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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Menlo Park, United States | NasdaqGS
742.96 USD +24.29 (3.380%) ⇧ (Oct. 12, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:15 a.m. EDT

Meta Platforms remains a superior long-term compounder with exceptional revenue growth and a fortress-like balance sheet, justifying a premium valuation despite recent earnings misses. The multi-year trajectory is overwhelmingly positive, with the stock trading well above its 200-day average, confirming strong institutional momentum. While the recent earnings report introduced near-term uncertainty, the underlying business quality and analyst consensus point to continued expansion. Options activity is distinctly bullish, with traders stacking call positions at key psychological levels, suggesting the market views the current dip as a buying opportunity rather than a trend reversal. For investors with a longer horizon, the risk-reward profile remains compelling, though short-term volatility is priced in via elevated implied volatility.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.071964
AutoETS0.071965
MSTL0.073126
AutoTheta0.074672

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 25.12
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.045
Excess Kurtosis -0.20
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 42.997
Revenue per Share 90.252
Market Cap 1,892,695,277,568
Trailing P/E 28.94
Forward P/E 21.51
Beta 1.19
Profit Margins 29.83%
Previous Name Facebook, Inc.
Website https://www.meta.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:15 a.m. EDT: Call volume significantly outpaces put volume in near-term expirations, with heavy open interest concentration at 740, 750, and 800 strikes acting as potential resistance zones. Implied volatility remains elevated, reflecting anticipation of earnings or volatility events. Speculators are positioning for upside continuation despite the recent price dip, evidenced by new flow at strikes above the current price.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.07% 0.32% — —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-21 0.525 0.070826
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 0.28
exDividendDate 2026-09-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.1
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0029220644
lastDividendValue 0.525
lastDividendDate 2026-09-21
dividendDate 2026-09-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.04841602
Address1 1 Meta Way
All Time High 796.25
All Time Low 17.55
Ask 747.72
Ask Size 3
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 16,275,590
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,722,886
Average Volume 18,705,189
Average Volume10Days 16,274,110
Beta 1.185
Bid 716.33
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 742.96
Current Ratio 2.226
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 752.2
Day Low 727.78
Debt To Equity 42.997
Display Name Meta Platforms
Dividend Date 1,790,553,600
Dividend Rate 2.1
Dividend Yield 0.28
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,614,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,614,600
Earnings Growth -0.134
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.136
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,612,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,612,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,612,800
Ebitda 109,654,999,040
Ebitda Margins 0.48042
Enterprise To Ebitda 17.462
Enterprise To Revenue 8.389
Enterprise Value 1,914,753,253,376
Eps Current Year 30.45375
Eps Forward 34.54533
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 25.67
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,948,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 643.4554
Fifty Day Average Change 99.50464
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.15464109
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.808856
Fifty Two Week High 779.82
Fifty Two Week High Change -36.859985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0472673
Fifty Two Week Low 520.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 222.70001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.42805523
Fifty Two Week Range 520.26 - 779.82
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,337,347,800,000
Float Shares 2,201,758,680
Forward Eps 34.54533
Forward P E 21.506815
Free Cashflow 21,553,625,088
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 75,472
Fullday Change -6.460022
Fullday Change Percent -0.8694979
Fullday Price 736.5
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.81747
Gross Profits 186,586,005,504
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00148
Held Percent Institutions 0.79039
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 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,789,948,800
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 1,892,695,277,568
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20765463
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-10-13
Net Income To Common 68,097,998,848
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,895,599,382,021
Number Of Analyst Opinions 58
Open 727.97
Operating Cashflow 130,301,001,728
Operating Margins 0.34827
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 0.0791
Peg Ratio 0.95
Phone 650 543 4800
Pre Market Change -6.460022
Pre Market Change Percent -0.8694979
Pre Market Price 736.5
Pre Market Time 1,791,881,807
Prev Name Facebook, Inc.
Previous Close 718.67
Price Eps Current Year 24.39634
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.246977
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 8.292312
Profit Margins 0.29834998
Quick Ratio 1.987
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.4127
Region US
Regular Market Change 24.29
Regular Market Change Percent 3.37986
Regular Market Day High 752.24
Regular Market Day Low 727.78
Regular Market Day Range 727.78 - 752.24
Regular Market Open 727.97
Regular Market Previous Close 718.67
Regular Market Price 742.96
Regular Market Time 1,791,835,202
Regular Market Volume 24,749,285
Return On Assets 0.14591
Return On Equity 0.29848
Revenue Growth 0.28
Revenue Per Share 90.252
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17318833
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 0.013200001
Shares Short 33,572,792
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 28,807,174
Short Name Meta Platforms, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0152
Short Ratio 1.44
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol META
Target High Price 1,050.0
Target Low Price 580.0
Target Mean Price 798.9952
Target Median Price 800.0
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 0.0029220644
Trailing Eps 25.67
Trailing P E 28.942736
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.9846
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 630.52405
Two Hundred Day Average Change 112.435974
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.17832147
Type Disp Equity
Volume 24,749,285
Website https://www.meta.com
Zip 94,025