Author owns 700 shares of Meta and targets $1,000 per share, while detailing heavy CAPEX burn, Reality Labs losses, legal overhangs, and no buybacks. The stock is already being punished for Meta’s capital allocation fears, so any sign of CAPEX discipline or AI monetization success could trigger a sharp re-rating. Long META as a contrarian bet that the market is over-weighting management failure and under-weighting the core platform’s durability. Continued runaway CAPEX, deteriorating ad quality, Reality Labs cash burn, adverse lawsuits, and lack of buyback support.
Author owns 700 shares of Meta and targets $1,000 per share, while detailing heavy CAPEX burn, Reality Labs losses, legal overhangs, and no buybacks. The stock is already being punished for Meta’s capital allocation fears, so any sign of CAPEX discipline or AI monetization success could trigger a sharp re-rating. Long META as a contrarian bet that the market is over-weighting management failure and under-weighting the core platform’s durability. Continued runaway CAPEX, deteriorating ad quality, Reality Labs cash burn, adverse lawsuits, and lack of buyback support.