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title: "RBC Capital maintains Outperform rating on Meta Platforms, $800 price target"
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# RBC Capital maintains Outperform rating on Meta Platforms, $800 price target

RBC Capital maintained their Outperform rating on Meta Platforms's stock with a price target of $800.00.

The price target implies an upside of 14.7% from the Oct 21 close of $697.52.

**Key takeaways from the analyst note**

**Strong User Engagement and Ad Performance**: Meta continues to see robust growth in user engagement across its platforms, with a reported 26% year-over-year increase in advertising revenue. Enhanced ad targeting capabilities and improvements in ad relevance have led to higher conversion rates, positioning Meta well to capitalize on its vast user base for sustained revenue growth.

**Diversification through AI and New Revenue Streams**: The introduction of Muse, a personal agent platform, has already attracted over 10 million accounts in just six weeks. This initiative aims to connect users with businesses, offering a range of monetization opportunities that complement Meta's existing ad business, thereby reducing reliance on traditional advertising revenue and enhancing long-term growth prospects.

**Recent analyst actions on META**

| Date   | Firm          | Action     | Rating            | Price target |
| ------ | ------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ------------ |
| Oct 22 | Citizens      | Reiterates | Market Outperform | $885         |
| Oct 22 | Scotiabank    | Maintains  | Sector Perform    | $650         |
| Oct 22 | TD Cowen      | Maintains  | Buy               | $850         |
| Oct 22 | Piper Sandler | Maintains  | Overweight        | $850         |
| Oct 22 | Wedbush       | Maintains  | Neutral           | $730         |

Across the five most recent analyst notes published on META over the past 30 days, price targets range from $650 to $885.

Explore more price target data and ratings for Meta Platforms on the .

**Disclaimer**

Select reference data provided by Benzinga. This information is not a recommendation for what you should do personally and does not constitute investment advice.

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