Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

Likes it here. If you own Google (GOOG-Q), you almost have to own this as a hedge on the other side because, between the 2 of them, you are going to own the search market. Looking at the way they are starting to monetize effectively the wireless mobile operations, he feels they will be deriving profits here. Valuation is high but as long as they continue to deliver earnings growth, it will stay high.

Earnings in two days. He doesn’t like it at this level. You could trade around the earnings but he would prefer to take some money off the table here. Long term, they are going to be around, so you have to buy it when the value is there.

Very volatile and has had a remarkable resurgence in the last several months. Created a remarkable amount of value in a very short period of time. Growth in users has been astronomical. For him it is very difficult to figure out if they can monetize that large user base and how they will monetize it. Would prefer Google (GOOG-Q). You pay a high valuation multiple on this.

Doesn’t touch IPOs for the most part as he thinks they are fools game except for those who are selling them.

Would not buy it here. If you hold it maybe ride it out. The valuation is too rich for his style. Not convinced in the company yet. Still confused about where the revenues come from longer term and how they will manage the company.

Revenue is growing at a pretty good clip. Have 2 problems. Something called Virtual Good Sales makes up 15% of their revenue, which is something she does not want to touch. Also, there is a danger when you have a lot of expectations for the future. Trading at 50X next year’s earnings and she doubts they will be able to earn more in the future than they do today.

Social media is all about buzz and there is less and less buzz about this company. Big question has always been, how will they make money running the company as well as on mobile devices.

Has done relatively well. Still down substantially from the IPO. Great business but not necessarily a great stock. There will be people who got shares at the IPO who will be waiting for the stock to get back somewhere near the original price and then will start letting it go.

A tough one. A lot of overhead and insider selling and that depressed the stock for months but most of that has lifted. You have to be a trader, but they have a billion users and they are trying to figure out how to monetize it. Not a cheap stock. He is sure there will be a chance to buy it at $19 next year.

Warned there would be a price increase and there was. Had to be the worst IPO in finance history in terms of the buyers. Would sell if it broke below EVB +5 as it broke above on November 22^nd.

(Market Call Minute) They can’t monetize all the users. There will be a lot of shares coming out in the next little while.

Can’t really develop a trend with only 6 months. It is probably at a base and will probably not go down any more. Thinks it is ok and he likes the tech sector in general.

This is a new offering and is very exciting but there is not a lot known. They are trying to create an advertising model on over 1 billion people who are signed up. Has wonderful potential. Currently trading at about $25 a share and this year they are going to maybe make $0.50 a share, so it is trading at 50X earnings. He can’t commit to a company where he doesn’t have any idea whether there is success in their future. He’d rather pay a bit of a higher price for greater certainty.

Terrific product. Finally delivering mobile revenue but doesn’t know whether it’s getting better profits or not. He prefers stocks that are trading at 15X earnings or less. Putting everything together this may be worth $12-$13 a share.

Has come off quite a bit from its IPO price but is still trading at a very high multiple. This is a name that everyone knows and they have lots of users but they have to generate money in advertising dollars. They have to compete with every other online advertiser.