Meta market cap crashes Meta Platforms’ market value has plunged more than half a trillion dollars since 2021 amid falling sales and soaring costs as Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse fails to convince investors Market capitalisation – Meta Platforms, Inc. May 2021: $936.21bn Sep 6: $1,065.63bn. Valuation hits trillion-dollar mark Oct 28: Zuckerberg rebrands Facebook as Meta Jan 24, 2022: $822.16bn Warning that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature will decrease Meta’s 2022 revenue by about $10 billion Mar 7: $511.24bn Oct 25: $349.4bn Oct 26: Investors wipe more than $65bn from Meta’s market value – down $716.2bn since Sep 2021 Zuckerberg’s avatar $bn 1,000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Oct 2021 2022 Jun 2021 Net income by quarter $10,394bn Sep 2021 $9,194bn Dec 2021 $10,285bn Mar 2022 $7,465bn Jun 2022 $6,687bn Sep 2022 $4,395bn Down 52.2% year on year Sources: Macrotrends, Meta, Reuters, Seeking Alpha Picture: Meta Platforms, Inc. © GRAPHIC NEWS