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Meta Platforms Inc.

Last close: $741.24Last updated: Sep 21, 2026

META

Meta Platforms Inc.

INDUSTRY:INTERNET CONTENT & INFORMATION
SECTOR:COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Meta Platforms, Inc. develops products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, PCs, virtual reality headsets, wearables and home devices around the world. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

OVERALL AI RATING

57/100

NEUTRAL

70% confidence · 8 of 8 factors

Higher when more factors have data and they agree with each other.

Balanced rating showing dynamic factors: positive elements like strong seasonal tailwinds are offset by headwinds from high valuation premium.

FUNDAMENTALS OUTLOOK

40

/100

Soft

-25% vs the model's 6-month fair value; ranks in the bottom 2% of mega caps by model upside.

Valuation against the model's 6-month target, reported financials, P/E versus this company's own history, and analyst consensus.

Fair Value

weight 0.3

-25.2% vs fair value (2nd pct of mega caps)

Fundamentals

weight 0.12

revenue +18%, margin 35%, FCF yield +2.8%

P/E vs History

weight 0.08

P/E 24.2 vs 25.6 avg (-0.2σ)

Analyst Consensus

weight 0.08

consensus

SEASONALITY OUTLOOK

100

/100

Strong

Exceptional seasonal history with expected return of +20.4%.

The seasonal price model at both scored horizons.

Seasonal Forecast · 90d

weight 0.2

+20.9% expected

Seasonal Forecast · 30d

weight 0.04

+20.4% 30d

TECHNICAL OUTLOOK

43

/100

Neutral

Neutral market momentum and balanced indicators.

The volatility penalty. The chart classifier's short-horizon read is shown for reference but no longer weighs on the score.

Chart Signal

informational · no weight

-0.13

Volatility

weight 0.03

0.40 ann.

How the rating is built — each factor's weight × signal contributes to the composite; the contributions sum to the overall score. A factor with no data counts as neutral, so it neither helps nor hurts.

Fair Value

weight 0.3

How far today's price sits from the model's 6-month fair value estimate, ranked against companies of similar size.

-25.2% vs fair value (2nd pct of mega caps)

-33.8

Seasonal Forecast · 90d

weight 0.2

The seasonal price model projected 90 days out, as an expected return. It reads this stock's own price history and repeating calendar cycles — not company news, earnings, or business quality. Same model as the 30-day factor below, read at a longer horizon.

+20.9% expected

+23.5

Chart Signal

informational · no weight

A machine-learning classifier reading momentum and trend structure across daily and weekly price bars. Needs about 5 years of trading history. Shown for information only: it reads roughly five days ahead, shorter than the score's horizon, so it carries no weight in the AI Score.

-0.13

+0.0

Fundamentals

weight 0.12

Reported results, not projections: revenue growth, operating margin, and free cash flow measured against market value. Loss-making or cash-burning companies score negative here.

revenue +18%, margin 35%, FCF yield +2.8%

+9.8

P/E vs History

weight 0.08

Today's price-to-earnings against this company's own trailing average, in standard deviations. Needs positive earnings.

P/E 24.2 vs 25.6 avg (-0.2σ)

+1.0

Analyst Consensus

weight 0.08

Wall Street consensus ratings, weighted by conviction.

consensus

+9.4

Seasonal Forecast · 30d

weight 0.04

The same seasonal price model as the 90-day factor above, read 30 days out. A near-term and a medium-term view of one forecast, which is why they can disagree.

+20.4% 30d

+4.7

Volatility

weight 0.03

An annualized volatility penalty. High volatility lowers the score; low volatility never raises it.

0.40 ann.

-0.5

Reader questions

Questions about META

Is META overvalued or undervalued right now?

As of Sep 21, 2026, ŷRobot's fair-value model estimates Meta Platforms Inc. (META) at $554.81 against a last close of $741.24, implying 25.2% downside to the model's estimate.

Is META's chart signal bullish or bearish?

The chart-signal model classifies META as Neutral as of Sep 21, 2026, with a signal score of -0.13 on a -1 to 1 scale.

What is META's ŷRobot AI score?

META scores 57 out of 100 on ŷRobot's AI composite, which measures how strongly the fair-value and chart models agree, as of Sep 21, 2026.

Is META stock expensive on P/E and P/S?

META trades at 21.5 times earnings and 5.5 times sales as of Sep 21, 2026.

What does META's seasonal forecast show?

ŷRobot's seasonal forecast curve for META reads +20.4% at 30 days, +20.9% at 90 days, and +48.8% at one year as of Sep 21, 2026. Seasonal tendencies are historical patterns, not predictions.

How fast is META growing?

Meta Platforms Inc.'s revenue growth is +18.3% and free-cash-flow growth is -39.8% on the latest reported figures.

Methodology & trust

What this is (and isn’t)

These outputs are generated by machine learning models trained on historical price, fundamental, and volume data. The models summarize historical data and current model outputs — they do not predict the future or constitute personalized investment advice. All figures are updated on a regular cadence and reflect the most recent available data at time of generation.

ŷRobot provides research and information, not personalized financial advice. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.