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META

META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS A
· USDSector · MediaMarket cap · $1256447.42TBeta · 1.30
LAST · MARKET CLOSE
600.29
+17.39 ▲ 2.98%PREV CLOSE · $582.90
§ 01 · PRICE
Price action
1D5D1M6MYTD1YMAX
OPEN 594.84HIGH 603.58LOW 581.76VOL 0AVG VOL 52W 479.80 — 796.25
EVENTSJUN 17 · OJ SELLDEC 31 · EARNINGS +5.7%TODAY · AC · AVOID
§ 02 · AC TAKE
Where we stand
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META's ownership profile is an interesting mix of conviction and autopilot money.

The institutional pressure score sitting at dead neutral (0.00) and the market regime score barely above zero (0.01) suggests there's no particularly strong directional signal from the smart money flow data right now. Growth and momentum-oriented funds, which tend to chase price action, account for only 0.3% of the breakdown — a notably small figure for a stock that has historically attracted that crowd. Activist ownership is essentially negligible at 0.1%, meaning no one is currently making noise about forcing strategic changes. The standard caveats apply here with some extra weight: 13F filings — the source of institutional ownership data — are filed 45 to 90 days after the fact, meaning what you're looking at is a historical snapshot, not a live picture of who holds what. Short interest data is updated only biweekly. None of this tells you where the stock goes next — it tells you where certain categories of money were parked at some point in the recent past. Historical positioning is a rearview mirror, not a windshield.

CONVICTION
75/100
TIME HORIZON
6M
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§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY

13F FLOW
5020 increased/new, 2218 decreased/exited (13F)
AC 13F Analysis
INSIDER
1 txn · 90d
SHORT INT
FINRA · bi-monthly
OPTIONS SKEW
Put/call ratio 0.35
CBOE
ANALYST
64 buy, 8 hold, 0 sell
Finnhub
CROWDING
Ownership percentile

§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS

P/E20.8P/S
EV/EBITDAP/B7.66
Revenue (TTM)Rev YoY
Gross marginOp margin
Net incomeFCF
CashDebt
Dividend0.40%Buybacks 1Y
AC INTELLIGENCE

META's ownership profile is an interesting mix of conviction and autopilot money. Quality compounders — funds that tend to hold concentrated positions in businesses with durable competitive advantages — account for 16.3% of the behavioral ownership breakdown, which is a meaningful chunk and suggests sophisticated long-term money sees the company as a genuine earnings machine rather than a momentum trade. That reading is broadly consistent with a P/E of 20.8, which is relatively modest for a company of this scale and dominance, though a market cap figure of $1,256,447.4 trillion in the source data is almost certainly a formatting error and should be treated as unreliable. Passive index funds make up another 19%, meaning a significant portion of ownership is essentially non-discretionary — those holders aren't making a judgment call on META, they're just tracking a benchmark.

§ 05 · WHO OWNS IT
Top institutional holders
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FundShares% portΔ Q/Q
Vanguard Group178.3M1.7%
State Street90.8M2.0%
Fidelity Management90.0M3.0%+363%
BlackRock, Inc.65.0M0.7%
Geode Capital Management46.5M1.9%+696%
BlackRock, Inc.45.3M0.5%
AC INTELLIGENCE

Top institutional owners for META as of the most recent 13F window (Dec 2025). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.

§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY

OTHER21.6% · 0 holders
OTHER27.6% · 4,848 holders
PASSIVE / INDEX19.0% · 11 holders
QUALITY / COMPOUNDER16.3% · 55 holders
DEALER / BANK9.4% · 38 holders
INCOME / DEFENSIVE1.6% · 33 holders
SYSTEMATIC / QUANT1.5% · 15 holders
TACTICAL / MACRO1.5% · 8 holders
DEEP VALUE0.9% · 8 holders
GROWTH / MOMENTUM0.3% · 3 holders
ACTIVIST0.1% · 2 holders
AC INTELLIGENCE

Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.

§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS

DateInsiderRoleActionShares$ value
JUN 17Olivan JavierSELL83K−$0
MAR 25Olivan JavierSELL88K−$0
MAR 18Olivan JavierSELL88K−$0
MAR 18KIMMITT ROBERT MSELL4K−$0
AC INTELLIGENCE

0 insider buys, 4 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.

§ 08 · COVERAGE · OUR RECENT NOTES