Which company owns Facebook and Instagram and uses the stock ticker META?

Meta Platforms owns Facebook and Instagram and uses the stock ticker META.

The company was called Facebook, Inc. until October 2021, when it changed its corporate name to Meta Platforms, Inc. The rebranding highlighted its long-term focus on the metaverse, while Facebook remained the name of one of its principal products.

Meta's major platforms include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Advertising has historically supplied most of the company's revenue, although it also develops hardware and virtual-reality products through Reality Labs.

The ticker change is separate from the individual Facebook product. Facebook continues to be a social-networking service, while Meta Platforms is the publicly traded parent company whose market capitalization is measured in financial rankings.