Company Of The Day: Meta Platforms
What?
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) has started testing subscriptions on its Instagram photo-sharing application. Under this model, fans can pay a monthly fee to access exclusive content from creators they follow.
Why?
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The move could help creators better monetize their content, while potentially driving a new revenue stream for Meta Platforms down the road, as it could eventually take a cut of subscription fees.
So What?
We estimate Meta Platforms Valuation to be around $409 per share which is about 29% ahead of the current market price. This represents a P/EBITDA multiple of 23x for the company based on our forecast for Meta Platforms EBITDA for the current fiscal year
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| Returns | Jan 2022 MTD [1] |
2022 YTD [1] |
2017-22 Total [2] |
| FB Return | -6% | -6% | 175% |
| S&P 500 Return | -5% | -5% | 102% |
| Trefis MS Portfolio Return | -10% | -10% | 255% |
[1] Month-to-date and year-to-date as of 1/20/2022
[2] Cumulative total returns since the end of 2016