What Meta Platforms (META) Investors Need to Know

By Emilio Sanchez • Wednesday, January 10 15:08 • Permanent Link

After gains of 3.9% this afternoon, Meta Platforms shares are now trading at $371.34. Read below for the essential facts about this stock:

Meta Platforms has logged a 169.9% 52 week change, compared to 20.0% for the S&P 500
META has an average analyst rating of buy and is -2.57% away from its mean target price of $381.15 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $11.33, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 32.8. The Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 35.0
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $17.51 and its forward P/E ratio is 21.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.68 in contrast to the Technology sector's average P/B ratio is 7.92
META has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 167.9% and gross profit margins of 0.8%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $37.58 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 9.1%
Meta Platforms's revenues have an average growth rate of 14.0% with operating expenses growing at 18.0%. The company's current operating margins stand at 29.0%

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