Meta’s Weak Quarter Forecast Causes Stock Prices To Plummet 

• Meta platform forecasts weak holiday quarter; stock prices plummet as a result.
• The forecast knocks over $67 billion adding to the half trillion already lost.
• Meta forecasts investments for its Reality Labs unit would grow in 2023.

On Wednesday, after Meta Platform Incorporation’s weak forecast, the price of its stocks plummeted. Shares were down nearly 20% and investors voiced skepticism about the company’s pricey metaverse bets.

Wall Street Silver, a business and financial news platform shared the infographics of the Meta platform’s stock value.

Moreover, the forecast knocked $67 billion off Meta’s stock market value in extended trade, which added to more than half a trillion dollars in value already lost this year.

According to Reuters, had Meta’s after-hours stock rout been matched with Thursday’s trading session, then it would have been accounted as the biggest one-day loss since Feb. 2, when the company last issued a dismal forecast.

This pathetic outlook of Meta is a result of many incidents happening around it, states Reuters. Specifically, the sluggish global economic growth, heavy competition from Tik Tok, privacy changes to Apple, the raising concerns about massive spending on the metaverse, and the ever-present threat of regulation have been some of the factors that account for Meta platform’s gloomy forecast.

In addition, Meta also forecasted that its full-year total expenses for 2023 would be $96 billion to $101 billion which is significantly higher when compared to the revised estimate for 2022 total expenses, which stood between $85 billion and $87 billion.

Meta is carrying out several overhauls of its apps and ads products to keep its core business pumping out profits, while also investing $10 billion a year in a bet on metaverse hardware and software.

Furthermore, it forecasted that the Reality Labs unit responsible for its metaverse investments would grow in 2023 and pledged to “pace” investments after that.