Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) does about 12.08M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 11407886 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 1586.39B USD. Its current market price is $613.57, marking a decrease of -1.64% compared to the previous close of $623.77. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $629.79 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $317.77. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $780 and a low of $450.
Meta Platforms Inc (META) has a 20-day trading average at $581.56 and the current price is -2.58% off the 52-week high compared with 93.09% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $580.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $519.53. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 2.98%, which decreases to 2.49% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 63.58 to suggest the stock is neutral.
51 analysts observing the Meta Platforms Inc (META) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $450 and $780. The consensus objective for the share price is $654.53, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 6.26% over the period. The median price target is 1.83% away from the current levels at $625.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 51 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 2 advise that it is a overweight. 40 analysts have rated it as a buy and 8 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on October 31, 2024 when Pivotal Research Group reiterated the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of between $780 and $800.
The current price level is 5.50%, 5.69%, and 18.10% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the META price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Meta Platforms Inc (META) stock is up 3.50% over the week and 3.70% over the past month. Its price is 73.34% year-to-date and 87.87% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 6.72 and 22.6 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $41.94B, which analysts say will come at $162.97B for the current fiscal year and next year at $186.71B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $46.98B.
Its 12-month price target is $625. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 6.26 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $450, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $780.
The company has a return on investment of 26.25% and return on equity of 36.13%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 28.89 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 24.20. The beta has a value of 1.20. Price to book ratio is 9.41 and price to sales ratio is 10.15.
