(META) stock has fallen 4.8% over the past week, slipped 2.6% over the past month, yet is still up 7.3% over the last 12 months. Wall Street’s analysts are strongly bullish, forecasting a move toward an average 12‑month price target of $858.86 from the last close at $622.66.
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Analyst Ronald Josey reiterates a Buy rating on Meta Platforms with a $850 price target, signaling confidence in further upside from current levels. He believes Meta’s improvements in Ranking & Recommendation systems can sustain best‑in‑class growth in both user engagement and monetization.
Josey highlights that Meta is investing heavily in compute infrastructure and new Frontier Models like Avocado, while also exploring AI‑driven efficiency gains. He notes a roughly 30% rise in output per engineer thanks to agentic coding tools, which could free resources for Meta’s five core priorities, including infrastructure, monetization, Reality Labs, and GenAI.
Despite reports of a possible large workforce reduction, Josey points out Meta has called these claims speculative and continues to stress efficiency since 2023. This N‑star analyst ranks 3145 out of 12068 on TipRanks, with a 46.80% success rate and an average return of 3.20% per rating.
Analyst Ivan Feinseth is even more optimistic, reiterating a Strong Buy on Meta Platforms and raising his 12‑month price target to $945. He argues that Meta’s AI‑driven monetization flywheel, powered by its MTAS AI Engine and Reels scale, is turning short‑form video and automation into a massive advertising opportunity, with additional upside from messaging, subscriptions, and devices, all backed by a strong balance sheet and cash flows.
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