What the analyst said
Mizuho analyst Lloyd Walmsley lowered the price target on Meta Platforms Inc.
(NASDAQ: META) to $750 (from $835) while maintaining an Outperform rating.
“We are buyers on the dip and expect near-term compute monetization product. Meta failed to deliver on definitive plans to sell compute, today.
But we think (1) they delivered across the board elsewhere, in our view, and (2) suggested on AI monetization they would have “more to share on all of this soon”.
Ad revenue ex-FX growth accelerated 60bps on the two-year stack and the high end of the rev guide implies 4ppts of sequential acceleration in 3Q.
On the cost side, they only raised ’26 guide to incorporate a legal fine in 2Q, and did not raise the high end of capex, so no impact on ’27.
We expect several new monetization paths for AI including selling compute, a new coding product, selling access via API, and scaling Business AIs (largely not in #s).
We trim our PT to $750 on peer multiple contraction.”
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Where the price stands
META trades at $621. The 33 analysts who set a target in the last 3 months range from $650 to $1,000, with a median of $860. This $750 target is 13% below the median.
Since the note META has moved +6% (from $586). 12-month window: day 96 of 365, closes on July 30, 2027.
Track record
This call✓ Target reached on September 24, 2026, 2 months after the note.
Firm track recordMizuho: 88% of its 68 targets at least a year old were reached within 12 months (#2 of 26 firms); on Meta, 1 of 3. Accuracy ranking →
Mizuho on Meta
Mizuho price targets on Meta
8 calls from October 30, 2025 to September 24, 2026. The target went from $815 to $750 (−8%). The rating stayed Buy.
- September 24, 2026Kept the $750 targetBuy$750
- August 19, 2026Kept the $750 targetBuy$750
- July 30, 2026 This noteTarget cut from $835 (−10%)Buy$750
- July 1, 2026Kept the $835 targetBuy$835
- June 4, 2026Kept the $835 targetBuy$835
- May 5, 2026Target cut from $850 (−2%)Buy$835
- January 29, 2026Target raised from $815 (+4%)Buy$850
- October 30, 2025Earliest call shownBuy$815





