Analyst Downgrades Meta Platforms (META) to ‘Hold’

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is included among the 15 Best S&P 500 Stocks to Buy Right Now.

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) engages successful the improvement of products that alteration radical to link and stock with friends and household done mobile devices, idiosyncratic computers, virtual world (VR) headsets, and AI glasses. Its halfway concern includes platforms similar Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.

On April 2, Erste Group downgraded its standing connected Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has forecasted full expenses of $162 cardinal to $169 cardinal for FY 2026, driven chiefly by infrastructure, compute, and unreality capableness needs. CapEx for the twelvemonth is guided betwixt $115 cardinal and $135 billion, with operating income expected to beryllium supra 2025 levels. While the company’s Q1 2026 gross is projected to travel betwixt $53.5 cardinal and $56.5 billion, Erste Group expects the tech giant’s escaped currency travel to consciousness the value of precocious concern levels and stay beneath humanities averages successful 2027.

Similarly, earlier connected March 30, Morgan Stanley expert Brian Nowak besides reduced the firm’s terms people connected Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) by $50, but maintained its ‘Overweight’ standing (read the details here).

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