Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Buy, Sell or Hold

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

671.11

+5.51 (0.83%)

as of Sep 15, 2026, 7:00:08 pm Market Open.

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DON'T BUY

Their driver is advertising. With economic slowdown advertising is the first thing to get hit, so he could see it sliding.

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PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Feb 06/19, Up 31%) They beat on revenues and earnings today, but not good enough for the street. Don't get caught up on one day's reaction (FB is selling off after hours). True, costs rose, but they're doing that to combat fake posts, something the street urges them to do, yet the street is punishing them. That's incredible and nonsensical. FB remains a huge holding of his and he's happy to hang on.

DON'T BUY

He likes tech, but once you get into content, it gets risky (regulatory risk), unlike Amazon and Apple.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

It's nicely recovered, but is no longer cheap. Valuation is too high for her. She'd rather buy Alphabet. Regulatory issues will remain an overhang that'll be ongoing. They are spending more, too, which compresses their margins. Maybe buy on a pullback.

DON'T BUY

A year from now? Data is being weaponized and FB is in the middle. FB faces a lot of heat in the coming years. True, it may amount to nothing, maybe no regulation against FB. Whatsapp and Instagram are capturing users, though. Also, FB doesn't pay a dividend. FB has had a good run. Maybe Washington will break up FB, so then you can buy Whatsapp and Instagram separately, which would be a good play.

TOP PICK

After a steep pullback in the past year or two, it's now breaking out. They really beat their Q1 revenue and profit as expenses slowed. User growth, too. Revenue is up 28%. They continue to attract advertisers. He sees 33% EPS growth, trading at 20x in 2021 from 23x 2020. Has a lot of room to grow. (Analysts’ price target is $236.94)

COMMENT

He's concerned about the trend of earnings and what is the trend of fair market value. If you stay in the company and it continues to rise, it tends to rise since the company is growing at 16%.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Future growth as a long-term hold, despite regulatory risk? It has been volatile and under regulatory microscope, which won't change. But they've had some good quarters and impressive user growth. They still need to monetize Instagram and Whatsapp, which will amount to more revenues. He expects FB to turn more to the payments space. With shares around $200, buy this when FB stumbles under Congresional pressure, not at current levels--the positivity has been priced in. He prefers other tech stocks.

DON'T BUY

Only two ways to play online ads are Google and Facebook. He chose Google instead. FB has a good operating model. Breaking up a big company is difficult, so the anti-trust threats are overblown. Facebook has to change behaviour, but it already has started. An attractive valuation, but there are better ways to invest. He understands why somebody would like this.

TOP PICK

It is growing faster than GOOG-Q and the stock is trading at a valuation lower. They are growing three times faster than the S&P 500 but you are only paying a 20% premium. (Analysts’ price target is $234.21)

COMMENT

She does not own Facebook and is not inclined to. She favours Alphabet instead. She expects regulatory scrutiny to remain for Facebook for some time to come.

STRONG BUY

When they IPOd they had zero revenues in mobile ads. Now, they own that. They face no competition from another app (that they don't own). He's not even on Facebook, but he owns it. They know how to make money. It is one of THE stocks to own in big-cap tech (like MSFT).

PARTIAL BUY

We have not had a correction in this for a year. This is a good on a pull back. His model price is 182.22 or 8% lower than it is now. It will go higher if it goes up in a US melt-up. Buy a little bit here.

BUY

He owns it for growth investors. It's not expensive vs. its growth. A terrific company, though facing political pressure and taxation problem from France. The CEO is a polarizing figure, but he'll hold onto it.

DON'T BUY

Twitter makes money through advertising. He would prefer Google or Facebook. The risk is that Twitter could be hurt if Donald Trump is not re-elected.

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