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logoArgusApril 26, 2024

Meta Platforms, Inc.: Great 1Q but ramping AI expenses unnerve investors

Symbols
META
Sector(s)
Communication Services
Rating
Current Price
$473.75
Price Target
Earnings Estimate
Summary

Meta Platforms operates the world's largest family of social networking websites, including the flagship Facebook site, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Reels and Threads. The sites enable users to communicate with friends and family by posting to the site; commenting on others' posts; sharing photographs, website links, and videos; and messaging and playing games. The company also partners with application developers to add functionality to the sites, and allows users to pay for virtual goods and services through its Payments function

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Analyst Profile

Joseph F. Bonner, CFA

Senior Analyst: Communication Services & Technology
Joe covers the Communication Services sector and selected software technology stocks for Argus. In 2010, he was named #5 Stock Picker for Telecom Services in the Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Analyst Survey. In 2008, Joe was named #1 Stock Picker for Media: U.S. by the Financial Times and was second in the Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Analyst Survey for Telecommunications: Fixed Line. For more than a decade, Joe worked with Technicolor Inc., where he focused on financial and legal issues. He received his Masters in Business Administration from Fordham University in New York, where he concentrated in Finance. He earned a BA in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and spent three years with the Peace Corps in Talgar, Kazakhstan, developing an English Language resource center and teaching students. Joe is a CFA charterholder.