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Meta Platforms Inc. (META) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on META

What this diary said about Meta Platforms Inc., what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we hold

BookPositionSinceResult
AI Cycle 2030 (wikifolio) ↗ 4 shares · average entry €550.02 — —

Model books as of the latest close; wikifolio positions from the official wikifolio data, entries in euros. Results are unrealised, before any exit. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

Our record on META

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on Meta Platforms Inc., with the outcome where it is known.

Charts from the desk on META

The charts this diary drew or picked on Meta Platforms Inc., as published — each dated and linked to the piece that explains it.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for META, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Agentic Winners 40 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Agentic Winners 40 · as of 2026-10-02

DayWeekMonth3 months
META+0.3%−3.1%+22.8%+21.3%
Megacap Gateway+1.1%−0.2%+5.7%—
Agentic Winners 40−0.3%−1.1%−7.2%—

Against the index: 2.0 pts behind on the week, 30.0 pts ahead on the month; against its Megacap Gateway sleeve 17.1 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 33 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Jobs-day rally fades — weak payrolls lift stocks at the open, then yields turn up and the Dow goes flat” (2026-10-02)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where META appears in the diary — 33 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 57/100 · S&P 500 fund at 60, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-02
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-02
  • Sector × region Communication services in US: −2.3% week · −1.5% month · +0.4% quarter · −3.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLC.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.59 · down 0.12 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.53 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How META has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.53 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Meta Platforms Inc. moved 0.53% on average · correlation 0.12 · higher than 55% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.83 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.35% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +4.50% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Consumer platforms · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Consumer platforms

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against META on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Meta Platforms Inc.

META in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Meta Platforms builds the apps people use to connect online: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads, now layered with a Meta AI assistant. A second unit, Reality Labs, makes headsets and AI-enabled glasses such as the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta lines. It is based in Menlo Park.
Where it sits in the stack
Meta carries no seat in Rubin, our AI hardware index; the diary follows it instead through the consumer_ai sleeve of Mag Pulse, our reading of consumer-facing AI names, and as one of the hyperscaler earnings the diary watches for capital spending. Its capex disclosures act as an early read on demand for the compute layer beneath it, since it buys AI chips and cloud infrastructure rather than making them.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group frames it against other consumer platforms — Alphabet, Snap, Pinterest, Reddit and Apple; the market also weighs it against ByteDance's apps for attention and ad share.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Meta sits in the Nasdaq-100 and carries a Closelooknet score with quality as its strongest module and valuation its weakest. The diary has quoted it in a Weekly Signal on consolidating names, in a report on chip capital cycles, and in a 101 piece on when AI infrastructure spending might peak.
What the diary watches
Whether Reality Labs and AI capex keep rising together, and whether hyperscaler spending disclosures keep setting the tone the diary reads into the compute layer.

Meta Platforms Inc. (META) trades on US exchanges, classified under Communication Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 59/100 composite (momentum 70, quality 84, valuation 36) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: META news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 8 analyst actions on the wire · latest: upgrade by Citigroup, 2026-09-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for META from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Upgrade Citigroup — Outperform → Overweight Upgraded to Overweight from Outperform 2026-09-24
  • Upgrade Morgan Stanley — Overweight → Positive Upgraded to Positive from Overweight 2026-09-10
  • Upgrade UBS — Neutral → Overweight Upgraded to Overweight from Neutral 2026-09-10

8 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 3 initiations. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.29%, quarterly · buybacks 26.2 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What META pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.10 USD per share · a 0.29% yield on the 2026-10-02 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-02
  • Change on the year +35.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.55 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.53 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-21
  • By calendar year 2024: 2.00 USD (partial) · 2025: 1.58 USD · 2026: 1.58 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-02-21
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 5.32 bn USD 7% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 26.2 bn USD 1.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.5% in FY2025 20.4 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 31.6 bn USD · 68% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-03

Quick answers

What is Meta Platforms Inc. (META)?

Meta Platforms Inc. trades as META on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Communication Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-03.

Is META in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Meta Platforms Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-03.

What is Meta Platforms Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

59 out of 100, with momentum 70, quality 84 and valuation 36 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-03. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Meta Platforms Inc.'s earnings print record?

Across the 10 prints Closelooknet covers, Meta Platforms Inc. beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 10 times; the three-day reactions split 5 up, 1 flat and 4 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-07-27 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does META trade against its moving averages?

Trending: Above its 20-, 50- and 200-day; consensus target sits +6.1% higher. As of 2026-10-01 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is META doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Meta Platforms Inc. is +22.8% against −7.2% for the Agentic Winners 40 — 30.0 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-10-02. Its Megacap Gateway sleeve is +5.7% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Meta Platforms Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Consumer platforms), Meta Platforms Inc. (META) sits 8.0% below its 52-week high, 16.6% above its 50-day average; Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) is 17.2% below, Snap Inc (SNAP) is 38.9% below, Pinterest Inc (PINS) is 45.6% below. Put any of them next to META in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Meta Platforms Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Meta Platforms Inc. had a beta of 0.53 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 55% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.35% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Meta Platforms Inc.?

Meta Platforms Inc. appears in 33 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: Jobs-day rally fades — weak payrolls lift stocks at the open, then yields turn up and the Dow goes flat (2026-10-02); Midday 10: AI comeback — Accenture +18%, Synopsys +8%, optics +9% while all three US indices slip (2026-10-01); Morning 10: Markets — Nasdaq +1.5% before the open even as TLT breaks 78; Tokyo +3.3% on Micron's record quarter (2026-10-01). What Closelooknet said most recently: 3 · Two consolidations that may be ending — and the two Musk lines META and NVDA on five-year windows — two consolidations, both pressing their exits. (Weekly Signal, 2026-08-30). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does Closelooknet hold Meta Platforms Inc.?

Yes — AI Cycle 2030 (wikifolio): 4 shares · average entry €550.02. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

What does Meta Platforms Inc. do?

Meta Platforms builds the apps people use to connect online: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads, now layered with a Meta AI assistant. A second unit, Reality Labs, makes headsets and AI-enabled glasses such as the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta lines. It is based in Menlo Park. Closelooknet's peer group frames it against other consumer platforms — Alphabet, Snap, Pinterest, Reddit and Apple; the market also weighs it against ByteDance's apps for attention and ad share.

Where does Meta Platforms Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Meta carries no seat in Rubin, our AI hardware index; the diary follows it instead through the consumer_ai sleeve of Mag Pulse, our reading of consumer-facing AI names, and as one of the hyperscaler earnings the diary watches for capital spending. Its capex disclosures act as an early read on demand for the compute layer beneath it, since it buys AI chips and cloud infrastructure rather than making them. Meta sits in the Nasdaq-100 and carries a Closelooknet score with quality as its strongest module and valuation its weakest. The diary has quoted it in a Weekly Signal on consolidating names, in a report on chip capital cycles, and in a 101 piece on when AI infrastructure spending might peak.

Does Meta Platforms Inc. pay a dividend?

Meta Platforms Inc. has paid 2.10 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.29% on the 2026-10-02 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.53 USD on 2026-09-21. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 5.32 bn USD in dividends and bought back 26.2 bn USD of its own shares, 68% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Meta Platforms Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Meta Platforms Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a upgrade by Citigroup on 2026-09-24 (Outperform → Overweight). 8 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 3 initiations. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for META, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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