Meta Platforms Achieves #41 Analyst Rank, Surpassing Alphabet

In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, Meta Platforms Inc (META) has taken over the #41 spot from Alphabet Inc (GOOGL), according to ETF Channel. Below is a chart of Meta Platforms Inc versus Alphabet Inc plotting their respective rank within the S&P 500 over time (META plotted in blue; GOOGL plotted in green): var SC_width = "600"; var SC_height = "340"; var SC_clientId = "bnkinvest"; var SC_type = "pointline"; var SC_period = "1y"; var SC_chartBackgroundColor = "FFFFFF"; var SC_gridLocation = "background"; var SC_gridBackgroundColor = "FFFFFF"; var SC_gridColor = "DDDDDD"; var SC_axisColor = "DDDDDD"; var SC_symbols = "META,GOOGL"; var SC_showHighsLows = "no"; var SC_movingAverages = "no"; var SC_movingAverageColors = "FF8800,009900"; var SC_symbolLabels = "no"; var SC_labelSide = "left"; var SC_lineThicknesses = "8,8"; var SC_lineColors = "132B77,13772B"; var SC_showPrevClose = "no"; var SC_prevCloseColor = "990000"; var SC_fillBelowLine = "no"; var SC_fillColor = "FFFFFF"; var SC_fillColor2 = "FF0000"; var SC_smoothChart = "yes"; var SC_smoothFonts = "yes"; var SC_fontFace = "Arial"; var SC_fontSize = "2"; var SC_labelColor = "000000"; var SC_bottomLabels = "2/26/24, , , , , , ,4/10/24, , , , , , ,5/31/24, , , , , , ,7/17/24, , , , , , ,9/9/24, , , , , , ,10/22/24, , , , , , ,12/6/24"; var SC_beforeLeftLabels = "Rank-"; var SC_afterLeftLabels = " out of 500"; var SC_leftLabelsEvery = "20"; var SC_leftBuffer = "120"; var SC_rightBuffer = "35"; var SC_bottomBuffer = "30"; var SC_bottomTableHeight = "30"; var SC_showVolumeTable = "no"; var SC_showLegendTable = "yes"; var SC_volumeColor = "FFFFFF"; var SC_bkgImage = ""; document.