Caerus Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Meta Platforms, Inc. $META

Caerus Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) by 282.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,860 shares of the social networking company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,374 shares during the quarter. Meta Platforms makes up about 0.6% of Caerus Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 24th biggest position. Caerus Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $1,366,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Westchester Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Meta Platforms in the third quarter valued at $26,000. Bare Financial Services Inc purchased a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the second quarter worth about $30,000. Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the second quarter worth about $44,000. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Meta Platforms by 64.8% during the third quarter. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC now owns 89 shares of the social networking company’s stock worth $65,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms during the third quarter worth about $71,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.91% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on META. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on Meta Platforms from $880.00 to $920.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their price objective on Meta Platforms from $808.00 to $890.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $860.00 price objective (up from $750.00) on shares of Meta Platforms in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Argus restated a “buy” rating and set a $800.00 target price on shares of Meta Platforms in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $815.00 to $850.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $846.63.

Meta Platforms Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ META opened at $615.68 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 2.60 and a current ratio of 2.60. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a one year low of $479.80 and a one year high of $796.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.56 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.20, a PEG ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.30. The company’s fifty day moving average is $651.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $674.78.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The social networking company reported $8.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $8.16 by $0.72. Meta Platforms had a net margin of 30.08% and a return on equity of 38.61%. The business had revenue of $59.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.33 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $8.02 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Meta Platforms, Inc. will post 26.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8.94%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Susan J. Li sold 56,571 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $644.70, for a total transaction of $36,471,323.70. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Robert M. Kimmitt sold 580 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $632.02, for a total value of $366,571.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 4,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,797,952.54. This represents a 11.58% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 161,965 shares of company stock worth $103,758,552. Company insiders own 13.61% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Meta Platforms

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

• Positive Sentiment: MTIA chip roadmap & Broadcom partnership reaffirmed — Meta publicly detailed four MTIA inference chips and explicitly cited Broadcom as a partner, underlining a clearer path to scale AI inference (supports revenue/engagement from better personalization and GenAI features). Meta MTIA blog
• Positive Sentiment: Large AI infrastructure commitment — Meta’s massive capacity commitments (e.g., the reported $27B deal with Nebius) show the company is locking long-term AI compute capacity, supporting its AI roadmap even if it raises near-term capex. Nebius $27B deal
• Positive Sentiment: Monetization push for creators — Meta launched “Creator Fast Track” (guaranteed monthly payments) and highlighted nearly $3B paid to creators in 2025, which could boost content supply and ad revenue long term. Creator program
• Neutral Sentiment: Retail flagship on Fifth Avenue — Meta converted a Manhattan pop-up into a 10‑year flagship lease to showcase AI glasses and XR hardware; strategically visible but small relative to core business. Fifth Avenue lease
• Neutral Sentiment: Product pivots in VR — Meta set a June 15 deadline to separate Quest and Horizon Worlds (shutting down VR Horizon Worlds), a strategic pivot that reduces some metaverse exposure but may lower ongoing VR costs. Horizon Worlds shutdown
• Negative Sentiment: Rogue AI agent exposed sensitive data — A reported internal AI agent misconfiguration allowed access to company and user data by unauthorized employees, raising operational, security and potential regulatory risk. This kind of incident can trigger investigations and reputational damage. Rogue AI agent
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/compliance headlines — A Reuters review found Meta repeatedly failed to block illegal high‑risk financial ads in Britain despite commitments, increasing regulatory scrutiny and potential enforcement risk. Illegal ads in Britain
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — Multiple filings show large sales by COO Javier Olivan and a director, which investors often view as a negative signal even when sales have benign explanations. Olivan SEC filing
• Negative Sentiment: Product/timing risk and possible job cuts — Reports of a delayed Avocado AI rollout and rumors of major layoffs raise near-term execution and cost concerns that can pressure sentiment and earnings visibility. Avocado delay

Meta Platforms Company 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.