Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) on Friday, soared 1.72% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $647.63. Within the past 52 weeks, META’s price has moved between $479.80 and $796.25.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Communication Services Sector giant was 29.99%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -3.97%. With a float of $2.18 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $2.18 billion.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Internet Content & Information industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Meta Platforms Inc is 13.69%, while institutional ownership is 67.32%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 20 ’26, was worth 314,517. In this transaction Chief Operating Officer of this company sold 517 shares at a rate of $608.35, taking the stock ownership to the 10,649 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 15 ’26, when Company’s Director sold 580 for $618.28, making the entire transaction worth $358,602. This insider now owns 5,587 shares in total.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 8.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 6.76) by 1.26. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 6.38 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -3.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.18% 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
Meta Platforms Inc (META) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.98 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.76. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 37.03.
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 29.82 in one year’s time.
