5 Best Investments for Beginners

3. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 225

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is a safe investment in the stock market for beginners since the social media giant has several upcoming growth catalysts, including AI. Morgan Stanley said Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) could generate as much as $20 per share in earnings by 2024, driven by Reels, Click to Message and the company’s “core” ads business.

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak set a $375 price target on Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META).

Artisan Global Value Fund made the following comment about Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) in its Q2 2023 investor letter:

“Our best performing stocks this quarter were Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Alphabet and Heidelberg Materials. Meta was the largest contributor to performance. Its shares have almost fully recovered from last year’s declines, rising 35% during the quarter and 138% YTD. During the quarter, the company reported earnings that showed a return to growth and healthy user engagement metrics. Most importantly, profitability appears to have stabilized and is poised to improve as significant cost reduction actions implemented over the past six months begin to have an impact. Separate from fundamental performance, there is excitement over AI’s potential to help the company’s business. While Meta’s technology prowess and massively scaled media platform certainly position the company to take advantage of AI, we believe it’s far too early to estimate any discrete tangible benefits. Overall, we view AI as one of several drivers that will contribute to Meta’s continued growth.”