After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
META belongs to the Communication Services sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Internet Content & Information industry. The current market capitalization of Meta Platforms Inc is $1563.16B. A total of 10.92 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 12.09M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Zuckerberg Mark bought 35,921 shares of META for 619.41 per share on Dec 10 ’24. In a previous transaction on Dec 10 ’24, Newstead Jennifer bought 905 shares at 618.00 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Zuckerberg Mark disposed of 12,975 shares on Dec 06 ’24 at a per-share price of $621.88. This resulted in the COB and CEO holding 607,104 shares of META after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Zuckerberg Mark sold 22,946 shares at $621.84 per share on Dec 06 ’24. Company shares held by the COB and CEO now total 0.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Meta Platforms Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.50, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.24%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.17. META’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.33% when it declared a $0.50 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/16/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/16/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.39%. The META stock dividend was $0.50 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, META has a high of $629.79 and a low of $319.99.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. META’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $48.00B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $13.87B in debt and $21.14B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $65.19, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $124.88B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for META is Buy with a score of 4.65.
