Meta Platforms (META) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by BMO Capital Markets from $580.00 to $685.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Evercore.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group. They now have a $920.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $770.00 to $800.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $600.00 to $650.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Monness Crespi & Hardt. They now have a $875.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $1,000.00 to $995.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Barclays from $780.00 to $880.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms was given a new $940.00 price target by UBS Group.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Cantor Fitzgerald from $840.00 to $860.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by The Goldman Sachs Group. They now have a $885.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by Piper Sandler from $875.00 to $850.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by UBS Group from $884.00 to $892.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Citigroup from $895.00 to $905.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by DA Davidson from $700.00 to $800.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Mizuho from $750.00 to $950.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “market outperform” rating reaffirmed by Citizens Jmp. They now have a $885.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $920.00 to $940.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Wedbush from $700.00 to $730.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by TD Cowen from $865.00 to $850.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Guggenheim. They now have a $850.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by KeyCorp from $900.00 to $905.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $650.00 to $850.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Pivotal Research from $930.00 to $960.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Bank of America from $810.00 to $845.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Rosenblatt Securities. They now have a $886.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/19/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $775.00 to $820.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/15/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Citigroup from $800.00 to $895.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/15/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by JPMorgan Chase & Co.. They now have a $920.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/14/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Guggenheim from $700.00 to $850.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/14/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by UBS Group from $715.00 to $884.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/14/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group from $860.00 to $762.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Truist Financial from $763.00 to $1,000.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Pivotal Research from $790.00 to $930.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by KeyCorp. They now have a $900.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Rosenblatt Securities. They now have a $886.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/12/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by Cantor Fitzgerald from $860.00 to $840.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2026 – Meta Platforms was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 10/8/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen. They now have a $865.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/6/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $796.00 to $1,000.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/6/2026 – Meta Platforms is now covered by Yorkville Ives. They set an “outperform” rating and a $900.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/28/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Monness Crespi & Hardt from $730.00 to $830.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/25/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Piper Sandler from $785.00 to $875.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/25/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $750.00 to $865.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/25/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $750.00 to $820.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/25/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Canaccord Genuity Group from $930.00 to $950.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by Tigress Financial. They now have a $945.00 price target on the stock, down from $995.00.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Raymond James Financial from $650.00 to $860.00. They now have a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms was upgraded by President Capital from “neutral” to “buy”. They now have a $897.00 price target on the stock, up from $660.00.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Loop Capital from $740.00 to $955.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Tigress Financial from $945.00 to $995.00. They now have a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $820.00 to $920.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $770.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Citizens Jmp from $770.00 to $885.00. They now have a “market outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/23/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group.
• 9/23/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Cantor Fitzgerald from $680.00 to $860.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/23/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by KeyCorp from $780.00 to $900.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 9/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by JPMorgan Chase & Co..
• 9/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Bank of America. They now have a $810.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/22/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group from $710.00 to $875.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/21/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $640.00 to $796.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/16/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup. They now have a $800.00 price target on the stock, down from $850.00.
• 9/16/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Arete Research from $735.00 to $806.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/16/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Rosenblatt Securities. They now have a $886.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/11/2026 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by Wedbush from $595.00 to $650.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 9/11/2026 – Meta Platforms had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald.
• 9/10/2026 – Meta Platforms was upgraded by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from “neutral” to “overweight”. They now have a $820.00 price target on the stock, up from $640.00.

Meta Platforms Stock Performance

NASDAQ:META traded down $24.92 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $605.08. 27,909,077 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 18,150,676. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $673.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $632.21. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a one year low of $520.26 and a one year high of $779.82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The firm has a market cap of $1.55 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.28.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 22nd. The social networking company reported $7.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.54 by $0.86. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 30.73% and a net margin of 31.15%. The firm had revenue of $64.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $63.34 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $7.25 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts anticipate that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 29.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 21st were paid a dividend of $0.5250 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 21st. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.16%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Meta Platforms news, COO Javier Olivan sold 946 shares of Meta Platforms stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $614.15, for a total transaction of $580,985.90. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 4,094 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,514,330.10. The trade was a 18.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 151,090 shares of company stock worth $103,150,807. 13.53% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Meta Platforms, Inc is a technology company that develops social networking, messaging, virtual and augmented reality, and artificial intelligence products. The company’s principal platforms include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads, which enable users to connect, communicate, share content, and discover products and services.

Meta also operates Reality Labs, its division focused on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technologies. Reality Labs develops products such as Meta Quest virtual reality headsets and related software and experiences, along with research and hardware intended to support immersive computing.