Bosman Wealth Management LLC Purchases 1,532 Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. $META

Bosman Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) by 40.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,317 shares of the social networking company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,532 shares during the quarter. Meta Platforms accounts for about 3.0% of Bosman Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. Bosman Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $3,905,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. boosted its position in Meta Platforms by 436.0% during the 3rd quarter. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. now owns 863 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $634,000 after buying an additional 702 shares during the period. GRIMES & Co WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC raised its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 5.7% during the third quarter. GRIMES & Co WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC now owns 50,891 shares of the social networking company’s stock valued at $37,373,000 after acquiring an additional 2,733 shares during the last quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 1.1% during the third quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 21,806 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $16,014,000 after purchasing an additional 246 shares during the period. Quent Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Meta Platforms by 1.4% during the third quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 8,431 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $6,191,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares during the period. Finally, PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co grew its stake in shares of Meta Platforms by 30.4% in the third quarter. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co now owns 30,000 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $22,031,000 after purchasing an additional 7,000 shares during the last quarter. 79.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Meta Platforms News

Here are the key news stories impacting Meta Platforms this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Threads’ mobile daily users have reportedly passed X, indicating stronger engagement that could help ad monetization and user-growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Instagram is shifting most ad inventory into Reels (over half of Instagram ads in 2025), supporting the company’s short‑form video monetization strategy. Read More.

Insider Buying and Selling at Meta Platforms

In other news, COO Javier Olivan sold 517 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $653.00, for a total transaction of $337,601.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 11,166 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,291,398. The trade was a 4.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Jennifer Newstead sold 519 shares of Meta Platforms stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $658.69, for a total value of $341,860.11. Following the transaction, the insider owned 28,658 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,876,738.02. This trade represents a 1.78% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 40,115 shares of company stock worth $24,741,055. 13.61% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on META. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Meta Platforms in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $800.00 target price for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price objective on shares of Meta Platforms from $720.00 to $750.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $821.07.

Meta Platforms Trading Down 2.6%

NASDAQ:META opened at $604.12 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $640.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $698.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.52 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.68, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.29. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a 12 month low of $479.80 and a 12 month high of $796.25.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The social networking company reported $7.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $6.74 by $0.51. The business had revenue of $51.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $49.34 billion. Meta Platforms had a return on equity of 39.35% and a net margin of 30.89%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $6.03 EPS. Analysts expect that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 26.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 15th were given a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9.28%.

Meta Platforms Profile

Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ: META), formerly Facebook, Inc, is a global technology company best known for building social networking services and immersive computing platforms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company operates a family of consumer-facing products and services that connect users, creators and businesses. In October 2021 the company rebranded as Meta to reflect an expanded strategic focus on augmented and virtual reality technologies alongside its social media businesses.

Meta’s core consumer products include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, which enable social networking, messaging, content sharing and community building across mobile and desktop devices.