Meta Stock Price Up Again, And Here’s What It Tells Us About Investor Confidence

Meta Platforms’ stock has experienced a notable decline recently, dropping over 10% across the past five trading sessions amid concerns about escalating AI expenditures and increased regulatory scrutiny. Despite this, shares rebounded on Monday with a gain exceeding 2%, followed by an additional increase of more than 1.5% in early trading on Tuesday. This analysis examines the factors contributing to this rapid recovery after significant losses.

Why Meta Stock Is Gaining

On March 25, a Los Angeles jury found Meta negligent in designing a social media platform that harmed a young user, awarding $6 million in total damages and holding Meta 70% responsible. The day before the Los Angeles verdict, a separate New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties for endangering children and misleading the public about platform safety. Two juries, two states, two historic defeats in 48 hours.

So what changed? The upturn is driven not by optimism, but exhaustion. After one of the most concentrated flurries of bad news in the company’s recent history, the market appears to have decided it has priced in enough of the downside. Whether that judgment holds is a separate and more consequential question.

There is some bargain-hunting going on at levels that are technically too low, along with good comments from analysts. Meta’s most recent quarterly results showed that advertising revenue continued to grow even though the economy was uncertain.  Several Wall Street firms, including Morgan Stanley, have reiterated Buy ratings with targets above current levels. This has encouraged short covering and selective buying.

Is the Rebound Sustainable?

Sustainability in the near term is far from assured. While the technical bounce and advertising strength provide some support, Meta continues to trade at a premium valuation that leaves little room for execution shortfalls.

In the short term, sustainability is far from certain. The technical bounce and strong advertising do help a little, but Meta is still trading at a high price that doesn’t leave much room for mistakes.

Investors who are more interested in short-term returns are still worried about the company’s large capital spending on AI infrastructure. This goes against the general consensus that the rebound is a clear sign of a change in mood. In practice, any slowdown in ad spending or further regulatory developments could quickly reverse the gains.

Market participants largely interpret Monday’s rebound as a relief rally ahead of Meta’s earnings release on April 29, with hopes that first-quarter results will provide stability. Although plausible, this view overlooks more complex underlying pressures.

The catalyst behind the earlier mid-March premarket rebound was a Reuters report that Meta is planning sweeping layoffs affecting 20% or more of its nearly 79,000-person workforce. At first, investors were happy with the restructuring signal because it showed that the company was being financially responsible.

But a company that plans a mass layoff while also planning to spend $135 billion on capital expenditures is not streamlining, but it’s robbing one pocket to fill another. The efficiency story and the spending story cannot comfortably coexist, and earnings season will force that tension into the open.

Meta Stock Price Forecast

Meta stock’s RSI currently hovers near 27, indicating oversold conditions, which partly explains the recent price bounce. The pivot point is at the lower Bollinger Band level at $534. Immediate psychological support is near $525, with a stronger support at around $520. Near-term resistance is at the previous session’s highs of $543, followed by $550. For investors to consider the downtrend reversed, the stock will need to reclaim the $584 level.

Meta stock price daily chart with key levels if support and resistance on March 31, 2026. Created on TradingView