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Like every chart, taken lumps over last little while. Back to doing great things after stepping away from the metaverse. Tariffs may affect it around the edges, but not at its core. 1 in 2 people in the world uses a META product every day. Multiple is not challenging. Yield is 0.41%.
Management issues seem contained. Regulatory issues will always come up. Interestingly, EU-announced tariffs didn't touch communication services companies, which is different from past practices.
Sold off massively, but it and its peers can still own the world. Billions of dollars from advertising. CEO has proven to be one of the great internet entrepreneurs. Trading at 20x PE, an unbelievable multiple for a company that could grow 10-15% for the next decade. Big long-term story on AI. Yield is 0.42%.
(Analysts’ price target is $729.19)Really good run into the inauguration, now fallen. Trial with the FTC over Instagram and WhatsApp is revealing all the dirty laundry, and that's hurting the stock. Not in China, not affected by tariffs. Already using AI in advertising.
Buying here won't hurt you if you have a long-term view. Or, you could try to get it cheaper on all the volatility.
A month ago, he reduced his tech holdings a lot. Thirst for AI continues pretty strong. Economic environment would have to be pretty tough for this name to go down too much more, but that could happen.
Both names are great. MSFT is a bit more expensive. META can suffer more on advertising if we go into a tougher economic environment. If you're confident that Trump wants to win the midterms and wants to be popular, and that we're going to avoid the worst-case outcome, you can buy both at these levels. Between the two, META gets the nod.
Expects this type of volatility until the fall, and then the whole Trump administration will get into campaign mode for the mid-terms. One of his top 5 holdings, and has been for ages. So many horses in the race, which they've learned how to monetize. 12-month price target of $805, about 28-29% runway.
Between GOOG and META, he'd go 50/50.
Sentiment is pretty positive. They had a blow out quarter with revenue and margin growth. They are clearly doing things right. Investors get caught up in great stories because they are exciting. The flip side is the valuation. She can’t get her head around a 60 times this year’s estimate for valuation.