Javier Olivan Sells 837 Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Stock

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) COO Javier Olivan sold 837 shares of Meta Platforms stock in a transaction on Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $645.85, for a total value of $540,576.45. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 7,127 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,602,972.95. This represents a 10.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Javier Olivan also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, July 20th, Javier Olivan sold 629 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $645.85, for a total transaction of $406,239.65.
• On Monday, July 6th, Javier Olivan sold 1,887 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $600.62, for a total transaction of $1,133,369.94.
• On Monday, July 6th, Javier Olivan sold 3,348 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $600.97, for a total transaction of $2,012,047.56.
• On Monday, June 15th, Javier Olivan sold 1,258 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $600.00, for a total transaction of $754,800.00.
• On Monday, June 15th, Javier Olivan sold 140 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $600.00, for a total transaction of $84,000.00.
• On Monday, June 1st, Javier Olivan sold 629 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $629.29, for a total transaction of $395,823.41.
• On Monday, June 1st, Javier Olivan sold 837 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $629.29, for a total value of $526,715.73.
• On Tuesday, May 26th, Javier Olivan sold 629 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $608.98, for a total value of $383,048.42.
• On Tuesday, May 26th, Javier Olivan sold 837 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $608.98, for a total value of $509,716.26.
• On Monday, May 18th, Javier Olivan sold 629 shares of Meta Platforms stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $609.35, for a total value of $383,281.15.

Meta Platforms Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of Meta Platforms stock traded up $2.42 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $596.29. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,125,176 shares, compared to its average volume of 16,617,531. The stock has a market cap of $1.51 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 2.35 and a current ratio of 2.35. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a twelve month low of $520.26 and a twelve month high of $796.25. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $604.17 and a 200-day moving average of $625.06.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The social networking company reported $10.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $6.67 by $3.77. The firm had revenue of $56.31 billion during 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 33.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $6.43 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 29.49 EPS for the current year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.63%.

Institutional Trading of Meta Platforms

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of META. Auto Owners Insurance Co lifted its stake in Meta Platforms by 76,587.7% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 105,292,277 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $69,502,379,000 after acquiring an additional 105,154,977 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms during the fourth quarter worth about $22,152,075,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Meta Platforms by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 199,995,630 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $132,015,115,000 after buying an additional 7,269,279 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Meta Platforms by 488.1% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,466,595 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $3,608,445,000 after purchasing an additional 4,537,076 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 90,841,345 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $59,963,463,000 after buying an additional 4,395,763 shares during the period. 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: Analyst support remains strong: Guggenheim reaffirmed its “buy” rating and set an $800 price target, implying substantial upside from recent levels. Benzinga analyst rating
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure could support long-term growth: Meta and BlackRock announced a venture to develop and operate a roughly $14 billion data-center campus in El Paso, Texas. Sharing development and ownership costs with a major financial partner may help Meta expand computing capacity while reducing its direct capital burden. Meta BlackRock data center article
• Positive Sentiment: Advertising remains the key earnings opportunity: Recent analyses point to AI-driven improvements in user engagement, ad inventory and monetization, while Meta enters the report with a history of beating estimates and a valuation below its historical average. Meta valuation and earnings analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings volatility is elevated: Traders expect a sizable post-earnings move, and short sellers have increased positions in Meta and other large technology stocks ahead of this week’s results. Short sellers ahead of earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Capital-spending concerns are weighing on the stock: Alphabet’s higher 2026 spending forecast triggered a sell-off across hyperscalers, raising questions about whether Meta’s aggressive AI investments will generate sufficient returns. Meta’s data-center financing also reportedly carried a higher interest rate than a comparable prior deal. Hyperscaler capital spending scrutiny
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and regulatory risks remain significant: Meta faces lawsuits alleging that it ignored research concerning harm to teenagers and failed to prevent abuse on its platforms. Potential financial penalties and mandated product changes add uncertainty during an expensive AI investment cycle. Tennessee lawsuit article

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently commented on META. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Meta Platforms from $900.00 to $840.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their target price on Meta Platforms from $900.00 to $1,000.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Wedbush started coverage on Meta Platforms in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $671.00 price target for the company. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on Meta Platforms from $865.00 to $766.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-four have given a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Meta Platforms has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $835.64.

Meta Platforms Company Profile

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.