--- title: "1 Wall Street Analyst Thinks Meta Platforms Is Going to $820. Is It a Buy?" type: "News" locale: "zh-CN" url: "https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/226960650.md" description: "Meta Platforms reported strong earnings, with revenue up 21% to $48.4 billion and operating income up 43% to $23.4 billion. Earnings per share rose 50% to $8.02, and daily active users increased by 5% to 3.35 billion. Following the report, Benchmark upgraded Meta's stock to a buy with a price target of $820. Despite a forecasted slowdown in growth for 2025, analysts remain optimistic about Meta's performance, citing its strong business fundamentals and competitive pricing compared to peers." datetime: "2025-02-03T14:06:38.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/226960650.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/226960650.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/226960650.md) --- > 支持的语言: [English](https://longbridge.com/en/news/226960650.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/226960650.md) # 1 Wall Street Analyst Thinks Meta Platforms Is Going to $820. Is It a Buy? **Meta Platforms** (META 0.32%) impressed investors with another strong earnings report Wednesday. The social media giant easily beat analyst expectations as it delivered another round of stellar growth across the board. Revenue rose 21% to $48.4 billion, and operating income surged 43% to $23.4 billion. With the help of a lower tax rate, earnings per share jumped 50% to $8.02. Its key business metrics also showed underlying growth. Daily active users across its family of apps, which include Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, rose 5% to 3.35 billion, meaning the company added 160 million users, equivalent to half of the population of the U.S. Ad impressions also rose 6%, showing growth in the ad business, and average price per ad jumped 14%, indicating a robust demand for ads on Facebook and Instagram. Investors cheered the results, with the stock jumping as much as 5% on Thursday before ending the day up 1.6%. Wall Street also took note of the report, with several analysts issuing bullish notes. This included Benchmark, which upgraded the stock to a buy on the news. Image source: Getty Images. ## Benchmark gives a stamp of approval In the wake of the earnings report, Benchmark raised its rating on the stock from hold to buy, according to media reports, and gave Meta a price target of $820, nearly the highest on the Street. Benchmark said Meta's guidance gives it a low bar to overcome in 2025 and also noted that the company has made real progress in making AI agents that can serve its own coding development needs. ## Is Meta a buy? Meta's guidance calls for a slowdown in growth, forecasting revenue growth of 8% to 15% for 2025. That may be a conservative forecast, but it also reflects a deceleration in the digital advertising market from the surge that followed the lull in 2022. Even with slower growth, Meta looks like a solid buy at the current price. The business is firing on all cylinders, and it's cheaper than most of its big-tech peers. ### 相关股票 - [Meta Platforms (META.US)](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/quote/META.US.md) - [Strong (001279.CN)](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/quote/001279.CN.md) - [ING Groep (ING.US)](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/quote/ING.US.md) ## 相关资讯与研究 - [Tech Wrap March 30: OPPO Find X9 Ultra, WhatsApp on CarPlay, Blaupunkt](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/281041030.md) - [Draft IT regulations may widen govt oversight on social media content](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/281133616.md) - [Govt proposes to bring independent news creators under MIB purview](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/281049326.md) - [WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app that was actually government spyware](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/281402008.md) - [Wall Street Sees Further Upside in Nebius Stock (NBIS). Here's Why](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/281388386.md)