Meta Platforms builds technology that helps people connect, find communities, and improve businesses. Co. has two segments: Family of Apps, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp; and Reality Labs, which includes Meta Quest virtual reality devices, as well as software and content available through the Meta Quest Store. Co. has launched Horizon Worlds, a social platform where people can interact with friends, meet new people, play games, and attend virtual events, and Horizon Workrooms, a virtual reality space for teams to connect and collaborate at work. As part of its augmented reality initiatives, Co. has introduced Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses and Meta Spark. We show 5 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our META shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute META market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing META market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing META's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of META versus a peer is one thing; comparing
META market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like META can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching META by allowing them to research the META market cap history. |
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