Meta Platforms META
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Strategy Backtest
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META at a glance
META is priced at $610.15 right now, up 0.84% on the session. That puts its market value at $1.56T, 9th largest among the 3753 stocks we cover.
Over a full year the shares have ranged across $519.37 to $779.82, which puts the current price roughly 35% of the way up that band. Holders are behind 1.6% over twelve months, but up 2.6% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($674.92) and 200-day ($631.55) moving averages; RSI is 37, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 39% annualized volatility.
For the quarter ended Sep 2026 it reported $64.60B in revenue, up 26.1% from a year earlier, with $9.86B of net profit (a 31.1% margin).
Valuation works out to 20.8 times trailing earnings, 16% below its five-year average of 24.8. The median for its industry group is 23.6.
43 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $859.32, sits 40.8% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
BeStock Grade
Composite of 4 factors below, ranked against the 3741 U.S. stocks BeStock covers.
Cheaper than usual on its own 5-year P/E history scores higher.
Higher trailing yield than most of BeStock’s coverage scores higher.
Trading closer to its 52-week high than most peers scores higher.
43 analysts, consensus Buy.
How this is scored: each factor above is a 0–100 percentile rank against every other stock BeStock covers (or, for Wall Street, against the five-point Strong Buy–Sell scale). The overall grade is the plain average of whichever factors apply to this stock — no factor is weighted more than another. That average maps to a letter: A ≥ 85, B ≥ 70, C ≥ 50, D ≥ 30, otherwise F. Recomputed from the data on this page as prices and filings update — it describes where a stock ranks today, not a forecast, and not a BeStock recommendation to buy or sell.
BeStock Momentum
META is not currently one of the 10 holdings in BeStock Momentum, our rules-based momentum strategy.
Since 2020-12-28, the strategy has returned 437.6% (203.8% for the equal-weight average of BeStock’s coverage over the same stretch). Holdings can change any trading day, not just on a fixed schedule. Backtested performance, updated daily — not a guarantee of future results, and not a BeStock recommendation.
Price forecast
What Wall Street analysts and Morningstar's fair-value model expect for the stock
Wall Street’s average 12-month target is $859.32, 40.8% above today’s price, with a consensus rating of Buy. Morningstar’s fair value model puts the stock at $850.00, so shares trade 28.2% below that estimate. On earnings multiple, it sits in the 23rd percentile of its own five-year valuation range (cheaper than usual).
Figures are Wall Street analyst consensus and Morningstar’s independent fair-value model, sourced as noted above.
Meta Platforms: the business
Meta owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, earning nearly all its revenue from advertising, and it spends heavily on AI and Reality Labs.
What tends to move it. Ad growth, capital spending on AI and losses from Reality Labs are the numbers people compare.
Where the case gets weaker. Ad spending is cyclical and Meta's revenue is almost entirely ad spending, so a pullback in marketing budgets shows up here faster than at more diversified peers. Reality Labs and AI infrastructure keep losing billions in the near term, and that drag only looks acceptable while the core ad business is growing fast.
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Performance
Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
Technical signals
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -7.9% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -9.6% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -3.4% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 36.7 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -23.69 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 26% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Key statistics
Quote as of Nov 6, 2026 8:20 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
How META ranks on BeStock
Ranks are among the 3,741 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A tile is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Set against the peer table: at 20.8x earnings, META looks about mid-pack against the market, and trades 12% below the 23.6x median among Metaverse names. The two comparisons do not always agree.
META stock: common questions
Where is META trading right now?
$610.15 is the latest print for META, a move of +0.84% against yesterday's close of $605.08. Today's low and high so far: $606.66 and $625.60.
How big is Meta Platforms?
Equity value comes to $1.56T at the current price. By that measure it is number 9 of the 3753 names in our coverage.
How is Meta Platforms valued against its profits?
Buyers pay 20.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $23.49). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 24.8, and today's level ranks in the 23rd percentile of its own history.
Where does META sit in its 52-week range?
The year's floor is $519.37 and the ceiling $779.82. Shares are 21.8% away from that ceiling.
Does META send cash back through a dividend?
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 0.34% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 21, 2026.
Do Wall Street analysts like META?
Of 43 analysts, 86% say buy, 14% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $859.32, with the most cautious at $580.00 and the most optimistic at $1,000.00.
How does Meta Platforms make money?
Meta owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, earning nearly all its revenue from advertising, and it spends heavily on AI and Reality Labs.
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