Why Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (META) Stock Is Down 8.94%
As of Thursday, July 30, Meta Platforms, Inc.’s META share price has dipped by 8.94%, which has investors questioning if this is right time to buy.Michael Rose
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| Communication Services | Interactive Media & Services |
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| Share Statistics | META | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $1,418,222.2 | $659.1 | 100% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 2,566.0 | 51.2 | 98% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 83.3% | 50.6% | 52% |
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| Float (Mil) | 2,192.7 | 47.9 | 96% |
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| Beta | 1.25 | 1.07 | 73% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 16,928 | 356 | 98% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(19.9%) | 54.6% | 31% |
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| Growth | META | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 18.5% | 11.0% | 79% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 15.7% | 13.9% | 65% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 18.4% | 15.2% | 65 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 90% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (40.4%) | (16.5%) | 11% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 10 | 12 | 15 | |
| Current EPS | $7.058 | $30.918 | $35.558 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $7.386 | $31.763 | $36.321 | |
| # Rev Up | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| # Rev Down | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $7.376 | $30.897 | $36.559 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 14.2% | 31.6% | 80.3% | |
| Financials | META | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $228,247 | $640 | 100% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $68,098 | $3 | 100% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $26.927 | $0.200 | 99% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $130,301 | $68 | 100% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $15,443 | $0 | 100% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $109,893 | $40 | 99% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $1,395,240 | $675 | 100% |
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| Valuation | META | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 5.43 | 1.36 | 80% |
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| P/E | 21.0 | 17.4 | 53% |
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| Dividend Yield | 0.4% | 0.0% | 62% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 1.1 | 0.9 | 48% |
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| Ratios | META | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 81.7% | 61.5% | 90% |
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| Net Margin | 29.8% | 1.8% | 89% |
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| ROA | 18.3% | 0.8% | 95% |
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| ROE | 29.8% | 2.3% | 87% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 41.9% | 41.0% | 33% |
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| F-Score | 5 | 5 | 51% |
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Passing Stock Screens
As of 7/31/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
| Performance Since Inception: | 14.6% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +7.1 |
| Performance Since Inception: | 7.4% |
| +/- S&P 500: | -0.1 |
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