Meta Platforms, Inc.
META · Nasdaq
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Alphabet Inc. Depositary Shares representing a 1/20th Interest in a Share of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock$50.35Meta Platforms operates large social and messaging services including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, and sells advertising targeted across those platforms. Advertisers are its principal paying customers, while consumers use the services at no direct charge. Its Reality Labs business develops virtual- and augmented-reality hardware, software and related products, representing a much smaller activity than advertising. Meta also invests heavily in artificial intelligence to improve recommendations, advertising and new products. The company generated $201.0 billion of revenue and $60.5 billion of net income in fiscal 2025, compared with $164.5 billion and $62.4 billion, respectively, in fiscal 2024.
Meta fell $5.47, or 0.92%, from $593.41 to $587.94 over the measured week. Trading was highly volatile: shares dropped 1.3% on July 29 and another 8.0% on July 30 on investor concern about the scale and payoff of Meta’s AI spending, following recently disappointing second-quarter results and a reported 91% decline in free cash flow. The stock then rebounded 3.3% on July 31 and 6.0% on August 3, recovering most of the earlier losses as broader technology stocks rallied. Monday’s move tracked a market-wide easing in Middle East tensions, with the Nasdaq 100 up 1.78% and S&P 500 up 1.48%. Meta gave back 0.4% Tuesday.