Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -2.46% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $587.73.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $602.58, falling within a range of $584.915 and $601.7381. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 1.231 whereas the PE ratio is 24.57 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $740.91, and the low was $414.50. On the whole, META has fluctuated by -10.71% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Meta Platforms Inc currently standing at about $1489.12 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Jan-28. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 2.02, with its dividend yield at 0.34%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 188.51B, with a low estimate of 40.38B and a high estimate of 42.72B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 41.45B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that META’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a Hold.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.17, with the price of META currently trading nearly -3.86% and -9.99% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 39.16, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.45% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.74%. Furthermore, Meta Platforms Inc (META)’s beta value is 1.26, and its average true range (ATR) is 22.17.
A comparison of Meta Platforms Inc (META) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. META showed an intraday change of -2.46% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 18.52%%.
Data on historical trading for Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 17.22 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 15.90 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 2.19 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 13.72% of Meta Platforms Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 67.63% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 24.55 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 1.49. According to the data, the short interest in Meta Platforms Inc (META) stood at 112.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 27.48 million. The stock has risen by 0.38% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the META stock heading into the next quarter.
