Lobbying Update: $5,770,000 of META PLATFORMS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES lobbying was just disclosed

$5,770,000 of META PLATFORMS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"Issues related to renewable energy policy Education regarding internet security policy and internet privacy issues, federal privacy legislation, and freedom of expression on the internet, including connectivity, spectrum and access issues, local media issues Issues related to Digital Services Taxes (DSTs); Discussions regarding corporate tax issues and international tax policy Discussions regarding cybersecurity, data security, encryption, platform integrity, election integrity, content policy, and terrorism; Issues related to voter suppression/interference, political ads and misinformation policies Discussions regarding free trade agreements; Data localization and cross-border trade flows; Trade promotion authority and digital trade; Commerce export regulations - emerging technology; EU/US data flow; China; Intermediary liability; US-India trade negotiations; Export controls Issues and discussions related to technology and the Internet including privacy, security, competition, research, trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy issues; online advertising, content and platform transparency efforts; technology and engineering; protecting children, bullying prevention and online safety; youth safety and federal parental approval; human trafficking issues; data portability and interoperability; data breach; connectivity and network usage issues; platform integrity and cybersecurity; storage and access to electronic communications and encryption; manipulated media; continued conversations on Artificial Intelligence; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; youth restrictions on social media; issues related to online platform content in the EU; Congressional Review Act and other activity related to the CFPBs rulemaking on payment system plans and nonbank larger participants"; S. 1829, STOP CSAM Act of 2025; EARN It Act; S. 146, TAKE IT DOWN Act; H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; H.R. 3149/S. 1586, App Store Accountability Act; S. 1748, Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA); S. 836, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act; S. 1367, NO FAKES Act of 2025; S. 1792, AI Whistleblower Protection Act; Issues related to the CLOUD Act; S. 2081, Responsible Innovation and Safe Expertise (RISE) Act of 2025; S. 2019, Taskforce for Recognizing and Averting Payment Scams (TRAPS) Act Issues related to infrastructure and subsea cable systems in the US and globally Issues related to Meta's Community Standards; Update on civil rights issues related to advertising practices; Issues related to human rights Issues related to encryption; Issues related to EU/US data flow; India, Turkey, Bangladesh and other data localization issues; Issues related to intermediary liability, both civil and criminal Discussions regarding temporary high-tech worker visas and employment based permanent residency"

You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.

META Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $META stock 34 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 19 have been purchases and 15 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $META stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MCGUIRE purchased up to $15,000 on 06/30.
REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS purchased up to $100,000 on 06/30.
SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 05/30, 05/16, 04/15 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 05/14, 05/05, 02/12, 01/21 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN has traded it 10 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 05/13, 03/04 and 8 sales worth up to $120,000 on 04/17, 04/16, 04/02, 02/20, 01/29.
REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales worth up to $550,000 on 05/12, 04/17, 04/07.
REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 04/21.
REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN L. JACKSON sold up to $15,000 on 04/16.
REPRESENTATIVE KELLY MORRISON has traded it 5 times. They made 5 purchases worth up to $145,000 on 04/11, 03/24 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/05 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 04/09.
REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $50,000 on 04/07.
SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO purchased up to $15,000 on 03/26.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

META Insider Trading Activity

META insiders have traded $META stock on the open market 815 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 815 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $META stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

MARK ZUCKERBERG (COB and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 685 sales selling 909,712 shares for an estimated $629,480,700.
CHRISTOPHER K COX (Chief Product Officer) has made 0 purchases and 48 sales selling 60,000 shares for an estimated $39,908,564.
ANDREW BOSWORTH (Chief Technology Officer) has made 0 purchases and 9 sales selling 32,566 shares for an estimated $21,358,649.
JAVIER OLIVAN (Chief Operating Officer) has made 0 purchases and 32 sales selling 21,117 shares for an estimated $13,919,756.
JENNIFER NEWSTEAD (Chief Legal Officer) has made 0 purchases and 32 sales selling 20,766 shares for an estimated $13,169,909.
SUSAN J LI (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 15,427 shares for an estimated $10,833,179.
ROBERT M KIMMITT has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 1,405 shares for an estimated $959,811.
PEGGY ALFORD has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 1,473 shares for an estimated $893,351.

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

META Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 2,451 institutional investors add shares of META stock to their portfolio, and 1,828 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC added 59,766,000 shares (+608429.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $44,112,686,940
GAMMA INVESTING LLC removed 23,408,174 shares (-99.8%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $17,277,339,147
GQG PARTNERS LLC removed 6,959,848 shares (-74.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $4,011,377,993
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 6,507,617 shares (+12.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $3,750,730,134
PROFICIO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC removed 6,237,555 shares (-99.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $3,595,077,199
INTEGRATED INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS, LLC removed 4,126,822 shares (-99.9%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $2,378,535,127
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 3,185,263 shares (-7.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $1,835,858,182

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

META Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $META in the last several months. We have seen 33 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/21/2025
Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/17/2025
Cantor Fitzgerald issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/16/2025
B of A Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 07/15/2025
JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/11/2025
TD Cowen issued a "Buy" rating on 07/09/2025
Baird issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/02/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for META, check out Quiver Quantitative's $META forecast page.

META Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $META recently. We have seen 41 analysts offer price targets for $META in the last 6 months, with a median target of $750.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Brian Nowak from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $750.0 on 07/21/2025
Justin Patterson from Keybanc set a target price of $800.0 on 07/17/2025
Deepak Mathivanan from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $828.0 on 07/16/2025
Maria Ripps from Canaccord Genuity set a target price of $850.0 on 07/16/2025
Justin Post from B of A Securities set a target price of $775.0 on 07/15/2025
Doug Anmuth from JP Morgan set a target price of $795.0 on 07/11/2025
John Blackledge from TD Cowen set a target price of $800.0 on 07/09/2025

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