Investing $1,000 in Meta Platforms stock at IPO would now be worth over $17,000

From Nasdaq: 2025-01-28 05:49:00

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock has seen significant growth since its IPO in 2012, establishing itself as a leading social media stock. Acquisitions like Instagram and the rise of TikTok have posed challenges, but the stock has generated massive returns over 13 years of trading.

Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, went public on May 18, 2012, at $38 per share. With $1,000, an investor could have bought 26 shares, now worth over $17,000. Despite a rocky start, the stock’s market cap exceeded $80 billion on the first day of trading.

After struggling initially, Meta stock began to rise, leveraging its social media dominance to grow its user base to 3.3 billion. A misstep into the metaverse led to a stock plunge in 2021, but a shift to AI has driven the stock to record highs, with potential for further growth.

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Randi Zuckerberg, former Facebook director and sister to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is on The Motley Fool’s board of directors. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Meta Platforms, with a disclosure policy. The author, Will Healy, has no positions in the mentioned stocks.



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