Roth Capital Issues Buy Rating for META, Analysts Show Optimism

Overview of META Analyst Ratings

Roth Capital recently provided a ‘Buy’ rating for $META. In the past few months, Wall Street analysts have shown strong support for the company. Notably, 23 firms have recommended buying the stock, while none have suggested selling it.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

• Roth Capital issued a “Buy” rating on 04/22/2025.
• Tigress Financial assigned a “Strong Buy” on 02/11/2025.
• Cowen & Co. provided a “Buy” rating on 01/30/2025.
• UBS rated it as “Buy” on 01/30/2025.
• RBC Capital gave an “Outperform” rating on 01/30/2025.
• Susquehanna rated it “Positive” on 01/30/2025.
• Cantor Fitzgerald provided an “Overweight” rating on 01/30/2025.

Current Price Targets for META

Recent reports show that 11 analysts have set price targets for $META over the last six months, with a median target standing at $700.00.

Recent price targets include:

• Tigress Financial set a target price of $935.00 on 02/11/2025.
• Argus Research set a target price of $775.00 on 02/04/2025.
• Piper Sandler established a target price of $670.00 on 01/24/2025.
• RBC Capital indicated a target price of $700.00 on 01/24/2025.
• JMP Securities set a target of $750.00 on 01/02/2025.
• Raymond James set a target price of $675.00 on 11/25/2024.
• Nat Schindler from Scotiabank set a target price of $583.00 on 10/31/2024.

Congressional Buying Trends for META Stock

In the last six months, members of Congress have traded $META stock a total of 18 times, with 13 of those being purchases and 5 sales.

Recent congressional trading activity includes:

• Representative Robert Bresnahan executed 5 trades, including one purchase under $15,000 on 03/04 and four sales totaling up to $60,000 on 04/02, 02/20, and 01/29.
• Senator Shelley Moore Capito made a purchase of up to $15,000 on 03/26.
• Representative Kelly Morrison completed 3 purchases up to $80,000 on 03/24 without any sales.
• Representative Josh Gottheimer made two trades, including one purchase and one sale, both under $15,000.
• Representative Bruce Westerman purchased up to $15,000 on 03/03.
• Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene made 4 purchases totaling up to $60,000 with no sales.
• Representative Jonathan L. Jackson purchased up to $15,000 on 12/09.
• Representative Jared Moskowitz bought up to $15,000 on 11/08.

Insider Trading Activity for META

Insiders have traded $META stock actively over the past six months, completing 1,342 transactions without any purchases. All these trades were sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent insider transactions:

• Mark Zuckerberg (COB and CEO): 0 purchases, 1,222 sales, totaling 1,685,935 shares for an estimated $1,092,297,985.
• Christopher K. Cox (Chief Product Officer): 0 purchases, 48 sales of 60,000 shares for around $39,908,564.
• Susan J. Li (Chief Financial Officer): 0 purchases, 8 sales of 36,148 shares for about $21,787,268.
• Andrew Bosworth (Chief Technology Officer): 0 purchases, 6 sales of 24,863 shares for about $14,808,665.
• Jennifer Newstead (Chief Legal Officer): 0 purchases, 24 sales of 21,857 shares for an estimated $13,431,042.
• Javier Olivan (Chief Operating Officer): 0 purchases, 26 sales of 21,058 shares valued at approximately $13,244,529.
• Nicholas Clegg (President, Global Affairs): 0 purchases, 5 sales of 8,427 shares for around $4,690,970.
• Peggy Alford: 0 purchases, 2 sales of 1,646 shares for an estimated $993,649.
• Aaron Anderson (Chief Accounting Officer): sold 731 shares for about $407,167.

Hedge Fund Movements Involving META

During the most recent quarter, 2,227 institutional investors added $META shares to their portfolios, while 1,658 reduced their holdings.

Notable hedge fund movements are as follows:

• Proficio Capital Partners LLC added 6,240,810 shares (+78,471.1%) during Q4 2024 for an estimated $3,654,056,663.
• Legal & General Group PLC removed 3,882,116 shares (-22.0%) in Q4 2024 for about $2,273,017,739.
• Norges Bank added 3,610,287 shares (+11.9%) during Q4 2024, valued around $2,113,859,141.
• Northern Trust Corp added 2,787,832 shares (+13.5%) in Q4 2024 for an estimated $1,632,303,514.
• Capital International Investors removed 2,699,264 shares (-9.2%) in Q4 2024 for about $1,580,446,064.
• BlackRock, Inc. added 2,543,790 shares (+1.6%) during Q4 2024 for an approximate $1,489,414,482.
• Assenagon Asset Management S.A. added 2,225,186 shares (+712.2%) in Q1 2025, amounting to an estimated $1,282,508,202.

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