Mizuho Maintains Outperform on Meta, $750 PT
Mizuho analyst Lloyd Walmsley reiterated an Outperform rating and $750 price target on Meta Platforms Inc.
(NASDAQ: META) on August 19, 2026.
“The opening statements began today in Oakland federal court for the state AGs’ bellwether trial against Meta over alleged addictive platform design and youth mental health harms.
Given the uptick in investor questions, we revisit some key elements of the trial and takeaways from our June expert event with a legal expert well versed in today’s issues (and the 1990s Big Tobacco case as a Senate staffer at the time).
Our expert saw many parallels to the Big Tobacco case, but some differences; he thought a fine in the “tens of billions” was possible, but emphasized potential behavioral remedies as the biggest risk.
We see focused headline risk near-term but note the two negative verdicts from March drove two days of negative relative returns before clawing back over ten trading days.”
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