Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) closed at $751.66 on 25 September 2026, down 3.3%. That leaves it up 12.9% over a week, up 30.5% over a month and down 1.2% over a year. That is 89% of the way up its 52 week range of $520.26 to $779.82. The median analyst price target of $820 sits 9.1% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
META trades above both its 50 day average of $615.75 and its 200 day average of $626.47, the shape of an uptrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 1.42, a stock that moves more than the market. It is 3.6% below its 52 week high and 44.5% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 30 firms recorded 50 actions on META: 48 kept a view, 1 upgrade and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 19 raised and 21 lowered. The most recent targets from 27 firms run from $650 to $1,000, with a median of $820, 9.1% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | Deutsche Bank | Maintains Buy | $750.00 to $820.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintains Overweight | $785.00 to $875.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Canaccord Genuity | Maintains Buy | $930.00 to $950.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | TD Cowen | Maintains Buy | $750.00 to $865.00 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Raymond James | Maintains Strong Buy | $650.00 to $860.00 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Tigress Financial | Maintains Strong Buy | $945.00 to $995.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 28 October 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $6.38. The last report, on 29 July 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $6.18 against $7.18 expected, a miss of 13.9%, on revenue of $60.8 billion. Meta Platforms, Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Meta Platforms, Inc. shows revenue growth of 27.65%, a gross margin of 81.75%, an operating margin of 38.08% and a return on equity of 29.85%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 27.7% | 81st |
| Net income growth, TTM | -4.8% | 39th |
| Gross margin | 81.7% | 91st |
| Operating margin | 38.1% | 93rd |
| Free cash flow margin | 18.0% | 79th |
| Return on equity | 29.8% | 91st |
| Return on assets | 18.3% | 96th |
| Debt to equity | 0.32 | 55th |
| Current ratio | 2.23 | 71st |
| Effective tax rate | 22.2% | 74th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
- Chief executive
- Mark E. Zuckerberg
- Employees
- 86,500
- Website
- investor.fb.com
Meta Platforms, Inc. develops products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, wearables, and in-home devices. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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