Stock Deep Dive · 2026-08-27
Meta Platforms (META) closed at $571.10, down 0.87% on the day. Year-to-date return is -13.3%, sitting at 19% of its 52-week range. Next earnings: 2026-10-28 (in 61 days).
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Close
$571.10
-0.87% · YTD -13.3%
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Market Cap
$1,454.88B
Internet Content & Information
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Forward P/E
16.4x
PER 21.4x
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52-wk Range
19%
High $790.80 · Low $520.26
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🏢 How It Makes Money
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 busines
📈 Quarterly Results — Is Business Growing?
| Quarter | Revenue | Op. Income | Net Income | Op. Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Q2 | $47.52B | $20.44B | $18.34B | 43.0% |
| 25Q3 | $51.24B | $20.54B | $2.71B | 40.1% |
| 25Q4 | $59.89B | $24.75B | $22.77B | 41.3% |
| 26Q1 | $56.31B | $22.87B | $26.77B | 40.6% |
| 26Q2 | $60.80B | $18.77B | $15.85B | 30.9% |
Latest-quarter revenue up +28.0% versus the same quarter a year ago.
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⚖️ Valuation — Cheap or Expensive?
| Metric | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.4x | Price vs last 12 months’ earnings |
| P/E (forward) | 16.4x | Price vs next 12 months’ expected earnings — growth hopes baked in |
| P/S | 6.4x | Price vs revenue — for high-growth names with thin profits |
| P/B | 6.7x | Price vs book value — below 1x means priced under liquidation value |
| PEG | 0.9x | P/E ÷ growth — near 1 is fair for the growth; above 2 is demanding |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.6x | Enterprise value (incl. debt) vs cash generation |
Peer comparison
| Name | Mkt Cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | P/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | $1,454.88B | 21.5x | 16.4x | 6.4x |
| Alphabet Inc. | $4,166.13B | 17.1x | 23.0x | 9.3x |
| Snap Inc. | $9.01B | — | 6.9x | 1.4x |
| Pinterest, Inc. | $12.96B | 67.3x | 9.5x | 2.8x |
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🎯 Street Consensus
- Price target (mean): $754.72
- Target high / low: $1,000.00 / $580.00
- Implied upside: +32.2%
- Rating: Strong Buy (1.4/5)
- Analysts covering: 57
- Next earnings: 2026-10-28
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📉 Price Action — Technical Check
| Indicator | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14d) | 42.1 | Above 70 overbought · below 30 oversold |
| vs 60-day MA | -3.5% | Above/below the medium-term trend |
| vs 200-day MA | -8.2% | Above/below the long-term trend |
| Golden/death cross | 50-day below 200-day (bearish alignment) | 50-day MA crossing above (golden) or below (death) the 200-day |
| Volume (vs 20d avg) | 0.9x | 2x+ means a spike in market attention |
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📰 Recent News
- Meta dodges ‘Big Tobacco’ nightmare with $18 billion settlement in child-safety lawsuit — MarketWatch
- Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Is a Win—But Big Questions Remain — Barron’s
- Meta Heads Toward $580 as a $17B Teen Safety Settlement Ends the Trial; Snap Falls 9% — Yahoo Finance
- Meta Stock Could Surge 50% On $22B AI Compute – Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) — Benzinga
- Meta Platforms Almost Slashed 60% of Jobs in AI Push. What Comes Next for META Stock. — Yahoo Finance
- Jim Cramer calls the Meta settlement a ‘big break,’ says the stock reaction is ‘ridiculous’ — CNBC
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🔭 Scenarios & What to Watch
Next earnings on 2026-10-28 (in 61 days) — guidance usually decides the stock’s direction more than the reported quarter.
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Stock report · published 2026-08-28 07:25 KST
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