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| Pitch Type | Author | Industry | Pitch Thesis & Key Summary | Bull/Bear | Action | ||
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| Nov 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex UmanskyBaron Durable Advantage Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc., the owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, contributed during the quarter, rising 28.8%. Second quarter results... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Nov 10, 2026 | Fund Letter | LLOYD Capital - Growth Equity Strategy | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) The launch of Meta's Muse AI agent marks an important step in the company's ambition in bringing to market AI-driven products beyond its core advertising business. In our view,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Nov 10, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex UmanskyBaron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Shares of Meta Platforms, Inc., the owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, contributed during the quarter, rising 28.8%. Second quarter results... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Nov 10, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jeff AuxierAuxier Asset Management | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Meta highlighted this shift on September 8 when it launched Muse, its consumer-facing AI agent platform, which quickly became the most downloaded free app on the iOS App Store. Unlike standard chatbots,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Nov 9, 2026 | Fund Letter | Zach TurnerFidelity Dividend Growth Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc) An overweight in Meta Platforms also contributed. Early on, shares... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | William A. AckmanPershing Square Holdings | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc.) Meta's share price increased 29% during the third quarter and 10% year-to-date. Its core advertising... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Fund Letter | Patrick BrennanBrennan Asset Management, LLC | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Short META (Meta Platforms Inc) As for Meta Platforms Inc.'s (META) new "Muse" product, which might help negotiate lower cable prices, it is unclear how large its impact will be. Skepticism seems warranted.... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Fund Letter | Western & Southern Financial Group / Touchstone InvestmentsTouchstone Balanced Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc.) Selection within Information Technology contributed most, including overweight positions in Microsoft Corp. (Information Technology sector), Meta Platforms Inc. (Communication Services sector), Salesforce Inc. (Information Technology sector) and Workday Inc. (Information Technology sector). | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Fund Letter | David MacNicolMacNicol & Associates Asset Management | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Short META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Markets are never boring, and AI kept investors on their toes. In July, AI... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Fund Letter | Hrishikesh GuptaSGA - Global Growth | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Of all the AI launches of the third quarter, the one most likely to be discussed over the kitchen table arrived on September 8, when Meta introduced Muse, a personal agent designed to act on its user's behalf across email, calendar, payments and shopping. Meta is a... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | David M. PoppeGiverny Capital Asset Management | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) However, when I said the bond market seems skeptical, as it is pricing the debt of Meta Platforms, Oracle and other established businesses quite pessimistically, the room frowned. [Can a room... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Krishna Chintalapalli, Mark ZagataParnassus Value Equity Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc) Meta Platforms owns some of the world's largest digital platforms, giving it unmatched reach and powerful network effects. Its highly effective... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Benjamin Allen, Todd Ahlsten, Andrew ChoiParnassus Core Equity Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc) Meta Platforms, a new position initiated during the quarter, detracted due to our underweight exposure. Shares advanced on... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | David A. Rolfe, Michael X. Quigley, Christopher T. JersanWedgewood Partners | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc) Meta Platforms was another standout performer in the portfolio this quarter. Revenues grew 28%,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | David F. RidlandCastlebay Investments | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Short META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) $135bn. OpenAI told investors... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Austin HawleyDiamond Hill Large Cap Strategy | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) A new position in Meta Platforms was a contributor after releasing its AI agent, Muse, which has gained rapid adoption. Counting nearly half... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | David G. Herro, Tony Coniaris, Eric Liu, M. Colin Hudson, John A. SitarzOakmark Global Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Meta Platforms is a U.S.-headquartered technology company whose Family of Apps (including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) reaches 3.6 billion daily active users. Growth and returns... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | William C. Nygren, Michael A. Nicolas, Robert F. BierigOakmark Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Meta Platforms is a U.S.-headquartered technology company whose Family of Apps (including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) reaches 3.6 billion daily active users. Growth and returns... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | William C. NygrenOakmark Select Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Meta Platforms is a U.S.-headquartered technology company whose Family of Apps (including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) reaches 3.6 billion daily active users. Growth and returns... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Minotaur Capital Management Pty LtdMinotaur Global Opportunities Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Meta launched Muse, its consumer AI agent, in the US on 8 September. It has its... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Albert LouwINN8 | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) Late in the quarter semiconductor shares soared as early signs of success for Meta Platforms Inc.'s new AI agent sparked a wave of enthusiasm around demand for the chips needed to power such agents. Meta's Muse AI... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) We can chalk this one up to life comes at you fast. In the course... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Emerald Wealth Partners Growth Equity Strategy | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) The launch of Meta's Muse AI agent marks an important step in the company's ambition in bringing to market AI-driven products beyond its core advertising business. In our view,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jay WinthropDouglass Winthrop | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) We believe our portfolios are prudently exposed to the explosion in the use of AI. We own significant... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Fund Letter | Delaware Management Company (now part of Nomura Asset Management)Nomura Large Cap Growth Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Short META (Meta Platforms Inc.) The largest detractors were the Fund's underweight in Meta Platforms Inc. and our positions in GE Aerospace and Vulcan Materials Co. Meta executed well operationally, advertising revenue trends exceeded expectations, and a large catalyst came near quarter-end, when the company released its new AI personal assistant. The underweight reflects... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Adam D. AbbasOakmark Fixed Income | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Oakmark Fixed Income - META Meta reaches more people every day than any other consumer platform in the world, serving approximately 3.56 billion daily active people across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. With that scale,... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alan PullenMagellan Global Opportunities Fund No. 2 | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Magellan Global Opportunities Fund No. 2 - META Founded in 2004 as Facebook, Meta Platforms has grown into one of the most widely used communication and media networks in history. Its Family of... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alan PullenMagellan Global Opportunities Fund No. 1 | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Magellan Global Opportunities Fund No. 1 - META Meta Platforms has grown into one of the most widely used communication and media networks in history. Its Family of... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | The Ironvine Investment TeamIronvine Capital Partners | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Ironvine Capital Partners - META Meta Platforms is rumored to shortly follow suit. Microsoft and Meta... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Wilhelm Hertzog, Paul WhitburnRozendal Worldwide Flexible Prescient Qualified Investor Hedge Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Rozendal Worldwide Flexible Prescient Qualified Investor Hedge Fund - META Meta has been a fantastic investment for the Global Fund. It delivered an... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | David PapsonCDT Capital Management | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | CDT Capital Management - META Meta is at it again. After squandering approximately... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Wilhelm Hertzog, Paul WhitburnRozendal Global Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Rozendal Global Fund - META Meta has been a somewhat unique constituent of the Rozendal Global Fund. We wrote up... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | William A. AckmanPershing Square Holdings | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Pershing Square Holdings - META Meta's share price declined 15% year-to-date as of June 30, 2026. The company's share... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel OliverMyrmikan Research | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Myrmikan Research - META Meta recently signed a $21 billion purchase contract with CoreWeave. The day that... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Kyle TushausNew West Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | New West Capital - META Meta is among the archetypal builders, and its returns on capital have compressed. Meta's arc is... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex KopelRowan Street Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms) Meta (META) saw a 40% drawdown early in our holding period, and then again dropped a staggering 75% in 2022 as sentiment around the business turned sharply negative. Conviction was tested.... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | David DirankoDiranko Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Short META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) For over 15 years—since the Great Financial Crisis in 2008—most developed equity markets, especially in the United States, have experienced an unusually favorable “Goldilocks” period, with annual returns exceeding 15%. This environment was... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex KopelRowan Street Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Rowan Street Capital - META Meta delivered another exceptional first half of 2026. Revenue grew 33%... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Amy P. RaskinChevy Chase Trust | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Short META (Meta Platforms Inc.) For the last three years, excitement about the potential of AI has driven very high expectations for sales and earnings for most of the Magnificent Seven (Mag 7) stocks and a few other AI-related companies. As we have... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | David M. PoppeGiverny Capital Asset Management | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) While we own chunky positions in Alphabet and Meta, our weight in those two on June 30th was 16.7% vs. the S&P 500's exposure to the Magnificent Seven of 32.2%. For better or... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | John W. RogersAriel Appreciation Fund | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) The 'Magnificent Seven' are the largest stocks in the S&P 500 Index driving market performance: Apple Inc. (AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), Meta Platforms Inc. (META), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) and Tesla, Inc. (TSLA). | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | David A. Rolfe, Michael X. Quigley, Christopher T. JersanWedgewood Partners | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META Meta Platforms detracted from performance despite reporting fourth-quarter 2025 revenue growth of +24% and guiding to accelerating revenue growth of +30%, its fastest since 2021. The market began... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex KopelRowan Street Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) At the depths of the selloff, some of our highest-conviction holdings were being completely abandoned by the market. Meta (formerly Facebook)... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Mark GiacopazziBESTINVER | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META Meta Platforms and Rolls-Royce have been with us for over five years. Having weathered various... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex KopelRowan Street Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms Inc) Meta has delivered a cumulative return of approximately 1,300% since its IPO, or about 21% annually. The path to... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex KopelRowan Street Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Long META (Meta Platforms, Inc.) We are pleased to report that Meta Platforms, our largest position in the fund, has delivered a remarkable performance, +450% since our November 2022 note. Our investment in... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Substack | alphaseeker84Substack (alphaseeker84) | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Which AI Buildouts Actually Earn Their Cost of CapitalMeta Platforms, Inc. – META Meta Platforms is at a critical juncture with its AI infrastructure investment. The company's forward... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Substack | modernvalueinvestingSubstack (modernvalueinvesting) | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Did the Research Deliver? A Four-Year Review of Every Published Investment IdeaMeta Platforms, Inc. – META Meta Platforms has returned 267% since the initial write-up, driven by the market's underestimation of its core business's extraordinary economics. The period of... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alex KopelRowan Street Capital | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Rowan Street Capital – META Meta delivered another exceptional first half of 2026. Revenue grew 33%... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Substack | alphaseeker84Substack (alphaseeker84) | Meta Platforms, Inc. $META• NASDAQ | Interactive Media & ServicesInteractive Media & Services | Same AI Bill, Opposite Verdicts (META/MSFT)Meta Platforms, Inc. – META Meta's recent earnings report was initially perceived as a miss due to one-time charges, but core EPS actually beat expectations. Despite this, the... | BULL | View Pitch → |
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