META — structural market context
Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.
What changed
As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.
Close $648.85 (Oct 22) vs $697.52 (Oct 21): −6.98%.
2.08× its 20-session average (19.6M) on Oct 22.
Includes pre- and post-market trading.
Short interest 33.6M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 31.0M (Sep 15).
No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.
Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 8 days with fails, largest 34K shares on Sep 22.
Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 6 days with fails, largest 26K shares on Sep 8.
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23 rating actions recorded.
Piper Sandler — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Piper Sandler — Price target change — Oct 22
Goldman Sachs — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Goldman Sachs — Price target change — Oct 22
Cantor Fitzgerald — Rating maintained — Oct 22
UBS — Price target change — Oct 22
Barclays — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Wells Fargo — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Susquehanna — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Monness — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Monness — Price target change — Oct 22
Scotiabank — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Scotiabank — Price target change — Oct 22
Bank of America Securities — Rating maintained — Oct 22
RBC Capital — Rating maintained — Oct 22
UBS — Rating maintained — Oct 22
UBS — Price target change — Oct 22
Wedbush — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Evercore ISI — Rating maintained — Oct 22
KeyBanc — Rating maintained — Oct 22
KeyBanc — Price target change — Oct 22
BMO Capital — Rating maintained — Oct 22
Mizuho Securities — Price target change — Oct 22
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META: what the public data shows
Each row is the latest public record we hold for META, with its own date and source. Figures are descriptive and delayed by their source.
META events and their magnitude
Latest SEC filing in the event study
8-K 1.01 · Material agreement · filed 2026-10-21 · View on sec.gov ↗
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META short interest & days to cover
FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (23d ago)
META fails-to-deliver (FTD)
SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.
META insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 76 sales
Most recent Form 4 shown for META: Olivan Javier (Chief Operating Officer) reported a sale (code S) of 946 shares at $707.20 on 2026-10-19, filed 2026-10-21 (2 days after the trade).
SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.
META analyst ratings
Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.
Frequently asked questions
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META: the full history
Latest rows shown. Full history, market-wide screens, cluster detection and the context journal live in the dashboard.
Not financial advice. Trading involves risk. Descriptive structural context, never a recommendation.