{"id":623156,"date":"2026-09-21T19:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/623156\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:44:10","slug":"meta-stock-rockets-10-on-price-target-increase-muse-ai-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/623156\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta stock rockets 10% on price target increase, Muse AI downloads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Meta (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/META\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:META;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;META&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">META<\/a>) stock rose more than 10% in intraday trading after Wells Fargo raised its price target on the company and its Meta Muse AI agent app hit the top spot on Apple&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AAPL\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:AAPL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AAPL&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AAPL<\/a>) App Store.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">In a note to investors, Ken Gawrelski raised his price target on the company from $640 to $796.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Gawrelski pointed to Meta&#8217;s recent successful AI model launches, including its latest Muse Spark offering and the Muse assistant, as proof that the company &#8220;now has a story to tell&#8221; with regard to its AI capabilities and services.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Meta&#8217;s AI fortunes mark a sharp turnaround from last year, when the company was dealing with AI model delays and questions about the billions it is spending on its AI infrastructure build-out.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Since then, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rebuilt Meta&#8217;s AI lab, hiring Scale.AI co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang as Meta&#8217;s chief AI officer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The company now offers several models within its Muse AI family.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The price target change and strong showing from Muse come ahead of Meta&#8217;s upcoming Meta Connect conference on Wednesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Zuckerberg is scheduled to deliver a keynote outlining the company&#8217;s upcoming plans across both its AI and wearables devices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Meta stock has struggled over the past 12 months, falling roughly 5% versus Amazon (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AMZN\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:AMZN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AMZN&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AMZN<\/a>) stock, which is up 38%, and Google (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/GOOG\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:GOOG;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;GOOG&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GOOG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/GOOGL\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:GOOGL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;GOOGL&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GOOGL<\/a>) stock, which rose 11%. Microsoft (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/MSFT\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:MSFT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;MSFT&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSFT<\/a>) has barely outpaced Meta, which is down 4%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">But Meta stock has jumped significantly over the past three months, soaring 30%. 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