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Meta Platforms Inc Class A META

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Meta Continues to Invest Aggressively as AI Drives Another Jump in Spending

Michael Hodel

Meta's Facebook is the largest social network in the world, with over 3 billion monthly active users. The growth in users and user engagement, along with the valuable data that they generate, makes Meta’s platforms attractive to advertisers. The combination of these valuable assets and our expectation that advertisers will continue shift their spending online bodes well for the firm’s top-line growth and cash flow.

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Price vs Fair Value

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META is trading at a 200% premium.
Price
$493.76
Fair Value
$384.00
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$371.00
5-Star Price
$842.00
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

With more users and usage time than any other social network, Meta provides the largest audience and the most valuable data for social network online advertising.

Bears

Meta is currently a one-trick pony and will be affected severely if online advertising no longer grows or if more advertising dollars shift to others like Google or Snapchat.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$495.06
Day Range
$490.89–502.82
52-Week Range
$258.88–531.49
Bid/Ask
$493.90 / $494.25
Market Cap
$1.25 Tril
Volume/Avg
10.7 Mil / 15.4 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
27.04
Price/Sales
9.12
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.10%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.41%
Total Yield
2.13%

Company Profile

Meta is the world’s largest online social network, with nearly 4 billion family of apps monthly active users. Users engage with each other in different ways, exchanging messages and sharing news events, photos, and videos. The firm’s ecosystem consists mainly of the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and many features surrounding these products. Users can access Facebook on mobile devices and desktops. Advertising revenue represents more than 90% of the firm’s total revenue, with more than 45% coming from the US and Canada and over 20% from Europe.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Stock Style Box
Large Growth
Total Number of Employees
69,329
Website
https://about.meta.com

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Valuation

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Metric
META
GOOGL
VZ
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 27.0427.008.87
Price/Book Value
 8.387.471.85
Price/Sales
 9.127.021.30
Price/Cash Flow
 17.3919.474.55
Price/Earnings
META
GOOGL
VZ

Financial Strength

Metric
META
GOOGL
VZ
Quick Ratio
 2.551.980.52
Current Ratio
 2.682.150.71
Interest Coverage
 101.91285.783.72
Quick Ratio
META
GOOGL
VZ

Profitability

Metric
META
GOOGL
VZ
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 27.36%25.77%4.66%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 41.17%36.64%18.99%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 32.26%32.10%7.89%
Return on Assets
META
GOOGL
VZ
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