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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Menlo Park, United States | NasdaqGS
578.02 USD +6.92 (1.212%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 578.35 +0.33 (0.057%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★★★Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:06 a.m. EDT

Despite a recent 11% slide and negative earnings growth, the long-term rating remains exceptional. The business demonstrates a dominant competitive position with 28% revenue growth, 30% return on equity, and a fortress balance sheet, justifying the highest conviction for a buy-and-hold strategy. The market is currently pricing in a temporary earnings disruption rather than a structural flaw, evidenced by the massive gap between the current price and the $754 analyst consensus. While short-term sentiment is fragile with heavy put buying and price trading below key averages, the underlying business quality supports a premium valuation. Investors should view the current dip as a buying opportunity for the multi-year trend, ignoring the noise of the earnings miss.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.046680
AutoETS0.047993
MSTL0.050413
AutoTheta0.051514

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 2.04
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.411
Excess Kurtosis -0.62
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-14
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 42.997
Revenue per Share 90.252
Market Cap 1,472,509,509,632
Trailing P/E 21.76
Forward P/E 16.53
Beta 1.24
Profit Margins 29.83%
Previous Name Facebook, Inc.
Website https://www.meta.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:06 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility ahead of earnings. Call buyers are establishing major option interest walls at $600, $650, and $700, suggesting a bullish bias for upside targets. Conversely, put buyers are active in the ITM range ($470-$550) on near-dates, indicating a hedge against downside risk or a bet on a sharper correction. Implied volatility is elevated on deep out-of-the-money strikes, reflecting uncertainty about the magnitude of the move.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.09% 0.32%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-15 0.525 0.088461
2026-03-16 0.525 0.083672
2025-12-15 0.525 0.081080
2025-09-22 0.525 0.068613
2025-06-16 0.525 0.074774
2025-03-14 0.525 0.086406
2024-12-16 0.500 0.080097
2024-09-16 0.500 0.093759
2024-06-14 0.500 0.099175
2024-02-21 0.500 0.106831
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.1
dividendYield 0.37
exDividendDate 2026-06-15
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.1
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0036771144
lastDividendValue 0.525
lastDividendDate 2026-06-15
dividendDate 2026-06-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.22310948
Address1 1 Meta Way
All Time High 796.25
All Time Low 17.55
Ask 578.88
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 16,716,780
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,534,545
Average Volume 18,534,545
Average Volume10Days 16,716,780
Beta 1.243
Bid 555.0
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 10
Book Value 102.52
City Menlo Park
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 578.02
Current Ratio 2.226
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 589.19
Day Low 571.08
Debt To Equity 42.997
Display Name Meta Platforms
Dividend Date 1,782,345,600
Dividend Rate 2.1
Dividend Yield 0.37
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,357,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,357,000
Earnings Growth -0.134
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.136
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Ebitda 109,654,999,040
Ebitda Margins 0.48042
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.63
Enterprise To Revenue 6.548
Enterprise Value 1,494,567,485,440
Eps Current Year 31.18
Eps Forward 34.95966
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 26.56
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 591.9354
Fifty Day Average Change -13.915405
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.023508316
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -22.310947
Fifty Two Week High 790.8
Fifty Two Week High Change -212.77997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.26906925
Fifty Two Week Low 520.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 57.76001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.11102143
Fifty Two Week Range 520.26 - 790.8
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,337,347,800,000
Float Shares 2,201,733,205
Forward Eps 34.95966
Forward P E 16.533915
Free Cashflow 21,553,625,088
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 75,472
Fullday Change 6.92004
Fullday Change Percent 1.2117
Fullday Price 578.35
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.81747
Gross Profits 186,586,005,504
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00148
Held Percent Institutions 0.79037005
Implied Shares Outstanding 2,547,506,225
Industry Internet Content & Information
Industry Disp Internet Content & Information
Industry Key internet-content-information
Ipo Expected Date 2,022-06-09
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Last Dividend Value 0.525
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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 (VR) headsets, and AI glasses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment offers Facebook, which enables people to build community through feed, reels, stories, groups, marketplace, and other; Instagram that brings people closer through Instagram feed, stories, reels, live, and messaging; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; Meta AI, an assistant that's available across apps, as a stand-alone app, on AI glasses, and on the web; Threads, an application for text-based updates and public conversations; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact. The RL segment provides virtual and augmented reality products, including consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, as well as Meta Quest devices that enable social experiences across gaming, fitness, entertainment, and more. The segment also includes wearables such as AI glasses like Ray Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses; and the Meta Ray Ban Display, which combines AI glasses with an integrated lens display and the Meta Neural Band, a wrist worn device using electromyography that lets people control their AI glasses through neuromuscular signals. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a collaboration with Microsoft Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Broadcom Inc., and OpenAI, L.L.C. 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.
Long Name Meta Platforms, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,472,509,509,632
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20765463
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-08-28
Net Income To Common 68,097,998,848
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,454,880,805,096
Number Of Analyst Opinions 57
Open 571.95
Operating Cashflow 130,301,001,728
Operating Margins 0.34827
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 0.0791
Peg Ratio 0.85
Phone 650 543 4800
Post Market Change 0.32995605
Post Market Change Percent 0.057083845
Post Market Price 578.35
Post Market Time 1,787,961,599
Prev Name Facebook, Inc.
Previous Close 571.1
Price Eps Current Year 18.538166
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.6381197
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.451386
Profit Margins 0.29834998
Quick Ratio 1.987
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.35484
Region US
Regular Market Change 6.92004
Regular Market Change Percent 1.2117
Regular Market Day High 589.19
Regular Market Day Low 571.08
Regular Market Day Range 571.08 - 589.19
Regular Market Open 571.95
Regular Market Previous Close 571.1
Regular Market Price 578.02
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 15,573,685
Return On Assets 0.14591
Return On Equity 0.29848
Revenue Growth 0.28
Revenue Per Share 90.252
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1966995
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 2,205,128,509
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.011
Shares Short 28,048,106
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 37,847,633
Short Name Meta Platforms, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0127
Short Ratio 1.73
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol META
Target High Price 1,000.0
Target Low Price 580.0
Target Mean Price 754.7214
Target Median Price 750.0
Total Cash 90,259,996,672
Total Cash Per Share 35.431
Total Debt 112,317,997,056
Total Revenue 228,246,994,944
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.1
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0036771144
Trailing Eps 26.56
Trailing P E 21.762802
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.8526
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 622.9902
Two Hundred Day Average Change -44.970154
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.07218437
Type Disp Equity
Volume 15,573,685
Website https://www.meta.com
Zip 94,025