The Meta of two years ago is nothing like the company of today. At the time, Mark Zuckerberg's group was presenting projects in the Metaverse without giving them a clear outline, so much so that investors, a little lost, saw only colossal investments on the horizon. Meta has since refined its expectations and reassured the financial community. You only have to look at the share price to see the enthusiasm that now reigns. Lex-Facebook is one of our latest entries in our selection of US stocks.
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Meta Platforms, Inc. specializes in online social networking services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- operation of social networking, messaging, photo and video sharing platforms (98.7%): operation of the Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads and WhatsApp platforms (3.35 billion daily active users in 2024);
- sale of virtual and augmented reality products, software and devices (1.3%): virtual reality headsets (Meta Quest), connected screens (Facebook Portal), wearable devices, etc.
Net sales break down by source of income into advertising spaces (97.6%) and other (2.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States and Canada (38.4%), Asia/Pacific (27.4%), Europe (23.3%) and other (10.9%)
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