Is it Still Worthy to Invest in Meta Platforms (FB)?

Harding Loevner, an investment management firm, published its “Global Equity Fund” first-quarter 2022 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. The Global Equity Composite fell 12.4% gross of fees, well beyond the 5.3% decline of the MSCI All Country World Index. The portfolio’s concentration in expensive stocks, a hazard of its commitment to investing in the stocks of high-quality rapidly growing businesses, hurt relative performance in a quarter during which investors fled from richly priced companies. Try to spend some time taking a look at the fund’s top 5 holdings to be informed about their best picks for 2022.

In its Q1 2022 investor letter, Harding Loevner Global Equity Fund mentioned Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) and explained its insights for the company. Founded in 2004, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is a Menlo Park, California-based multinational technology conglomerate with a $443.1 billion market capitalization. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) delivered a -53.31% return since the beginning of the year, while its 12-month returns are down by -52.74%. The stock closed at $157.05 per share on June 21, 2022.

Here is what Harding Loevner Global Equity Fund has to say about Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) in its Q1 2022 investor letter:

“We hold a similar view on other companies that hurt us this quarter: most of the specific blemishes that marred their shares are likely to be transient; the companies’ long-term prospects remain bright while the sell-off has left their shares more attractively priced. With Meta (Facebook), we think it is only a matter of time before the company’s heavy investments in proprietary ad targeting tools and the next generation of web experiences launch the next growth phase.”

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Our calculations show that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) fell short and didn’t make it on our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) was in 200 hedge fund portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2022, compared to 224 funds in the previous quarter. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) delivered a -25.74% return in the past 3 months.

In February 2022, we published an article that includes Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) in 5 Best Metaverse ETFs To Buy. You can find other investor letters from hedge funds and prominent investors on our hedge fund investor letters 2022 Q1 page.

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