Meta is a social advertising, messaging, AI, and mixed-reality company. The stock thesis weighs one of the strongest ad businesses in the world against AI capex, social-media legal exposure, Reality Labs losses, and the Llama ecosystem.
Meta Platforms (META) Stock Price & Market Analysis
META · NASDAQ · Internet Content & Information
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$721.64
▲ +$0.7450(+0.10%)10:37 AM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Oct 9, 2026, 10:37 AM EDT
NASDAQ regular-session quote as of Oct 9, 2026, 10:37 AM EDT.
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Last session51%
$716.66L Oct 9 '26$726.42H Oct 9 '26
52-week range78%
$520.26L Mar 27 '26$779.82H Sep 24 '26
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Available history(2012-05-18)91%
$17.38L Sep 4 '12$793.02H Aug 15 '25
Price history: 2012-05-18–2026-10-08. Earlier trading may not be included. Highs and lows use intraday prices when available, otherwise closing prices. The 52-week range is reported separately by Yahoo Finance.
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Next important events
- Oct 28, 2026Next earnings · After market closeFinnhub · Estimated · After market close · Last verified 2026-10-09
Countdown
19 days out
Reported fundamentals
META financial overview
Annual revenue
USD 200.97B
Sales for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not trailing twelve-month revenue.
Revenue change
+22.2%
Change versus the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2024.
Net profit margin
30.1%
Net income divided by revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not the trailing margin.
These reported results describe the business’s recent scale and profitability. Compare cash generation and valuation before forming an investment view; historical growth is not a forecast.
Company · Profile
About Meta Platforms (META)
Sector, leadership, and how Meta Platforms earns its revenue.
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Company · Profile
About Meta Platforms (META)
Sector, leadership, and how Meta Platforms earns its revenue.
Meta Platforms
NASDAQ · META · US
Company overview.
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 75,472
- CEO
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
How Meta Platforms makes money
Ads
The core profit engine
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Reels give Meta a massive attention graph that powers high-return advertising products.
AI
Llama and ranking systems drive both offense and defense
Meta AI work matters in two ways: better ad ranking and creative tools today, plus open-source model distribution and assistant products over time.
Capex
Infrastructure spend is the investor debate
The company can fund enormous AI infrastructure, but the market needs proof that spend produces durable revenue and engagement returns.
Legal risk
Platform liability is not gone
Youth-safety and social-media liability cases are important legal risks for Meta.
Key takeaways for META
META combines a highly profitable ad engine with one of the most aggressive AI infrastructure budgets in tech.
Llama and AI ad systems can strengthen the moat if they improve monetization and developer adoption.
Legal exposure and capex discipline are the two recurring checks investors should keep visible.
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Leadership
Chief executive officerName unavailable
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Governance & sustainability
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