What Do You Need to Know About Meta Platforms (META) Before Investing?

By Harris Dyer • Friday, December 08 14:20 • Permanent Link

Meta Platforms logged a 1.6% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $331.95 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. META's trading volume is 7,581,431 compared to the stock's average volume of 19,543,080.

Meta Platforms trades -10.86% away from its average analyst target price of $372.4 per share. The 50 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $175.0 to $435.0, and on average have given Meta Platforms a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in META, you'll want to know the following:

Meta Platforms's current price is 167.7% above its Graham number of $123.99, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Meta Platforms has moved 186.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 11.33, Meta Platforms has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
META has a forward P/E ratio of 19.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $17.39 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.7 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Meta Platforms is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.97 compared to its sector average of 7.92
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.
Based in Menlo Park, the company has 66,185 full time employees and a market cap of $853.07 Billion.

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