Company Of The Day: Meta Platforms

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What?

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) has started testing subscriptions on its Instagram photo-sharing application. Under this model, fans can pay a monthly fee to access exclusive content from creators they follow.

Why?

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The move could help creators better monetize their content, while potentially driving a new revenue stream for Meta Platforms down the road, as it could eventually take a cut of subscription fees.

So What?

We estimate Meta Platforms Valuation to be around $409 per share which is about 29% ahead of the current market price. This represents a P/EBITDA multiple of 23x for the company based on our forecast for Meta Platforms EBITDA for the current fiscal year

See Our Complete Analysis For Meta Platforms

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Returns Jan 2022
MTD [1]
2022
YTD [1]
2017-22
Total [2]
 FB Return -6% -6% 175%
 S&P 500 Return -5% -5% 102%
 Trefis MS Portfolio Return -10% -10% 255%

[1] Month-to-date and year-to-date as of 1/20/2022
[2] Cumulative total returns since the end of 2016

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