Facebook’s parent company changed its Nasdaq ticker symbol from FB to META in 2022.
The change took effect on June 9, 2022, several months after Facebook rebranded its corporate name as Meta Platforms in October 2021. The new ticker connected the company’s public-market identity with its broader corporate brand and its stated focus on building the metaverse.
The ticker change did not mean that the Facebook social network itself was renamed. Facebook remained the name of one of Meta’s major products, alongside Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. Meta Platforms became the parent company’s official corporate name.
Some people confuse the ticker change with the corporate rebrand because both occurred during the same strategic shift. The company announced the name change in 2021, but the Nasdaq symbol continued as FB until the following year.