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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Menlo Park, United States | NasdaqGS
671.24 USD +0.33 (0.048%) ⇧ (April 21, 2026, 11:08 a.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:35 p.m. EDT

Meta is transitioning from a recovery play into a momentum vehicle driven by AI monetization; the options market has priced a high probability of breaching the 700 resistance level soon, with equities analysts aligning on a strong buy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.049657
AutoETS0.050150
AutoARIMA0.050150
AutoTheta0.055063

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 2.84
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.201
Excess Kurtosis 0.33
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 39.164
Revenue per Share 79.717
Market Cap 1,703,878,459,392
Trailing P/E 28.59
Forward P/E 18.85
Beta 1.31
Profit Margins 30.08%
Previous Name Facebook, Inc.
Website https://www.meta.com

As of April 18, 2026, 10:35 p.m. EDT: Speculative positioning shows a distinct skew toward calls (long gamma) with high volume at the 700 strike, acting as a capping floor despite the price being slightly below. Implied volatility is elevated (0.50-0.60+) on further-dated calls, suggesting a priced-in expectation of upside momentum reaching 800+. Conversely, deep OTM put buying (decades distant out-of-the-money strikes with 100%+ IV spikes) indicates fear of a contrarian crash, but the Offers Wall against the direction of the trend suggests a hedging play for volatility rather than a directional bearish bet. The net flow signals a 'bull with guardrails' sentiment.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.08% 0.31%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-16 0.525 0.083672
2025-12-15 0.525 0.081149
2025-09-22 0.525 0.068728
2025-06-16 0.525 0.074949
2025-03-14 0.525 0.086675
2024-12-16 0.500 0.080419
2024-09-16 0.500 0.094211
2024-06-14 0.500 0.099748
2024-02-21 0.500 0.107555
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.1
dividendYield 0.31
exDividendDate 2026-03-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.1
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0031300772
lastDividendValue 0.525
lastDividendDate 2026-03-16
dividendDate 2026-03-26

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.34106898
Address1 1 Meta Way
All Time High 796.25
All Time Low 17.55
Ask 671.66
Ask Size 3
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 15,456,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 16,262,803
Average Volume 16,262,803
Average Volume10Days 15,456,100
Beta 1.309
Bid 671.39
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 10
Book Value 85.867
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 671.24
Current Ratio 2.599
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 676.2
Day Low 667.75
Debt To Equity 39.164
Display Name Meta Platforms
Dividend Date 1,774,483,200
Dividend Rate 2.1
Dividend Yield 0.31
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,498,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,498,200
Earnings Growth 0.107
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.093
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,492,800
Ebitda 101,891,997,696
Ebitda Margins 0.50701
Enterprise To Ebitda 16.69
Enterprise To Revenue 8.462
Enterprise Value 1,700,593,008,640
Eps Current Year 30.122
Eps Forward 35.61632
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 23.48
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 629.8642
Fifty Day Average Change 41.37079
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.065682076
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 34.1069
Fifty Two Week High 796.25
Fifty Two Week High Change -125.015015
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15700473
Fifty Two Week Low 486.36
Fifty Two Week Low Change 184.875
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.38011968
Fifty Two Week Range 486.36 - 796.25
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,337,347,800,000
Float Shares 2,185,080,601
Forward Eps 35.61632
Forward P E 18.846275
Free Cashflow 23,432,374,272
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 78,865
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.81999
Gross Profits 164,790,992,896
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00121
Held Percent Institutions 0.78497005
Implied Shares Outstanding 2,538,423,304
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 1,773,619,200
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 in a private way. The RL segment provides virtual and augmented reality products, including consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected anytime and anywhere, 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, featuring Meta AI for advanced conversational and hands free interaction; 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 1,703,878,459,392
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20765463
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Name Change Date 2,026-04-20
Net Income To Common 60,458,000,384
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,703,053,578,886
Number Of Analyst Opinions 60
Open 670.89
Operating Cashflow 115,799,998,464
Operating Margins 0.41314998
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 0.08939999
Peg Ratio 1.13
Phone 650 543 4800
Prev Name Facebook, Inc.
Previous Close 670.91
Price Eps Current Year 22.283878
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.8171477
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 8.478505
Profit Margins 0.30084
Quick Ratio 2.423
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.35938
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.3250122
Regular Market Change Percent 0.04844349
Regular Market Day High 676.2
Regular Market Day Low 667.75
Regular Market Day Range 667.75 - 676.2
Regular Market Open 670.89
Regular Market Previous Close 670.91
Regular Market Price 671.235
Regular Market Time 1,776,784,089
Regular Market Volume 2,366,966
Return On Assets 0.16212
Return On Equity 0.30238
Revenue Growth 0.238
Revenue Per Share 79.717
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 2,196,045,588
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0104
Shares Short 26,376,854
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 24,393,384
Short Name Meta Platforms, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0121
Short Ratio 1.65
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol META
Target High Price 1,015.0
Target Low Price 614.0
Target Mean Price 855.7627
Target Median Price 852.5
Total Cash 81,592,000,512
Total Cash Per Share 32.255
Total Debt 85,080,997,888
Total Revenue 200,965,996,544
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.1
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0031300772
Trailing Eps 23.48
Trailing P E 28.58752
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0968
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 681.0424
Two Hundred Day Average Change -9.807434
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.014400622
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,366,471
Website https://www.meta.com
Zip 94,025