As on Thursday, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) started slowly as it slid -0.43% to $563.09, before settling in for the price of $565.52 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, META posted a 52-week range of $313.66-$602.95.
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The Communication Services Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 19.99%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 14.46%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 52.33%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $2.21 billion, simultaneously with a float of $2.18 billion. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $1421.24 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $572.05, while the 200-day Moving Average is $513.03.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Internet Content & Information industry. Meta Platforms Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 13.79%, in contrast to 67.25% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 19 ’24, this organization’s Chief Legal Officer sold 905 shares at the rate of 552.30, making the entire transaction reach 499,831 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 38,695. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 18 ’24, Company’s Chief Technology Officer sold 14,746 for 553.53, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 8,162,417. This particular insider is now the holder of 0 in total.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Earnings and Revenue Records
Meta Platforms Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 52.33% and is forecasted to reach 25.35 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 18.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 14.46% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Meta Platforms Inc (META). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 2.73. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 14.14. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $26.52, and its Beta score is 1.21. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 9.10. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 27.20.
In the same vein, META’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 21.23, a figure that is expected to reach 6.72 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 25.35 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Meta Platforms Inc (META)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Meta Platforms Inc, META], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 12.51 million was lower the volume of 15.0 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 27.02% While, its Average True Range was 14.49.
Raw Stochastic average of Meta Platforms Inc (META) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 75.13%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 27.74% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 26.21% that was lower than 31.33% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
