Thinking of Buying Meta Platforms (META)? Here's What You Need to Know.

Shares of Technology sector company Meta Platforms moved 0.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $303.2. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 2,332,223 compared to its average volume of 20,598,006. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. The company is based in Menlo Park and has 66,185 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $779,181,621,248.

49 analysts are following Meta Platforms and have set target prices ranging from $94.31 to $410.25 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, META is trading -11.26% away from its average analyst target price of $341.68 per share.

Over the last year, META's share price has increased by 235.0%, which represents a difference of 222.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $330.54 per share whereas its 52 week low is $88.09. With average free cash flows of $23.7 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 7.7% over the last 6 years, Meta Platforms is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 55,510,000 31,476,000 24,034,000 26.2
2022 50,475,000 31,431,000 19,044,000 -51.16
2021 57,683,000 18,690,000 38,993,000 65.34
2020 38,747,000 15,163,000 23,584,000 11.18
2019 36,314,000 15,102,000 21,212,000 38.11
2018 29,274,000 13,915,000 15,359,000
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