On Tuesday, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) opened lower -2.26% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $683.55. Price fluctuations for META have ranged from $414.50 to $740.91 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Communication Services sector was 19.06%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 5.66% at the time writing. With a float of $2.19 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $2.19 billion.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 74067 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 81.66%, operating margin of 42.18%, and the pretax margin is 42.96%.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Internet Content & Information industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Meta Platforms Inc is 13.71%, while institutional ownership is 67.52%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 21 ’25, was worth 2,469,973. In this transaction COB and CEO of this company sold 3,523 shares at a rate of $701.10, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 20 ’25, when Company’s COB and CEO sold 3,563 for $701.85, making the entire transaction worth $2,500,674. This insider now owns 0 shares in total.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.8 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.66% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.47% during the next five years compared to 29.99% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Meta Platforms Inc (META). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 2.98. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 10.29. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 31.31.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 23.92, a number that is poised to hit 5.23 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 28.73 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Meta Platforms Inc (META)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 15.75 million, its volume of 16.68 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 3.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 18.78.
During the past 100 days, Meta Platforms Inc’s (META) raw stochastic average was set at 62.07%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.48% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 25.87% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $647.46, while its 200-day Moving Average is $558.81. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $682.78 in the near term. At $697.44, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $707.60. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $657.96, it is likely to go to the next support level at $647.80. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $633.14.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) Key Stats
There are currently 2,533,659K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 1692.81 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 164,501 M according to its annual income of 62,360 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 48,386 M and its income totaled 20,838 M.
