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 $1828.39B. A total of 9.9 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 14.02M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Newstead Jennifer sold 519 shares of META for 721.57 per share on Jul 08 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Legal Officer now owns 27,107 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jul 07 ’25, Olivan Javier sold 517 shares at 717.51 per share. META shares that Chief Operating Officer owns now total 7,336.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Newstead Jennifer acquired of 519 shares on Jul 08 ’25 at a per-share price of $721.57. In another insider transaction, Olivan Javier bought 517 shares at $717.51 per share on Jul 07 ’25.
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 $2.05, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.28%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.37.
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 $747.90 and a low of $442.65.
As of this writing, META has an earnings estimate of $5.84 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 44.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $6.95 per share and a lower estimate of $5.14.
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 $73.34, 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 4.69.
