$30,000 of META PLATFORMS INC (FKA FACEBOOK INC.) lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues and discussion related to online advertising, content and platform transparency efforts. Issues related to competition legislation
Issues related to encryption and privacy policy. Issues related to repeal of Section 230."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
META Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $META stock 17 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 12 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $META stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO purchased up to $15,000 on 03/26.
- REPRESENTATIVE KELLY MORRISON has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $80,000 on 03/24 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/05 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 01/16, 10/17.
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN has traded it 4 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/04 and 3 sales worth up to $45,000 on 02/20, 01/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 02/12, 01/21, 12/24, 11/01 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN L. JACKSON purchased up to $15,000 on 12/09.
- REPRESENTATIVE JARED MOSKOWITZ purchased up to $15,000 on 11/08.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
META Insider Trading Activity
META insiders have traded $META stock on the open market 1344 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1344 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $META stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- MARK ZUCKERBERG (COB and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 1223 sales selling 1,686,019 shares for an estimated $1,092,348,385.
- CHRISTOPHER K COX (Chief Product Officer) has made 0 purchases and 48 sales selling 60,000 shares for an estimated $39,908,564.
- SUSAN J LI (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 8 sales selling 36,148 shares for an estimated $21,787,268.
- ANDREW BOSWORTH (Chief Technology Officer) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 24,863 shares for an estimated $14,808,665.
- JENNIFER NEWSTEAD (Chief Legal Officer) has made 0 purchases and 25 sales selling 22,746 shares for an estimated $13,995,814.
- JAVIER OLIVAN (Chief Operating Officer) has made 0 purchases and 26 sales selling 20,863 shares for an estimated $13,146,016.
- NICHOLAS CLEGG (President, Global Affairs) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 8,427 shares for an estimated $4,690,970.
- PEGGY ALFORD has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 1,646 shares for an estimated $993,649.
- AARON ANDERSON (Chief Accounting Officer) sold 731 shares for an estimated $407,167
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
META Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 2,160 institutional investors add shares of META stock to their portfolio, and 1,591 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- GAMMA INVESTING LLC added 23,417,803 shares (+67172.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $13,497,084,937
- PROFICIO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC added 6,240,810 shares (+78471.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $3,654,056,663
- LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC removed 3,882,116 shares (-22.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $2,273,017,739
- NORGES BANK added 3,610,287 shares (+11.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $2,113,859,141
- NORTHERN TRUST CORP added 2,787,832 shares (+13.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $1,632,303,514
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS removed 2,699,264 shares (-9.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $1,580,446,064
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 2,543,790 shares (+1.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $1,489,414,482
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
META Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $META in the last several months. We have seen 24 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Tigress Financial issued a "Strong Buy" rating on 02/11/2025
- Cowen & Co. issued a "Buy" rating on 01/30/2025
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 01/30/2025
- RBC Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/30/2025
- Susquehanna issued a "Positive" rating on 01/30/2025
- Cantor Fitzgerald issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/30/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/30/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for META, check out Quiver Quantitative's $META forecast page.
META Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $META recently. We have seen 13 analysts offer price targets for $META in the last 6 months, with a median target of $675.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- An analyst from Tigress Financial set a target price of $935.0 on 02/11/2025
- An analyst from Argus Research set a target price of $775.0 on 02/04/2025
- An analyst from Piper Sandler set a target price of $670.0 on 01/24/2025
- An analyst from RBC Capital set a target price of $700.0 on 01/24/2025
- An analyst from JMP Securities set a target price of $750.0 on 01/02/2025
- An analyst from Raymond James set a target price of $675.0 on 11/25/2024
- Nat Schindler from Scotiabank set a target price of $583.0 on 10/31/2024
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