Meta needs capital for the AI race, while uncertain returns make more debt uncomfortable. Recent Meta-backed debt cost 7.5%, and a good chunk of its debt is off balance sheet. A roughly $100 billion equity raise could buy time before returning to debt markets and let Meta wait for cheaper components. At $700-750, cash's option value may outweigh a 10-20% short-term drawdown; below $600, a raise would have been harder to justify. Meta is far from expensive, though less cheap than months ago. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ