Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): stock score 51/100
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) scores 51 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.
META scores 51.5 out of 100 (around average), down 4.8 points from last week. Its news tone adds the most (+8.9 points: average FinBERT sentiment +0.045 over 433 articles). Its fundamentals weigh on it most (-3.1 points: revenue growth vs a year earlier: +28.8%). Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.
How the score is built
Trend: 42/100 (-1.5 points)
- Price is +3.0% vs its 100-day average → higher than 48% of the comparison group → 48
- 12-1 month momentum +1.8% → higher than 37% of the comparison group → 37
- Average of the two → trend score 42.4
Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.
Stability: 35/100 (-3.0 points)
- Forecast 38.6% vs normal 36.4% → ratio 1.06
- Ratio is higher than 65% of the comparison group → 100 minus 65 → stability 34.8 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)
A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.
Fundamentals: 35/100 (-3.1 points)
- Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +28.8% → higher than 94% of the comparison group → 94
- Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: -11.4 pp → higher than 2% of the comparison group → 2
- Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +7.0 pp → higher than 7% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 7
- Average of available items → fundamentals score 34.6
Not yet tested in our research.
Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)
- VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
- Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
- Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
- Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
- Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)
Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.
News tone: 95/100 (+8.9 points)
- Average FinBERT sentiment +0.045 over 433 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone +0.045
- Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 94.6
Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.
META score history (weekly)
| Week ending | Score | Band | Trend | Stability | Fundamentals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 51 | Around average | 42 | 35 | 35 |
| 2026-10-16 | 55 | Around average | 56 | 52 | 35 |
| 2026-10-09 | 60 | Around average | 55 | 79 | 35 |
| 2026-10-02 | 56 | Around average | 53 | 67 | 35 |
| 2026-09-25 | 44 | Around average | 52 | 16 | 35 |
| 2026-09-18 | 43 | Around average | 47 | 48 | 35 |
| 2026-09-11 | 40 | Below average | 40 | 41 | 35 |
| 2026-09-04 | 44 | Around average | 27 | 54 | 35 |
| 2026-08-28 | 48 | Around average | 11 | 83 | 35 |
| 2026-08-21 | 51 | Around average | 9 | 81 | 35 |
| 2026-08-14 | 53 | Around average | 13 | 86 | 35 |
| 2026-08-07 | 53 | Around average | 14 | 91 | 35 |
Technology stocks compared
- TXN: 68/100
- EMR: 65/100
- NVDA: 64/100
- AAPL: 61/100
- V: 56/100
- MSFT: 56/100
- GOOGL: 54/100
- GOOG: 54/100
- META: 51/100
- GE: 50/100
- IBM: 50/100
- MA: 49/100
- ACN: 47/100
- INTC: 47/100
- CRM: 45/100
- CSCO: 43/100
- ADBE: 40/100
- ORCL: 39/100
- CAT: 38/100
- PYPL: 33/100
- QCOM: 27/100
Questions
What is Meta Platforms, Inc.'s (META) Quantooo score today?
META scores 51 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 37th of 99 overall and 9th of 21 in Technology. It was 56 a week earlier.
What raises and lowers META's score?
News tone adds the most (95/100, +8.9 points) and fundamentals weighs on it most (35/100, -3.1 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.
Is META stock volatile right now?
Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 38.6% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 36.4% for META: bumpier than usual for this stock. Its stability score is 35/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.
How are Meta Platforms, Inc.'s fundamentals changing?
Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +28.8%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: -11.4 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +7.0 pp. Fundamentals score: 35/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-10-22 (period to 2026-09-30).
Does the score predict META's share price?
No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.
Sector: Technology. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.