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META

LONGINSIDER SELLCONGRESS BUYCONGRESS SELL

META PLATFORMS INC

Research: Finviz ↗·Perplexity ↗

Funds
7
Score
10.83
vs SPY
-5.2%
Stock return (since Q-end)
-3.1%
SPY return (since Q-end)
+2.1%
Current price
$545.83
Days to cover (short int.)
1.8d-16.9%
as of 2026-07-31

News Summary

Negative

Meta reported a significant Q2 2026 earnings miss (EPS of $6.18 vs. $7.22 estimate) with soft forward guidance, user growth shortfall, and sharply elevated capex forecast ($130-145B) that drove free cash flow down 91% YoY, resulting in a 9% stock premarket drop and multiple analyst downgrades. The disappointing results were compounded by regulatory headwinds in the EU (lost antitrust appeal, interim measures imposed) and the departure of a key AI executive, though underlying ad fundamentals remain described as strong.

Red flags

  • EPS miss of ~14% ($6.18 vs. $7.22 consensus)
  • Q3 revenue guidance below consensus
  • Active users missed estimates (3.6B vs. expectations)
  • Free cash flow collapsed 91% YoY to $784M despite 28% revenue growth
  • Capex raised to $130-145B with unclear ROI and monetization path for AI investments
  • Emily Dalton Smith (key AI executive) departure amid stock volatility
  • EU antitrust appeal lost; interim measures and Statement of Objections issued
  • Multiple analyst downgrades post-earnings; price target cuts across Street
  • Lack of concrete demand signals justifying elevated capex according to analysts

Funds Buying (7)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Pershing SquareBill Ackman3.2M+535K$1.8B9.2%+20%Existing
Viking GlobalAndreas Halvorsen1.9M+805K$1.1B3.0%+76%Existing
Maverick CapitalLee Ainslie764K+764K$430M3.9%NEW
Appaloosa LPDavid Tepper675K+239K$380M5.1%+55%Existing
Point72Steve Cohen568K+568K$320M0.5%NEW
D1 CapitalDan Sundheim567K+567K$319M0.9%NEW
Glenview CapitalLarry Robbins357K+234K$201M4.0%+191%Existing

Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.

Portfolio Context

Where META ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.

Viking Global

position #6 of this fund's book

  1. 3AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS I$1,390M
  2. 4SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO$1,335M
  3. 5FORTIVE CORP$1,218M
  4. 6META PLATFORMS INC$1,052M
  5. 7SCHWAB CHARLES CORP$982M
  6. 8THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC$971M
  7. 9JPMORGAN CHASE & CO$949M
Appaloosa LP

position #7 of this fund's book

  1. 4ALPHABET INC$654M
  2. 5UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC$555M
  3. 6ISHARES INC$490M
  4. 7META PLATFORMS INC$380M
  5. 8VISTRA CORP$351M
  6. 9NVIDIA CORPORATION$305M
  7. 10NRG ENERGY INC$257M
Pershing Square

position #7 of this fund's book

  1. 4AMAZON COM INC$2,041M
  2. 5HOWARD HUGHES HOLDINGS INC$1,991M
  3. 6RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INC$1,872M
  4. 7META PLATFORMS INC$1,800M
  5. 8VISA INC$1,122M
  6. 9MASTERCARD INCORPORATED$1,091M
  7. 10S&P GLOBAL INC$1,056M
Glenview Capital

position #8 of this fund's book

  1. 5AMAZON COM INC$303M
  2. 6AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$262M
  3. 7DANAHER CORP DEL$218M
  4. 8META PLATFORMS INC$201M
  5. 9ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC$173M
  6. 10TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD$172M
  7. 11VIATRIS INC$157M
Maverick Capital

position #8 of this fund's book

  1. 5ALPHABET INC$510M
  2. 6AMAZON COM INC$482M
  3. 7NU HLDGS LTD$475M
  4. 8META PLATFORMS INC$430M
  5. 9GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC$375M
  6. 10NATERA INC$368M
  7. 11TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC$340M
D1 Capital

position #17 of this fund's book

  1. 14SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INC$390M
  2. 15FLOWSERVE CORP$368M
  3. 16APPLOVIN CORP$345M
  4. 17META PLATFORMS INC$319M
  5. 18FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC$304M
  6. 19DISNEY WALT CO$277M
  7. 20ALPHABET INC$264M
Point72

position #30 of this fund's book

  1. 27BLOCK INC$340M
  2. 28AMER SPORTS INC$329M
  3. 29EQUINIX INC$329M
  4. 30META PLATFORMS INC$320M
  5. 31AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC$304M
  6. 32PPL CORP$304M
  7. 33SEA LTD$290M

Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where META ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.

Signal History

QuarterDirectionFundsScorevs SPY
Q2 2026LONG710.83-5.2%
Q1 2026LONG812.34-16.5%

Same issuer appearing in consecutive quarters — persistent institutional conviction. Returns are frozen at each archived quarter's last refresh.

Insider Activity

NameTitleTypeSharesPriceValueFiledSrc
LI SUSAN JChief Financial OfficerSELL2K$689.85$1.47M2026-08-15
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL149$600.00$0.09M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL113$602.41$0.07M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL92$604.08$0.06M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL40$605.97$0.02M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL40$607.14$0.02M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL164$600.00$0.10M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL114$600.00$0.07M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL164$600.00$0.10M2026-08-10
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL816$600.00$0.49M2026-08-10
Andreessen Marc LSELL250$588.16$0.15M2026-08-04
Andreessen Marc LSELL87$589.24$0.05M2026-08-04
Andreessen Marc LSELL44$590.39$0.03M2026-08-04
Andreessen Marc LSELL45$591.69$0.03M2026-08-04
KIMMITT ROBERT MSELL500$561.56$0.28M2026-08-03
Alford PeggySELL464$543.56$0.25M2026-07-31
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL837$607.85$0.51M2026-07-27
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL82$607.85$0.05M2026-07-27
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL57$607.85$0.03M2026-07-27
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL82$607.85$0.05M2026-07-27
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL408$607.85$0.25M2026-07-27
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL837$645.85$0.54M2026-07-20
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL82$645.85$0.05M2026-07-20
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL57$645.85$0.04M2026-07-20
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL82$645.85$0.05M2026-07-20
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL408$645.85$0.26M2026-07-20
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL2K$660.98$1.01M2026-07-13
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL82$661.13$0.05M2026-07-13
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL57$661.13$0.04M2026-07-13
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL82$661.13$0.05M2026-07-13
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL408$661.13$0.27M2026-07-13
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL2K$600.40$1.25M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL816$601.45$0.49M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL376$602.63$0.23M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL80$603.14$0.05M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL246$600.00$0.15M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL171$600.00$0.10M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL246$600.00$0.15M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL736$600.32$0.44M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL314$601.44$0.19M2026-07-06
Olivan JavierChief Operating OfficerSELL174$602.75$0.10M2026-07-06
KIMMITT ROBERT MSELL500$607.75$0.30M2026-07-01

Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)

FilerFormShares% of ClassFiledSrc
FMR LLCSC 13G/A96.2M4.4%2026-08-06
Vanguard Capital ManagementSC 13G163.8M7.5%2026-04-30

SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.

Congressional Trading

MemberChamberStateTypeAmount RangeTransaction DateFiledSrc
Matthew Robert Van EppshouseTN07SELL$1,001 - $15,0002026-06-162026-06-17
Daniel CrenshawhouseTX02SELL$1,001 - $15,0002026-06-012026-07-16
Daniel CrenshawhouseTX02SELL$1,001 - $15,0002026-05-052026-07-16
Daniel CrenshawhouseTX02BUY$1,001 - $15,0002026-04-282026-07-16
Alan ArmstrongsenateBUY$15,001 - $50,0002026-03-272026-07-21

Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollar figures.