Meta Platforms Inc Class A (META)
META · Communication Services · 
United States
Meta Platforms Inc Class A (META) is a US company in the Communication Services sector. Meta Platforms operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger and earns almost all of its revenue from advertising shown in these apps. Its Reality Labs segment develops virtual and augmented reality hardware and software, such as Quest headsets and smart glasses made with Ray-Ban, and has reported operating losses for years. The company was founded as Facebook in 2004 and renamed Meta in 2021. It is based in Menlo Park, California.
The stock has its largest weight in WTEL (MSCI World Communication Services), at 18.11%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Meta Platforms Inc also has an indirect stake in the company.
Data and Charts: Meta Platforms Inc
Key Data for Meta Platforms Inc
Meta Platforms Inc Stock Price Chart
The Meta Platforms Inc chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is down 6.8% year to date and down 7.7% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $614.99, at 35% of the 52-week range.
Price series from our database since Jul 11, 2024, 580 daily values.
Meta Platforms Inc Stock Performance
| Year to date | -6.8% | 1 year | -7.7% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -15.2% | 3 months | +10.5% |
| Calendar year 2025 | +12.7% |
Measured in euros, Meta Platforms Inc is down 2.0% year to date and down 4.6% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.
Alysly Data Analysis: Meta Platforms Inc
What ETF Is Meta Platforms Inc In?
Meta Platforms Inc has above-average ETF coverage and is held by 23 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 11 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 87.8% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| WTEL | MSCI World Communication Services | 18.11% | €181.14 |
| XUCM | MSCI USA Communication Services | 18.00% | €180.03 |
| XWTS | MSCI World Communication Services | 17.30% | €173.03 |
| XDEQ | MSCI World Quality | 3.58% | €35.77 |
| XNAS / XNA1 | Nasdaq 100 | 2.91% | €29.14 |
| EXXT | Nasdaq 100 | 2.91% | €29.10 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | S&P 500 | 2.07% | €20.71 |
| SXR8 | S&P 500 | 2.07% | €20.70 |
| XD9U / XD9D | MSCI USA | 2.06% | €20.56 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 1.50% | €15.04 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 1.50% | €15.01 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 1.50% | €15.01 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 1.50% | €15.00 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 1.34% | €13.45 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 1.34% | €13.41 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 1.33% | €13.30 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | 1.17% | €11.67 |
| XDEW | S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.19% | €1.86 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Meta Platforms Inc, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding Meta Platforms Inc (weight per latest SEC filing): VUG 3.41%, ONEQ 2.72%, QQQM 2.70%, QQQ 2.62%, IVV 1.92%, SPY 1.92%, VOO 1.92%, VTI 1.71%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
Meta Platforms Inc Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2022
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Meta Platforms Inc had a weight of 0.76% on Jun 30, 2022 and 1.50% on Oct 29, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 2.14% on Jun 30, 2025. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Meta Platforms Inc overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Which Tracked Investors Hold Meta Platforms Inc?
Meta Platforms Inc is not among the largest purchases in the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. The list is led by GOOGL, DAL and NEBIUS GROUP N.V. Of the 5 tracked managers holding the stock, 2 added and 3 cut.
| Investor | Shares | Value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Global Management | 2,823,180 | $1.6B | reduced by 263,684 |
| Viking Global Investors | 1,867,619 | $1.1B | increased by 805,044 |
| Appaloosa | 675,000 | $380M | increased by 238,500 |
| Bridgewater Associates | 110,083 | $62M | reduced by 181,582 |
| Soros Fund Management | 21,776 | $12M | reduced by 12,831 |
As of Jun 30, 2026. Based on quarterly filings with the US securities regulator, submitted up to 45 days after the reference date. The change counts shares, not price gains.
What Meta Platforms Inc Executives and Directors Traded Recently
| Date | Person | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Alford Peggy Director | Sell (plan) | 390 | $640.00 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 408 | $640.00 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 82 | $640.00 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 57 | $640.00 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 82 | $640.00 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 946 | $640.00 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 408 | $707.20 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Olivan Javier Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Sell (plan) | 82 | $707.20 |
The table shows open-market purchases and sales reported over the past 90 days. Directors, officers and shareholders owning more than ten percent must report such transactions within two trading days. Awards and option exercises are excluded.
“Plan” means the transaction follows a schedule set up in advance under Rule 10b5-1. Sales consistently outnumber purchases in these filings because a large part of executive pay is granted in shares. For comparison: over the period covered, executives and directors reported sales at 271 of 350 tracked companies and purchases at 32.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Meta Platforms Inc
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r | 1 year | Annualized volatility | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms Inc | – | – | -7.7% | 38.6% | 30.1% | +22.2% |
 AppLovin | 23 | – | -63.2% | 81.6% | 60.8% | +70.0% |
 Netflix | 23 | – | -43.0% | 33.9% | 24.3% | +15.9% |
 Take-Two Interactive Software | 22 | – | -24.8% | 31.1% | -4.5% | +18.2% |
 Alphabet | 23 | – | -0.6% | 32.2% | 32.8% | +15.1% |
| Alphabet | 23 | – | -1.3% | 31.8% | – | – |
 T-Mobile US | 22 | – | -25.7% | 30.4% | 12.4% | +8.5% |
 EchoStar Corporation | 19 | – | – | – | -96.6% | -5.2% |
 Live Nation Entertainment | 19 | – | +20.2% | 29.3% | 2.0% | +8.8% |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Meta Platforms Inc. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.
Fundamental Analysis: Meta Platforms Inc
Meta Platforms Inc Key Financials
Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY ended Dec 2023 | 134.9 | 39.1 | 29.0% |
| FY ended Dec 2024 | 164.5 | 62.4 | 37.9% |
| FY ended Dec 2025 | 201.0 | 60.5 | 30.1% |
Latest Patents Granted to Meta Platforms
In the 52 weekly issues of the US patent office from Nov 4, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026, Meta Platforms received 403 utility patents and 41 design patents. That is 0.13% of all utility patents the US patent office granted in those weeks. The median time from filing to grant was 2.8 years.
| Granted | Patent | Title | Filed | Technology field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 12777278 B2 | Speaker with single driver force cancellation | H04R Loudspeakers, microphones and hearing aids | ||
| US 12776580 B1 | Modified structures for reducing capacitive coupling | H01Q Antennas | ||
| US 12776108 B2 | Predicting context aware policies based on shared or similar interactions | G06T Image data processing and generation | ||
| US 12775889 B2 | Using a gaze at real-world objects to suggest an input using a different input modality for a head-wearable device | G06Q IT for administration, commerce, finance and management | ||
| US 12775814 B2 | Techniques for gesture-based encoded information recognition in artificial reality environments, and methods and systems thereof | G06K Graphical data reading and record carriers |
These are grants, not applications. The office usually publishes an application 18 months after the priority date; the grant tends to come much later. Owners counted: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC; Meta Platforms, Inc. and WhatsApp LLC. Titles as published by the office; median time based on 196 patents with a known filing date.
The patent screener lists more grants, filterable by company, type and technology field. The M&A and patents page compares companies. The figures for all seven companies sit side by side on the Magnificent 7 page.
Technical Analysis: Meta Platforms Inc
Meta Platforms Inc Risk Metrics
The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 22.2% below the highest close since Jul 11, 2024. That high was reached on Aug 12, 2025. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, Meta Platforms Inc moved 1.49% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.45 shows a clear but not close link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain part of the daily price moves of Meta Platforms Inc, but far from all.
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