Meta Platforms, Inc. $META is WP Advisors LLC’s 4th Largest Position

WP Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) by 14.3% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 41,230 shares of the social networking company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,167 shares during the quarter. Meta Platforms comprises approximately 6.8% of WP Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. WP Advisors LLC’s holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $27,216,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in META. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 86,925,674 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $64,158,971,000 after purchasing an additional 1,650,435 shares during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S purchased a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,191,175,000. Concentrum Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 948.7% during the 3rd quarter. Concentrum Wealth Management now owns 1,243,577 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $913,000 after purchasing an additional 1,124,998 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 209.3% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 430,434 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $314,340,000 after purchasing an additional 824,276 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms during the 3rd quarter valued at $540,634,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.91% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Meta Platforms

Here are the key news stories impacting Meta Platforms this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), boosting its humanoid-robot/AI roadmap and signaling longer‑term product diversification beyond ads. Meta Acquires ARI to Fuel Humanoid Robot Push
• Positive Sentiment: Several brokers reiterated Buy/Outperform ratings (Guggenheim, Piper Sandler, RBC), citing strong ad revenue and AI-driven growth potential that supports medium‑term earnings upside. Analysts Reaffirm Buy Rating on Meta (META), Cite Growth and AI Potential
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying: Manning & Napier increased its stake, a sign some money managers view current levels as attractive. Manning & Napier Advisors Boosts Meta Platforms Stake 81K
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst price‑target moves: a number of firms trimmed targets (Stifel, UBS, Sanford C. Bernstein) but many kept Buy ratings — showing confidence in fundamentals but some caution on valuation and near‑term headwinds. Stifel Cuts META Price Target, Keeps Buy Rating
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk escalated as New Mexico’s youth‑harm trial begins seeking court orders to force product changes across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — a verdict or injunctive relief could impose operational constraints and remediation costs. New Mexico seeks changes to Meta platforms in youth harm trial
• Negative Sentiment: Reality Labs continues to post large losses (reported ~$4B Q1) and management raised 2026 capex guidance to accelerate AI infrastructure — investors worry lower near‑term returns and heavy AI spend will pressure margins and free cash flow. Meta’s Reality Labs reports $4B Q1 loss amid AI strategy shift
• Negative Sentiment: Negative media and market reaction: commentators (e.g., Jim Cramer) and coverage about CEO testimony logistics add to sentiment pressure, amplifying short‑term downside even as fundamentals are debated. Jim Cramer on Meta: “It’s Being Clubbed Like a Baby Seal”

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

META has been the subject of several analyst reports. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on Meta Platforms from $900.00 to $840.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. DA Davidson raised their target price on Meta Platforms from $825.00 to $850.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on Meta Platforms from $900.00 to $930.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Arete Research restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, TD Cowen reduced their target price on Meta Platforms from $820.00 to $800.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-four have issued a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $840.67.

Meta Platforms Stock Performance

Shares of META stock opened at $608.74 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.54 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 2.35. The business has a fifty day moving average of $629.62 and a 200 day moving average of $647.50. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a 1 year low of $520.26 and a 1 year high of $796.25.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The social networking company reported $10.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.67 by $3.77. The company had revenue of $56.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $55.56 billion. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 36.93% and a net margin of 32.84%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 33.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $6.43 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 30.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 16th. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.63%.

Insider Activity

In other Meta Platforms news, Director Robert M. Kimmitt sold 580 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $667.00, for a total transaction of $386,860.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 3,847 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,565,949. This trade represents a 13.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, COO Javier Olivan sold 629 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $670.84, for a total value of $421,958.36. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 2,372 shares in the company, valued at $1,591,232.48. This represents a 20.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 166,638 shares of company stock worth $106,697,681 over the last ninety days. 13.61% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ: META), formerly Facebook, Inc, is a global technology company best known for building social networking services and immersive computing platforms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company operates a family of consumer-facing products and services that connect users, creators and businesses. In October 2021 the company rebranded as Meta to reflect an expanded strategic focus on augmented and virtual reality technologies alongside its social media businesses.

Meta’s core consumer products include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, which enable social networking, messaging, content sharing and community building across mobile and desktop devices.