
NASDAQ:META
This summary was created by AI, based on 5 opinions in the last 12 months.
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META-Q) has shown strong performance in its recent earnings report, beating estimates with earnings per share (EPS) of $8.88 and revenue of $59.89 billion. However, the stock faced volatility, experiencing a significant drop of 11.33% following an announcement by CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding increased capital expenditures aimed at enhancing AI infrastructure. Despite initially surging by 10% after the favorable earnings report, shares have been trailing downward, confusing investors. Analysts remain cautiously optimistic, forecasting lower earnings and revenues in the upcoming quarter while social media mentions have seen a substantial increase of 319% in the past 24 hours, pointing to heightened interest in the stock.
Bought more shares in the last weeks. Attractive at this levels of 23 times earning with a 25% long term growth rate. He doesn’t see any major changes to the company’s model of monetizing user’s information for advertisers and ad targeting based on this week’s Congress testimonies. Long term there is a shift from print ads to digital ads and this company is going to benefit from that. (Analysts’ price target is $217.00)
In the crosshairs of UK/US regulators which will be a problem for FB for the near future. He doesn't use his Facebook account, because he simply talks to the people he wants to and doesn't want to share his personal details. It's a successful company, but there's too much risk for him. Wait and see what happens with the current problem.
Trading at 19x forward earnings. Still growing at 40%, and around 23x future earnings. Great balance sheet. There will be regulation in the world, and he's shocked that people are upset about FB selling data to advertisers before 2014.
That was never a secret. Get over it. FB will continue to grow well. They can also monetize through Whatsapp and Instagram. He doesn't think users are all that upset over the controversy, but politicians are. (Analysts' price target $219.47)
There's hope for it. Trading at 22 forward earnings which is pretty good in this market. Sure, there are some risks, but they have 2 billion active users. There aren't many alternative apps to FB. They will lose some users on the margins and costs were rising, so he sold a bit recently. But this is not a disaster waiting to happen. Not at all. There is growth ahead. Nobody monetizes their app better than FB, turning viewers into ad dollars.
(A Top Pick April 6/17, Up 22%) Today's news: It's a big issue about how people's data is being used, referring to Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Is this a data breach? Is this noise? This is tough for FB to defend. Enjoys huge user growth and revenue per user is up 28%. They're killing it, doing everything right. They have $42 billion USD in case to repatriate, so they have enormous cash flow. But he needs to see the smoke clear and wouldn't step in now. Very well set-up for secular growth.
He does hold it, but it is not one of his favorite holdings. The big concern is that they have been growing through price based growth instead of increased volume and advertising. It can do well for the next few years. It has an attractive free cash flow multiple. He sees them considering a dividend policy being required.
He just added to it. The problems they have gone through – there is light at the end of the tunnel. When you look at the math, it is so dominant and growing so powerfully, it has to keep going, at least over the short term.