ວິທີການຫຼິ້ນຫຼັກຊັບ Meta ຫຼັງຈາກການຈ່າຍເງິນ 725 ລ້ານໂດລາໃນວັນສຸກ

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) is in focus this morning after the tech behemoth agreed to a $725 million settlement over a privacy lawsuit.

Brief overview of the said lawsuit

The class action lawsuit claimed Facebook – its flagship social network illegally shared user data with Cambridge Analytica, the research firm linked to Donald Trump ຂອງ election campaign.

ທ່ານ ກຳ ລັງຊອກຫາຂ່າວໄວ, ຄຳ ແນະ ນຳ ທີ່ຮ້ອນແລະການວິເຄາະຕະຫລາດບໍ?

ລົງທະບຽນ ສຳ ລັບຈົດ ໝາຍ ຂ່າວ Invezz, ມື້ນີ້.

Roughly 87 million users were affected that eventually prompted a lawsuit in 2018. In a statement to CNBC, a Meta Platforms spokesperson said:

We pursued a settlement as it’s in the best interest of our community and shareholders. Over the last three years, we revamped our approach to privacy and implemented a comprehensive privacy programme.

The settlement comes at a time when the multinational is wrestling with a list of headwinds that slit its profit in half (year-on-year) in its recent reported quarter (ແຫຼ່ງ). Still, Evercore’s Mark Mahaney remains convinced that the Meta stock is a great pick for 2023.

Meta stock could gain 45% in 2023

Last month, Meta Platforms said it plans on lowering its headcount by 13% to cut costs in the midst of a challenging macroeconomic environment (ອ່ານ​ຕື່ມ).

Then just days ago, Andrew Bosworth – its Chief Technology Officer ກ່າວວ່າ the tech giant won’t spend more than 20% on its “metaverse” push. That commitment to managing costs, as per Mahaney, could see its shares return to $170 in 2023.  

I get the sense that they’re more cost conscious, and that’s a good thing for investors.

Bank of America analysts also dub the ຫຸ້ນເມຕາ their “top recession stock” for the coming year.