After Hours
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities.
Stocks Info
As a NASDAQ listed company, META falls under the Communication Services sector while operating within the Internet Content & Information industry segment. The current market capitalization of Meta Platforms Inc is $1667.76B. A total of 12.31 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 14.40M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Newstead Jennifer sold 921 shares of META for 665.75 per share on Feb 25 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Legal Officer now owns 34,866 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 27 ’25, Cox Christopher K bought 20,000 shares at 677.71 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Olivan Javier disposed of 608 shares on Feb 24 ’25 at a per-share price of $686.28. This resulted in the Chief Operating Officer holding 9,270 shares of META after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Cox Christopher K bought 20,000 shares at $664.68 per share on Feb 26 ’25.
Dividend
Investors prefer companies that pay dividends because dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate a positive outlook. Meta Platforms Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.50, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.23%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.52. META’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.29% when it declared a $0.5250 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/14/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/16/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.33%. The META stock dividend was $0.50 per share in cash.
In spite of price targets being rarely accurate, it tends to exert some kind influence from time to time, and was often accepted by the market as having some value. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, META has a high of $740.91 and a low of $414.50.
As of this writing, META has an earnings estimate of $5.24 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 46.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $5.9 per share and a lower estimate of $4.7.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
The balance sheet of a company shows what assets and liabilities a company has, as well as the amount, equity investors have invested. With the help of this information, a company’s financial ratios can be calculated to give investors an overview of the company’s prospects. 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 $72.07, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $124.88B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside 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 4.69.
