Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) traded at $443.29 at close of the session on Friday, April 26, made an upward move of 0.43% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $441.38 . The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 25.46. In terms of its 52-week price range, META has a high of $531.49 and a low of $208.88. The company’s stock has lost about -10.24% over that past 30 days.
Meta Platforms Inc has a market cap of $1124.25 billion. With its Forward Dividend at 0.50 and a yield of 0.11%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the META stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of $4.67, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $19.97 for 2024 and $23.25 for next year. These figures represent 34.30% and 16.40% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $38.16 billion, with a low of $37.33 billion and a high of $39 billion. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 25.50% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $158.47 billion, or 17.50% up from figures reported last year.
There have been 14 upward and — downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the META stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the META stock currently stands at 0.85, and the current price level is -11.34% off its SMA20 and -10.45% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 32.07 while the volatility over the past week is 4.42% and jumps to 3.27% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.20, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 20.32.
Coming back to Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 18.74 million. Current shares outstanding are 2.21 billion.
The insiders hold 13.88% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 67.65%. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 25.24% up in year-to-date price movement.
