Meta Platforms, Inc.
NASDAQMETA cost to borrow surges 120% over the past week to 0.32%, rising sharply after Q3 earnings disappointed and short sellers rebuilt positions from a structurally low base.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumMeta Platforms has clawed back to $587.94 this week — a meaningful but incomplete recovery from the post-Q3 low near $539 — and the central question now is whether the Street's unshaken conviction can pull the stock…
Snapshot as of 9 Aug 2026
Meta Platforms exits its Q3 earnings call at $593 — down 8% on the week — leaving investors to reconcile a Street still firmly in the bull camp with a stock that has now shed roughly $75 from its pre-Q2 high in six…
Meta Platforms enters its July 29 Q3 earnings preview in a materially different position than it held just a week ago: the stock has fallen roughly 8% in a single session following the Q2 report on July 22, closing…
Meta Platforms enters its Q2 earnings release tonight with analysts moving targets higher on the day of the print — a rare show of conviction that sets a demanding bar for the result. The analyst moves are the defining…
Meta Platforms heads into Wednesday's Q2 print having given back some of the ground it covered during last week's sharp recovery. The stock closed Thursday at $646, down roughly 3.5% on the week after touching $669…
Meta Platforms pulled back slightly from last week's $669 peak to close Tuesday at $661, but the positioning picture heading into July 22 earnings remains firmly bullish — with options, borrow, and analyst consensus…
Meta Platforms has extended its recovery to $615.58, up 9.3% on the week and 5.6% above last Sunday's close of $582.90, but the stock still trades nearly $212 below the Street's mean price target of $827.91 — a gap…
Meta Platforms has found its footing after weeks of erosion, closing at $563.29 on June 30 — up roughly $13 from the $550.25 trough documented in Sunday's stock report — but the stock remains 32% below the Street's…
Meta Platforms has surrendered the $600 recovery flagged in last week's note, closing at $562 after a 6.3% weekly drop that erases the entire bounce from the June trough and leaves the stock 32% below the Street's mean…
Meta Platforms has snapped a bruising multi-week slide with a 2.7% weekly gain to $600.21 — a meaningful turn from the $567 trough flagged in the prior note, but still leaving the stock roughly 27% below the Street's…
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