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Meta Inc - Weekly - Q1 22' numbers proved that user growth can and is continuing. The stock has jumped 16% on better guidance and stronger than expected earnings.

Overview

Meta Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is a US-based tech company that owns, Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram along with a few other large social media companies. The earnings report came out on Wednesday and saw the stock rally 16% after hours.

Financials

The financials for Meta are good. The total market cap for Meta is $549bn with Q1 revenue at $27.9bn and a profit after tax of $7.465bn. This means in Q1 Meta was operating on a 26.7% profit margin – which is very good. looking at the balance sheet total cash on hand was $14.886bn, down slightly from Q4 21′ with total assets amounting to $164.2bn, again slightly down from Q4 21′. Liabilities have also fallen slightly to $40.99bn leaving net positive assets of $123.28bn. This is slightly worse than Q4 21′. The liabilities to assets ratio is 24.96%. In Q4 21′ this number was 24.76% – so it’s minor and nothing investors should be concerned about.

Technicals

From a technical aspect, Meta looks like it has support. The stock bounced from trendline support dating back to 2019. This current level at $166 is now the major low support for Meta. A breakdown below here would be bad for the stock as the next level would be $144. Towards the upside, the $200 level is now the main point of control and a sustained move and close above this on the weekly timeframe could push buyers back up towards the cluster high of $239. A break above here could take the stock towards $300, however, it would be quite a grind higher so it probably will not happen any time soon. Investors will need to see back-to-back growth in Meta platforms and tie this in with current inflationary and geopolitical issues it’s going to be difficult.

Summary

Overall Meta has done well. Investors got worried in Q4 as it was the first time the company lost users, however, it’s proved in Q1 22′ that this was just a ‘blip’ and that user growth can continue higher upon the Ukraine war deescalating and developing nations have better access to internet communications. Tiktok is proving tough competition for Meta, but they are flight back with reels and stories and this is working. Development in the Metaverse could also be another huge breakthrough for Meta can pull it off successfully, however, it could take years before any noticeable changes are made within society.


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