Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co. increased its holding in Meta Platforms(META -0.65%) by 12,468 shares during fiscal 2025's second quarter, according to a regulatory filing published July 10, 2025 (SEC filing). The purchase, valued at $7.7 million, brings the investment firm's total position to 331,918 shares, worth $245 million at the July 10 close. The fund reported 759 total positions after the period.
The fund bought additional Meta shares, bringing the stake to 2.21% of its 13F assets under management as of Q2 2025. Other things to know about Meta:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Current stock price | $715.65 |
| Market capitalization | $1.81 trillion |
| Revenue (TTM) | $170.36 billion |
| Net income (TTM) | $66.64 billion |
Note: TTM figures are current as of March 31, 2025.
Meta Platforms is a global leader in social media and digital connectivity, operating at significant scale with a diversified product portfolio. The company's strategy centers on expanding its advertising ecosystem and investing in next-generation technology such as virtual and augmented reality. Meta's competitive advantage lies in its massive user base, advanced data infrastructure, and continuous innovation across digital communication platforms.
Meta Platforms is in a prime position to leverage artificial intelligence (AI). That’s because it has an absolutely enormous, highly engaged audience from which it can pull massive amounts of data and to which it can roll out and test its products easily. With over 3.4 billion daily active users across its "Family of Apps," Meta doesn't need to work to build an audience from scratch, allowing them to hone their AI features instead.
AI is already boosting Meta’s advertising effectiveness, and it’s possible that soon, much of the creative assets for advertisers could be created through Meta’s AI, leading to companies spending more on the ad campaign itself rather than its creation.
Meta’s financial picture looks great with strong free cash flows and massive shareholder equity. In the worst quarter of the past year, the company still managed to deliver earnings per share (EPS) growth of 36.5% year over year.
Finally, Meta stock is one of the more attractively priced among its big tech peers, trading at a reasonable 28 times forward earnings.
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