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Why is META stock moving?

Meta Platforms, Inc. · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026

Meta Platforms, Inc.
META · $1.81T
$709.33+19.3%last 60 sessions · close Oct 16, 2026
$524.82$777.5952 weeks
Buy · 63 analystsPT $792.86 +11.8%
  • P/E vs own+4.2%
  • P/E vs sector+36.1%
  • Target upside+11.8%
  • Off 52w high-8.8%
  • Insiders-$102M
  • FCF yield+2.3%
  • Earnings in5d
  • Trendsideways
  • Sector▼ -1.3%
  • RSI50
  • MA20×50—
  • Volume0.9x
  • Support-1.6%
  • Resistance+3.3%

The move, split

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) fell 3.7% on Oct 16, 2026.

The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Communication Services stocks fell 0.9%. Most of the move is specific to META.

Market (SPY)-1.1%
Communication Services sector+0.2%
META specific-2.8%

20 stories on the day (30-day average 18.0).

Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.

Context

  • News
  • Volume0.9x
  • Off 52w high-8.8%
  • Sector▼ -1.3%
  • Earnings in5d

Latest news

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