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Stocks Info
Meta Platforms Inc is listed on the NASDAQ in the Communication Services sector while operating in the Internet Content & Information industry. The current market capitalization of Meta Platforms Inc is $1657.73B. A total of 12.31 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 18.68M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Olivan Javier sold 608 shares of META for 631.25 per share on May 12 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Operating Officer now owns 2,582 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 13 ’25, Newstead Jennifer bought 907 shares at 645.77 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Olivan Javier acquired of 608 shares on May 12 ’25 at a per-share price of $631.25. In another insider transaction, Newstead Jennifer sold 921 shares at $592.52 per share on May 06 ’25. Company shares held by the Chief Legal Officer now total 25,656.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Meta Platforms Inc pays an annual dividend of $2.02, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.31%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.72. 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.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, META has a high of $740.91 and a low of $442.65.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on 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 $73.34, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $124.88B.
Analysts Opinion
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. 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 4.66.
