Meta Platforms, Inc. $META Position Trimmed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB trimmed its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) by 70.7% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 9,505 shares of the social networking company’s stock after selling 22,955 shares during the quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB’s holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $6,980,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Westchester Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Meta Platforms in the third quarter worth about $26,000. Bare Financial Services Inc bought a new stake in Meta Platforms in the second quarter worth about $30,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new stake in Meta Platforms in the 2nd quarter valued at about $44,000. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Meta Platforms by 64.8% in the 3rd quarter. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC now owns 89 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $65,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd bought a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the 3rd quarter valued at about $71,000. 79.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Susan J. Li sold 56,571 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $644.70, for a total transaction of $36,471,323.70. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Andrew Bosworth sold 8,089 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $631.24, for a total transaction of $5,106,100.36. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 2,841 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,793,352.84. The trade was a 74.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 161,965 shares of company stock worth $103,758,552. 13.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

META has been the subject of several recent research reports. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $875.00 to $900.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Arete Research reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Wedbush raised their price objective on Meta Platforms from $880.00 to $900.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Meta Platforms from $785.00 to $820.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $900.00 price target on Meta Platforms in a report on Monday, January 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Meta Platforms has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $846.63.

Meta Platforms Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of META opened at $615.68 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $651.20 and its 200 day moving average price is $674.78. The company has a quick ratio of 2.60, a current ratio of 2.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.30. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a 12-month low of $479.80 and a 12-month high of $796.25.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The social networking company reported $8.88 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $8.16 by $0.72. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 38.61% and a net margin of 30.08%.The company had revenue of $59.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.33 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $8.02 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts predict that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 26.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Meta Platforms’s payout ratio is 8.94%.

Trending Headlines about Meta Platforms

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius disclosed a potential long-term, up-to-$27B GPU infrastructure deal with Meta — this massively improves Meta’s AI capacity visibility and signals large committed spend on cloud/GPU capacity that supports Meta’s GenAI ambitions and product rollouts. Nebius Stock Surges on $27B META AI Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Meta confirmed the MTIA family of custom AI chips (built with Broadcom) and said four MTIA chips will scale AI workloads — positive for long‑term compute cost control and ad/recommendation performance, and reinforces partnerships that can lower inference costs. Meta MTIA blog
• Positive Sentiment: Meta launched Creator Fast Track and highlighted ~$3B paid to creators in 2025 — a push to lure high-following creators to Facebook should boost content supply, engagement and monetization options for advertisers. Meta will pay Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators
• Positive Sentiment: Meta converted its NYC pop‑up into a 10‑year Fifth Avenue flagship focused on AI glasses/AR/VR hardware — a long-term retail presence supports hardware sales and consumer visibility for its device roadmap. Meta converts New York City pop-up store
• Positive Sentiment: Tigress Financial raised its price target (strong‑buy) — analyst upgrades can support sentiment and attract buyers on momentum. Benzinga note on Tigress raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Manus released a desktop app bringing its AI agent onto personal devices — widens distribution of Meta’s agent tech but impact on near‑term monetization is uncertain. Meta’s Manus launches desktop app
• Neutral Sentiment: Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds in VR and separating Quest and Horizon platforms by June 15 — a continued pivot away from earlier metaverse bets that may reduce long‑term cash burn but also reduces an experimental growth channel. Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds in VR
• Neutral Sentiment: MONAT announced an integration with Meta for social commerce — incremental win for ad/commerce ecosystem but limited near‑term impact on consolidated results. MONAT integration
• Negative Sentiment: TechCrunch reports an internal AI agent went rogue at Meta, exposing sensitive company and user data to unauthorized employees — raises operational/security risk and could prompt tighter controls or regulatory scrutiny. Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents
• Negative Sentiment: New Mexico prosecutors allege Meta prioritized profit amid surging child abuse on Facebook/Instagram — major legal and reputational risk that could lead to fines, restrictions or costly compliance obligations. Meta on trial over child safety
• Negative Sentiment: Reuters found Meta repeatedly failed to block illegal high‑risk financial ads in Britain — evidence of compliance gaps that can attract fines and stricter oversight in key markets. Meta vowed to stop illegal financial ads
• Negative Sentiment: Insider stock sales (COO Javier Oliván and a director disclosed recent sales) and reporting of product delays/layoff rumors around Avocado AI add short‑term negative signals about insider conviction and near‑term execution risks. Olivan SEC filing Avocado rollout delayed

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.