NASDAQ · META
Technology · Internet Content & Information
$614.99
Down-$9.53 (-1.53%)
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 11:17 PM
SID Score
5.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
44/100
Neutral
Price performance · META
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
META closed at $614.99 after 21 trading sessions, down 15.53% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $614.505 | $626.37 | $610.13 | $614.99 | 25.36M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $621.285 | $634.68 | $616.80 | $624.52 | 31.28M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $621.85 | $624.42 | $609.00 | $612.49 | 35.11M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $627.07 | $628.46 | $619.21 | $620.19 | 51.33M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $638.355 | $647.69 | $627.80 | $630.56 | 30.91M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $638.175 | $648.04 | $633.27 | $642.62 | 14.79M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $676.35 | $681.07 | $639.6901 | $648.85 | 40.57M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $697.595 | $713.22 | $689.68 | $697.52 | 29.2M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $694.98 | $696.505 | $681.05 | $694.25 | 17.05M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $707.16 | $708.83 | $693.86 | $705.44 | 16.26M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $736.695 | $738.49 | $702.7101 | $709.325 | 20.64M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $726.555 | $743.97 | $715.58 | $736.72 | 16.89M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $760.75 | $761.50 | $734.2865 | $737.54 | 16.24M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $735.99 | $771.2698 | $734.84 | $762.50 | 22.71M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $728.495 | $752.24 | $727.64 | $742.96 | 24.88M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $726.505 | $728.07 | $716.20 | $718.67 | 12.62M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $724.535 | $724.95 | $711.6832 | $720.89 | 16.04M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $738.29 | $738.29 | $720.1503 | $721.31 | 13.23M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $746.73 | $747.60 | $736.69 | $738.88 | 12.56M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $727.71 | $746.70 | $727.12 | $741.90 | 15.22M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $733.25 | $741.58 | $726.20 | $728.08 | 12.96M |
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Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales.
Visit company websiteConsensus and target data currently published for this company.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Scotiabank | Sector Perform | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Guggenheim | Buy | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Rosenblatt | Buy | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Wedbush | Neutral | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | StoneX | Hold | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 31, 2026
S&P just put Meta's coveted AA- rating on a countdown clock, citing a capex spiral that could push leverage past the downgrade threshold by 2027. Meta fired back immediately, but the stock and the balance sheet tell a more complicated story.
Yahoo · Oct 31, 2026
Entergy just bumped its dividend again, but the company spends billions more on infrastructure each year than its operations generate in cash. Whether that gap eventually threatens the payout depends on a pipeline of hyperscale data center deals that have not fully arrived yet.
Yahoo · Oct 31, 2026
Tax Maverick CEO David Perez joins Yahoo Finance Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley to discuss why the ultra-wealthy would or would not leave states like California that are trying to institute wealth taxes, taking into account family, business, and community ties.
Yahoo · Oct 31, 2026
Key TakeawaysAMD shares fell 10. 9% Friday to $505 after Intel’s weak PC outlook triggered a chip rout, leaving the stock 23% below its 52-week high.
Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.
Meta Platforms shares closed at $614.99, reflecting a daily decline of 1.32% per SID market data. The stock has struggled over the near term, dropping 15.28% over the past month, though it has managed a modest 4.19% gain over the trailing three-month period. On a one-year basis, META has declined 6.91%, underperforming the broader market. The stock is currently trading well below both its 50-day moving average of $669.98 and its 200-day moving average of $630.35, signaling sustained downward momentum according to SID market data. The 14-day relative strength index sits at an extremely oversold reading of 17.6, suggesting significant selling pressure has accumulated. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 17.47 million shares. META carries a beta of 1.273, indicating higher volatility relative to the broader market. The company's market capitalization currently stands at approximately $1.65 trillion.
Meta Platforms currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.07, positioning it within a premium valuation range for the Technology sector per SID market data. The company's price-to-book ratio stands at 8.47, reflecting the market's valuation of Meta's substantial intangible assets and intellectual property according to SEC filings. The PEG ratio registers at negative 1.55, a reading that complicates traditional growth-adjusted valuation assessments and may reflect shifting earnings growth expectations. Meta has established a dividend program yielding approximately 0.32%, a relatively recent addition to its capital return framework. At a market capitalization of $1.65 trillion, Meta remains one of the largest publicly traded technology companies globally. The current P/E of 28.07 should be evaluated against the company's recent earnings trajectory, which has shown variability across quarters, with reported EPS ranging from $6.18 to $7.40 in recent periods per SEC filings.
Meta Platforms registers a composite smart money score of 44 out of 100 with a neutral signal, indicating mixed sentiment among sophisticated market participants per SID market data. Institutional activity scores at a maximum 25 out of 25, reflecting robust engagement from large fund managers in the stock according to 13F institutional filings. Congressional trading activity scores at 10.0 out of 25, suggesting moderate interest from legislative officeholders. Dark pool activity registers at 9.0 out of 25, indicating below-average off-exchange institutional positioning. Notably, insider activity scores at 0.0 out of 25, the lowest possible reading. SEC Form 4 filings reveal 20 insider transactions over the past 90 days, all of which were sales with zero purchases recorded. This exclusively one-directional insider selling pattern represents a notable data point for institutional investors monitoring corporate insider behavior. The divergence between strong institutional scores and weak insider scores contributes to the overall neutral composite reading.
Meta Platforms has demonstrated a mixed earnings trajectory across recent quarters per company earnings reports. In the most recent reported quarter ending April 2026, Meta posted EPS of $7.31, exceeding the consensus estimate of $6.67 by $0.64, representing a positive surprise of approximately 9.6%. The prior quarter saw a notable miss, with actual EPS of $6.18 falling $1.00 short of the $7.18 estimate. The October 2026 quarter delivered the strongest beat, with EPS of $7.40 surpassing the $5.74 estimate by $1.66, a roughly 28.9% positive surprise. Looking ahead, analysts project EPS of $6.28 for the upcoming quarter with results expected on October 28, 2026, per analyst estimates. The alternating pattern of beats and misses across recent quarters introduces uncertainty around forward earnings predictability. Meta's ability to meet or exceed the upcoming $6.28 estimate will be closely monitored by market participants.
Wall Street coverage of Meta Platforms reflects a divided outlook based on recent analyst actions per SID consensus data. In ratings issued on October 22, 2026, Rosenblatt and Guggenheim both reiterated Buy ratings on the stock, signaling continued confidence in Meta's fundamental trajectory according to Wall Street analyst reports. Conversely, Wedbush maintained a Neutral stance, while Scotiabank reiterated a Sector Perform rating, both suggesting limited near-term upside from current levels. StoneX maintained a Hold rating on the stock. The distribution of recent ratings shows two firms at Buy, one at Neutral, one at Sector Perform, and one at Hold, reflecting a moderately constructive but far from unanimous consensus. Notably, none of the five analysts adjusted their prior ratings, with all five reiterating existing positions. This stability in ratings persists despite META's 15.28% one-month decline and deeply oversold RSI reading of 17.6, suggesting analysts are awaiting additional catalysts before revising their outlooks.
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