Meta Nose Dive in the 3rd Quarter Stock Exchange

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On Wall Street, stocks are mainly higher, with the noteworthy exception of Facebook’s parent corporation. Meta Platforms fell as much as 25% Thursday morning after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg urged investors for patience with the social-media giant’s growing expenditures in untested ventures at a time when digital-advertising businesses are already facing challenges.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened up 223.03 points, or 0.70%, to 32,062.14, while Meta’s slide sent the Nasdaq down 0.2%.

The S&P 500 dropped after the session began in the green.

Markets received some good economic news when the government stated that the US economy expanded 2.6% in the third quarter.

The dollar pared gains as statistics indicated that the US GDP increased for the first time this year. Treasury 10-year rates have been fluctuating after temporarily falling below 4%.

McDonald’s gained 3% in premarket trading after reporting excellent third-quarter revenues, which were driven by consumer interaction on its app. Southwest Airlines increased its share price by more than 4% after reporting record operating revenue in the third quarter, owing to robust summer travel demand.

Meta Platforms stockholders are paying a high price

Meta’s investors are paying a high cost for the company’s investments in the metaverse: The market value of Facebook’s parent company has dropped by a stunning $677 billion this year, leading it to drop out of the world’s top 20.

The penalty isn’t going away anytime soon. Meta’s stock is down up to 25% after it alarmed investors with increasing expenditures to fund its version of virtual reality and a drop in sales.

At the start of the year, Meta was the sixth largest US corporation by market capitalization, dancing with a $1 trillion valuation. In ten months, the stock will be worth around $258 billion, putting it 26th. Its market worth is presently less than that of Chevron Corp., Eli Lilly & Co., and Procter & Gamble Co.

Meta, once a Wall Street favourite, is slowly losing popularity with brokerage houses. At least three investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Cowen, and KeyBanc Capital Markets, downgraded the shares after the business provided a dismal quarterly revenue forecast.

While Thursday’s premarket drop is significant, it pales in contrast to its record-breaking meltdown in February, when it fell 26% on the back of dismal earnings reporting, wiping off around $251 billion in market value. That is the greatest loss in market value for any US corporation in history.

The stock’s slide this year has attracted value investors, who buy undervalued companies in the hope of a rebound. But there’s little indication that such bets will pay off anytime soon.

Meta declared a year ago that it will be investing in virtual reality, as well as changing its name from Facebook Inc. to Meta Platforms. The business said on Wednesday that it anticipates overall spending this year to range between $85 billion and $87 billion.

That figure is predicted to rise to $96 billion to $101 billion by 2023. According to Neil Campling, an analyst at Mirabaud Securities, this is the biggest negative since investors were anticipating Meta would significantly slash expenses.

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