Meta Platforms Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Chief Legal Officer Newstead Jennifer unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.45 million on Apr 22 ’25. In the deal valued at $491.87 per share,921 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Newstead Jennifer now holds 27,498 shares worth roughly $15.05 million.
Then, Olivan Javier sold 406 shares, generating $199,626 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $491.69, the Chief Operating Officer now owns 4,608 shares.
Before that, Olivan Javier sold 202 shares. Meta Platforms Inc shares valued at $101,000 were divested by the Chief Operating Officer at a price of $500.00 per share. As a result of the transaction, Olivan Javier now holds 4,406 shares, worth roughly $2.41 million.
Citigroup reiterated its Meta Platforms Inc [META] rating to a Buy in a research note published on April 14, 2025; the price target was $655. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Piper Sandler’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in early April has reiterated a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating for it. The Benchmark Company also remained covering META and has increased its forecast on January 30, 2025 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. BofA Securities maintained its rating on January 23, 2025. It rated META as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of META
On Friday, Meta Platforms Inc [NASDAQ:META] saw its stock jump 2.65% to $547.27. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 9.13%. Meta Platforms Inc shares have fallen nearly -6.53% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 10.31% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $740.91 was reached on 02/14/25, a 52-week low of $414.50 was recorded on 04/21/25. SMA at 50 days reached $598.65, while 200 days put it at $578.18.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For META Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 539.06, which if violated will result in even more drops to 530.85. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 552.67. A further resistance level may holdings at 558.07. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 49.19, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 8.94, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 37.58%. Stochastics %K at 49.74% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Meta Platforms Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Meta Platforms Inc stocks on 2025-04-15, growing by 6.97 million shares to a total of 31.51 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-03-14 was 24.55 million shares. There was a rise of 22.11%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on January 22, 2025 when Cantor Fitzgerald resumed its ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $720.
