Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Meta Platforms (META)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) recently:

• 11/1/2025 – Meta Platforms was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from $840.00 to $810.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $900.00 to $915.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Roth Capital.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms was given a new $825.00 price target on by analysts at DA Davidson.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein. They now have a $870.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $900.00.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc.. They now have a $825.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $900.00.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Cowen from $875.00 to $810.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $920.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $837.00 to $802.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.. They now have a $900.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald from $920.00 to $830.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $905.00 to $875.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Corporation from $900.00 to $875.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $810.00 to $770.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Piper Sandler from $880.00 to $840.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Mizuho from $925.00 to $815.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $900.00 to $875.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $915.00 to $850.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $875.00 to $800.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt from $860.00 to $808.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms was downgraded by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms was downgraded by analysts at Benchmark Co. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $900.00 to $810.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities from $1,086.00 to $1,117.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $950.00 to $910.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target lowered by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. from $870.00 to $825.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2025 – Meta Platforms was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 10/16/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $920.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/14/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc..
• 10/9/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $897.00 to $900.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 10/7/2025 – Meta Platforms had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $811.00 to $837.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2025 – Meta Platforms was given a new $925.00 price target on by analysts at Mizuho. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2025 – Meta Platforms was upgraded by analysts at Mizuho to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 9/27/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 9/18/2025 – Meta Platforms was given a new $880.00 price target on by analysts at Truist Financial Corporation.
• 9/17/2025 – Meta Platforms had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $920.00 price target on the stock.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Monday, September 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 22nd. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 9.28%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Andrew Bosworth sold 11,694 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $775.00, for a total transaction of $9,062,850.00. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 1,799 shares in the company, valued at $1,394,225. This trade represents a 86.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jennifer Newstead sold 519 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $775.00, for a total value of $402,225.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 32,946 shares in the company, valued at $25,533,150. This trade represents a 1.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 91,126 shares of company stock valued at $70,145,792 over the last three months. 13.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Meta Platforms, Inc engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately.