A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) stock price down -1.48% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $666.8. META’s price has ranged from $479.80 to $796.25 over the past 52 weeks.
A company in the Communication Services sector has jumped its sales by 29.99% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -4.02%. With a float of $2.17 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $2.18 billion.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Internet Content & Information Industry. The insider ownership of Meta Platforms Inc is 13.73%, while institutional ownership is 67.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 09 ’25, was worth 344,699. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 08 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 517 for $669.63, making the entire transaction worth $346,199.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 8.02 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 6.32 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -4.02% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.12% 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
Here are Meta Platforms Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.98. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.74. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 36.93.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 22.63, a number that is poised to hit 8.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 29.80 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Meta Platforms Inc (META)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 17.67 million. That was better than the volume of 15.54 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 78.60%.
During the past 100 days, Meta Platforms Inc’s (META) raw stochastic average was set at 35.21%, which indicates a significant decrease from 79.31% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.61 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 15.37 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $672.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $671.33. However, in the short run, Meta Platforms Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $663.18. Second resistance stands at $669.40. The third major resistance level sits at $674.32. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $652.04, it is likely to go to the next support level at $647.12. The third support level lies at $640.90 if the price breaches the second support level.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1655.89 billion, the company has a total of 2,520,528K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 164,501 M while annual income is 62,360 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 51,242 M while its latest quarter income was 2,709 M.
