Is Meta Stock Being Overlooked? Why This Investor Is Buying Ahead Of Earnings

Netflix Inc NFLX kicked off FAANG earnings Tuesday, announcing quarterly results after the bell, but there's another FAANG name on one investor's radar.

"I have been adding to Facebook," Hightower Advisors' Stephanie Link said Tuesday on CNBC. 

She expects many of the technology names to struggle during earnings season, particularly any companies that aren't profitable, but Meta Platforms Inc FB looks attractive ahead of earnings next week, she said.

After falling about 35% to start the year, Meta is trading around 9 times enterprise-value-to-EBITDA, Link stressed.

"This is a profitable company with a $50 billion buyback and I think they are going to get Reels right," she said. "And they still have a very large user base in Facebook, and they have Instagram, which is getting no credit whatsoever."

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Meta is scheduled to announce its first-quarter financial results after the market closes on April 27, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

• JMP Securities analyst Ronald Josey maintained Meta with a Market Outperform rating and lowered the price target from $350 to $265.
• Rosenblatt analyst Barton Crockett initiated coverage on Meta with a Neutral rating and announced a $228 price target.

FB Price Action: Meta has traded between $185.82 and $384.33 over a 52-week period.

The stock was up 3.10% at $217.13 at the close on Tuesday.

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