After Hours
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.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Internet Content & Information industry segment, falling under the Communication Services sector. The current market capitalization of Meta Platforms Inc is $1384.11B. A total of 27.87 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 18.11M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Newstead Jennifer sold 921 shares of META for 543.39 per share on Apr 08 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Legal Officer now owns 29,340 company shares. In a previous transaction on Apr 07 ’25, Olivan Javier sold 608 shares at 488.18 per share. META shares that Chief Operating Officer owns now total 5,622.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Newstead Jennifer acquired of 921 shares on Apr 08 ’25 at a per-share price of $543.39. In another insider transaction, Olivan Javier bought 608 shares at $488.18 per share on Apr 07 ’25.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Meta Platforms Inc pays an annual dividend of $2.02, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.37%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.84. 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.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, META has a high of $740.91 and a low of $414.50.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its 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 4.67.
