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Meta Platforms META

Price
$593.41
-0.1% today
Mkt Cap
$1.51T
Beta
1.25
52w Range
27%
pos in 52w lo→hi
RVOL
0.59
First trade
2021-06-01
Price History VALIDATED
50d MA (orange) · 200d MA (purple) · Price (blue)
Valuation vs Own History COMMODITY — slow-moving; 60d lag; EV/EBITDA canonical
Research notes (read before interpreting):
  • The news-vs-expectations thesis is UNTESTED by the backtest (look-ahead-impossible). Only Agent 6 live forward-tracking can validate whether news_adj improves outcomes. Treat news as a bounded refinement on trial, not a proven driver.
  • Fundamentals are annual with a 60-day reporting lag; EV/EBITDA is the valuation metric (P/E broke on 45 loss-year rows). Valuation reads are slow-moving, not point-in-time precise.
Percentile within this ticker's own 6-year fundamental history. High = expensive vs itself.
EV/EBITDA 16.4x
70%ile
P/E 27.5x
100%ile
P/S 8.3x
88%ile
FYEV/EBITDAP/EP/SRevenueEPS
2025 16.38x 27.53x 8.28x $201.0B $23.98
2024 17.14x 23.79x 9.02x $164.5B $24.61
2023 15.35x 23.30x 6.75x $134.9B $15.19
2022 8.90x 13.94x 2.77x $116.6B $8.63
2021 17.08x 24.04x 8.03x $117.9B $13.99
Earnings Surprise Track Record COMMODITY
Canonical signal: avoid-misses is the durable edge (misses lag the basket ~4%/21d excess); beats merely match the sector once drift is stripped. Regime-dependent, effectively small-sample — not proven.
DateEPS actEPS estEPS surp% Rev surp%Excess/21d
2026-04-29 $7.31 $6.70 +9.1% +1.4% -16.7%
2026-01-28 $8.88 $8.19 +8.4% +2.7% -13.2%
2025-10-29 $7.25 $6.72 +7.9% +3.5% +2.7%
2025-07-30 $7.14 $5.88 +21.4% +6.0% -3.1%
2025-04-30 $6.43 $5.23 +22.9% +2.4% -3.8%
2025-01-29 $8.02 $6.75 +18.8% +2.9% +7.3%
2024-10-30 $6.03 $5.25 +14.9% +1.0% -5.8%
2024-07-31 $5.16 $4.73 +9.1% +2.1% -0.3%
2024-04-24 $4.71 $4.32 +9.0% +0.9% -4.8%
2024-02-01 $5.33 $4.96 +7.5% +2.4% -14.0%
2023-10-25 $4.39 $3.63 +20.9% +7.9% -1.0%
2023-07-26 $2.98 $2.92 +2.1% +14.4% -6.3%
2023-04-26 $2.20 $2.03 +8.4% +3.6% -10.0%
2023-02-01 $1.76 $2.22 -20.7% +1.9% +3.5%
2022-10-26 $1.64 $1.89 -13.2% +1.0% +2.3%
2022-07-27 $2.46 $2.59 -5.0% -0.3% +2.1%
2022-04-27 $2.72 $2.56 +6.3% -1.3% -5.6%
2022-02-02 $3.67 $3.84 -4.4% +0.9% -13.2%
2021-10-25 $3.22 $3.19 +0.9% -1.8% -2.9%
2021-07-28 $3.61 $3.03 +19.1% -1.4% +2.0%
Post-Earnings Revisions COMMODITY — how consensus moved after each print
No computed revisions yet — snapshots need to bracket a print.
Consensus EPS Revision Trajectory COMMODITY
Forward-year consensus EPS over time — shows how estimates move after each print. Data accrues forward from snapshot start date.
Model Portfolio Status
Not in model portfolio.
News Lean UNPROVEN LIVE — UNPROVEN LIVE-ONLY: no historical validation possible
● neutral near 2026-07-28
Post-GOOGL, market is primed to sell capex hikes — META raised full-year guide to $125-145B; a revenue beat may be muted if capex rises further; however, Zuckerberg warning and GOOGL selloff may have already lowered the effective bar, making a beat+hold a retail trap to the upside.
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● neutral near 2026-07-21
Revenue guide $58-61B broadly in line with $60.18B consensus; Meta Compute launch is structural positive but Zuckerberg's warning on AI agent pace is a near-term credibility risk — buy-side expects Q3 guide to be strong
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▼ bearish near 2026-07-20
Meta Compute launch is bullish but CEO flagging AI agent underdelivery is a rare pre-earnings negative signal; capex at $125-145B already above prior guide and ROI question persists — buy-side bar after Q1 beat may be too high.
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▲ bullish long 2026-07-16
Meta Compute announcement exceeded expectations—market saw this as a monetization unlock (Wolfe: 20% EPS accretion per GW), not just another capex story; Q2 earnings July 29 with $145B capex guide; bull case: 7GW in 2026, 14GW in 2027 = structural EPS ramp well above consensus
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▲ bullish long 2026-07-14
RETAIL TRAP (reverse): retail that sold META on $115-135B capex concerns missed the cloud monetization pivot entirely — market reaction (+9%) signals expectations for CapEx were purely cost-framed, not revenue-opportunity-framed.
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Analyst Context — the consensus we're trying to beat
Consensus PT
$804.17
+35.5% from current
Median PT
$825.00
High PT
$880.00
Low PT
$700.00
Current
$593.41
Price targets from FMP consensus. Not a recommendation.