traders arguing both sides across 603 comments, the loudest board on Reddit today. Meanwhile the mood is souring fast on Meta and heating up fast on Nvidia, a sign the AI trade is rotating.

Source: Reddit
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Wall St. Engine@wallstengine

European investors just handed Meta a record order book for its first euro bond, days after a $15 billion dollar deal, which means the AI capex build is now being funded across two continents at once.

$META DRAWS A RECORD €53 BILLION OF ORDERS FOR ITS DEBUT EURO 🇪🇺 BOND SALE, BLOOMBERG REPORTS
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Wall St. Engine@wallstengine

Meta's first euro-denominated deal comes weeks after S&P cut its outlook to negative on elevated capex, so the AI buildout is now being financed across two currencies rather than cash flow alone.

$META SEEKS AS MUCH AS €9 BILLION FROM DEBUT EURO BOND SALE
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Jim Cramer
PodcastMad Money w/ Jim CramerJim Cramer · 44 min

Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 11/3/26

  • Cramer calls the mega caps millstones: Nasdaq rose 0.83% while the Dow fell 197 points
  • Strong after-hours results from AMD and Arista Networks as proof non-Magnificent-Seven tech can lead
  • Oracle's $10 billion block priced at $116 and traded to $126, a sign buyers see a floor in tech
  • Wants a crescendo washout before committing more; Apple's reaction and a Palantir selloff weighed

The leadership baton is being passed to second-tier data center names, and Cramer would rather own companies with clean balance sheets than the big caps issuing debt and equity to stay in the AI race. He is not calling a bottom yet: without a high-volume reversal day, he keeps money elsewhere.

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Insider saleMarc L Andreessen
Sold Meta Platforms, Inc.$3.4M5,573 shares @ $606.85

Meta board member Marc Andreessen took his reported direct stake to zero, unloading roughly 20,950 Class A shares into prices between $606 and $614. A director clearing out entirely carries weight, and it lands with the FTC appealing its antitrust loss.

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Reddit's most-discussed stocks · Nov 3
  1. 1ORCLbearish302 comments · 1.1K upvotes
  2. 2PLTRbullish310 comments · 1.1K upvotes
  3. 3INTCbearish71 comments · 935 upvotes
  4. 4AMDsplit171 comments · 954 upvotes
  5. 5METAsplit353 comments · 1.2K upvotes

RDDTsouring fast

Traders are turning bearish on Oracle even as it pulls 302 comments, while Palantir is the one AI infrastructure name they're still excited about. Meta draws the heaviest chatter with opinion split both ways, and Reddit's own stock is souring fast.

Source: Reddit
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Reddit Pulser/wallstreetbets
AI will prevail, most AI companies will go bankrupt. This is almost a carbon copy of Dot Com.

u/Puzzled-Question-156 525 upvotes210 comments

Greenspan called it "irrational exuberance" in Dec '96 and the Nasdaq still nearly 4x'd before topping, so being right about the bubble but early is just being wrong with extra steps. Amazon dumped ~90% in the crash and still became one of the best trades of the century, while META and ORCL print tens of billions in cash flow, they're not pets.com. Doom posts always sound smarter, but the money goes to whoever can sit through the ugly headlines, not to whoever predicts them.

The thread's argument is about financing costs: the claim that money-losing AI builders now face double-digit borrowing costs while profitable ones keep compounding. The top replies push back that being early on a bubble call is still being wrong.

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META Coverage

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Meta Has a Capex Guardrail That Few Talk About

Meta is pouring well over $100B into AI, absorbing a massive legal charge, and watching its stock slide. One overlooked commitment from management gives this investor the nerve to keep buying while…

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Google Joins The Surge Of Tech Layoffs

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) recently offered buyouts to 60,000 employees. It is unclear what the company will do if fewer than 60,000 employees take it. Earlier this year, Meta’s…

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta do?

Meta Platforms, Inc. operates global social technology platforms and is investing heavily in artificial intelligence and immersive technologies. The company's Family of Apps segment includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, which collectively serve 3.64 billion daily active people.

What is the META stock price target?

24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for META is $795.28, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $848.38. META price prediction →