What is Wedbush’s Forecast for Meta Platforms Q2 Earnings?

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) – Equities researchers at Wedbush lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Meta Platforms in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, July 17th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now expects that the social networking company will earn $5.57 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $5.44. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $750.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Meta Platforms’ current full-year earnings is $26.70 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Meta Platforms’ Q3 2025 earnings at $5.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $7.11 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $24.73 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $26.59 EPS.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The social networking company reported $6.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.33 by $1.10. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 38.69% and a net margin of 39.11%. The firm had revenue of $42.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $41.45 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $4.71 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 16.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other research firms also recently weighed in on META. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $725.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Meta Platforms from $615.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. KeyCorp raised their price objective on Meta Platforms from $655.00 to $800.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Meta Platforms from $690.00 to $765.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson increased their target price on Meta Platforms from $525.00 to $605.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $736.05.

Meta Platforms Trading Up 0.4%

NASDAQ META opened at $704.28 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.77 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.28. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $686.09 and its 200 day moving average is $637.97. Meta Platforms has a twelve month low of $442.65 and a twelve month high of $747.90. The company has a quick ratio of 2.66, a current ratio of 2.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Meta Platforms Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 16th were issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio is presently 8.19%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, COO Javier Olivan sold 517 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $717.50, for a total value of $370,947.50. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 6,819 shares in the company, valued at $4,892,632.50. The trade was a 7.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Jennifer Newstead sold 519 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $723.08, for a total value of $375,278.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 26,588 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,225,251.04. This trade represents a 1.91% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 153,764 shares of company stock worth $105,721,208. Corporate insiders own 13.61% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in META. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Meta Platforms during the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Meta Platforms by 237.5% during the second quarter. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC now owns 54 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new position in Meta Platforms during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new stake in Meta Platforms in the 4th quarter worth approximately $40,000. 79.91% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Meta Platforms Company Profile

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.