Meta Platforms, Inc.

META Communication Services Internet Content & Information

Meta Platforms, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $201.0 billion, up 22.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 28.0%, EPS fell 14.4%, free cash flow fell 80.7% and total debt rose 190.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.

737.54 24.96 −3.27%
Market cap
$1.94T
P/E
27.4×
Fwd P/E
18.0×
Dividend yield
0.28%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
8.69
Beneish M
−3.03
Dividend safety
85/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 257.30
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 13 11 5 11 5 4 8 3 6 7 9 1
Insider Ownership 13.49%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,942,470.00
Revenue 228,248.00
Net Income 68,098.00
Free Cash Flow 40,976.00
Net Debt (6,596.00)
Current Ratio 2.23 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.32 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 27.42
Fwd P/E 18.00
P/S ratio 8.22
P/B ratio 7.18 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 18.41% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 32.28% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 9.39%
Next Y revenue growth 26.45% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 18.69% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 48.36%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 33.42%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 70.49%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 44.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 99.67%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.08
Annual Dividend Rate 2.10
Annual Dividend Yield 0.28%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.11
0.53
0.53
0.53
2025 2.10
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.53
2024 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 65,403 77,815 81,592 90,260
Receivables 16,169 16,994 19,769 21,752
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
85,365 100,045 108,722 125,475
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 4,849 7,687 8,894 15,889
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
31,960 33,596 41,836 56,379

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 27.34% 18.51% 19.89%
Cash Flow 27.35% 24.48% 31.89%
Earnings 32.34% 15.71% 37.61%
Book Value 17.26% 11.11% 20.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 56,311 60,801 — — —
’25 42,314 47,516 51,242 59,894 200,966
’24 36,455 39,071 40,589 48,386 164,501
’23 28,645 31,999 34,146 40,112 134,902
’22 27,908 28,822 27,714 32,165 116,609
’21 26,171 29,077 29,010 33,671 117,929
’20 17,737 18,687 21,470 28,071 85,965
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 32,226 31,862 — — —
’25 24,026 25,561 29,999 36,214 115,800
’24 19,246 19,370 24,724 27,988 91,328
’23 13,998 17,309 20,402 19,404 71,113
’22 14,076 12,196 9,692 14,511 50,475
’21 12,242 13,247 14,090 18,104 57,683
’20 11,001 3,877 9,829 14,040 38,747
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 13,229 1,746 — — —
’25 11,085 9,023 11,170 14,831 46,109
’24 12,846 11,197 16,466 13,563 54,072
’23 7,175 11,175 13,906 11,812 44,068
’22 8,761 4,668 337 5,523 19,289
’21 7,970 8,635 9,776 12,735 39,116
’20 7,443 622 6,140 9,427 23,632
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 10.44 6.18 — — —
’25 6.43 7.14 1.05 8.88 23.49
’24 4.71 5.16 6.03 8.02 23.86
’23 2.20 2.98 4.39 5.33 14.87
’22 2.72 2.46 1.64 1.76 8.59
’21 3.30 3.61 3.22 3.67 13.77
’20 1.71 1.80 2.71 3.88 10.09
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 89.37 115.51 123.02 128.56 137.10 244.61 88.09 122.28 340.01 479.80

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 133.50 184.25 218.62 208.93 304.67 384.33 343.09 361.90 638.40 796.25
People
People Employees 17,048 25,105 35,587 44,942 58,604 71,970 86,482 67,317 74,067 78,865
Revenue/emp, $m 1.62 1.62 1.57 1.57 1.47 1.64 1.35 2.00 2.22 2.55
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 27,638 40,653 55,838 70,697 85,965 117,929 116,609 134,902 164,501 200,966
Gross margin, % 86.29 86.58 83.25 81.94 80.58 80.79 78.35 80.76 81.67 82.00
EBT 12,518 20,594 25,361 24,812 33,180 47,284 28,819 47,428 70,663 85,932
EBT margin, % 45.29 50.66 45.42 35.10 38.60 40.10 24.71 35.16 42.96 42.76
Net income 10,217 15,934 22,112 18,485 29,146 39,370 23,200 39,098 62,360 60,458
Depreciation 2,342 3,025 4,315 5,741 6,862 7,967 8,686 11,178 15,498 18,616
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 9.65 14.01 19.32 24.77 30.15 41.89 43.40 52.41 64.92 79.72
Earnings 3.56 5.49 7.65 6.48 10.22 13.99 8.63 15.19 24.61 23.98
Cash flow 5.63 8.35 10.13 12.72 13.59 20.49 18.78 27.63 36.04 45.93
Capex (1.57) (2.32) (4.81) (5.29) (5.30) (6.60) (11.61) (10.51) (14.70) (27.64)
Free cash flow 4.06 6.03 5.31 7.43 8.29 13.90 7.18 17.12 21.34 18.29
Book value 20.68 25.63 29.11 35.41 45.00 44.36 46.79 59.51 72.07 86.17
Shares, m 2,863 2,901 2,890 2,854 2,851 2,815 2,687 2,574 2,534 2,521
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 35.20 33.05 17.11 31.67 26.70 24.03 14.49 22.78 23.79 27.54
P/S 12.11 12.95 6.78 8.29 9.06 8.03 2.87 6.61 9.02 8.28
P/B 5.65 7.08 4.50 5.80 6.07 7.58 2.67 5.82 8.12 7.66
EV/Sales 11.04 11.92 6.05 7.65 8.46 7.73 2.61 6.26 8.72 8.17
EV/FCF 26.27 27.72 22.00 25.50 30.76 23.32 15.78 19.16 26.53 35.59
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 16,108 24,216 29,274 36,314 38,747 57,683 50,475 71,113 91,328 115,800
Capex (4,491) (6,733) (13,915) (15,102) (15,115) (18,567) (31,186) (27,045) (37,256) (69,691)
Free cash flow 11,617 17,483 15,359 21,212 23,632 39,116 19,289 44,068 54,072 46,109
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 31,526 44,803 43,463 51,172 60,689 45,531 32,523 53,405 66,449 66,886
Total debt — 72 500 9,928 10,086 13,237 9,923 18,385 28,826 58,744
Net debt (29,449) (41,639) (41,114) (44,927) (51,868) (34,761) (30,815) (47,018) (48,989) (22,848)
Shareholders’ equity 59,194 74,347 84,127 101,054 128,290 124,879 125,713 153,168 182,637 217,243
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 17.82 21.30 24.32 16.02 19.92 24.21 13.19 18.83 24.66 18.83
ROIC 26.11 38.60 36.20 26.71 26.72 32.42 19.06 27.53 32.45 26.77
ROE 19.70 23.84 27.90 19.96 25.42 31.10 18.52 28.04 37.14 30.24
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Meta Platforms, Inc. vs peers in Internet Content & Information (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GOOG Alphabet Inc. $4.29T 17.4× — +24.23% (above 0%: growing) +296.14% (above 0%: growing) −210.45% (below 0%: shrinking) 61.65% 34.03% Compare
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. $4.29T 17.6× 25.9× +24.23% (above 0%: growing) +296.14% (above 0%: growing) −210.45% (below 0%: shrinking) 61.65% 34.03% Compare
META Meta Platforms, Inc. $1.89T 28.3× 18.0× +27.96% (above 0%: growing) −14.42% (below 0%: shrinking) −80.65% (below 0%: shrinking) 81.37% 30.88%
SPOT Spotify Technology $108.9B 27.9× 33.6× +16.69% (above 0%: growing) n/m +9.80% (above 0%: growing) 33.41% 13.71% Compare
RDDT Reddit Inc. $30.8B 34.0× 34.9× +61.10% (above 0%: growing) +172.92% (above 0%: growing) +135.27% (above 0%: growing) 91.27% 28.79% Compare
BIDU Baidu, Inc. $23.3B — (loss-making) 17.5× +1.09% (above 0%: growing) −69.18% (below 0%: shrinking) −128.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.03% 9.66% Compare
PINS Pinterest, Inc. $12.1B 63.9× 41.1× +18.17% (above 0%: growing) n/m +37.24% (above 0%: growing) 78.18% (4.68%) Compare
SNAP Snap Inc. $11.0B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +18.89% (above 0%: growing) n/m +406.61% (above 0%: growing) 58.23% (10.68%) Compare
MTCH Match Group Inc. $9.5B 14.1× 13.0× −1.23% (below 0%: shrinking) +43.14% (above 0%: growing) +52.63% (above 0%: growing) 76.06% 28.77% Compare
Median of peers $27.0B 22.7× 29.8× +18.53% +172.92% +23.52% 61.65% 21.24%

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META metrics, ten years each

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $60.5 billion, or $23.98 per share (basic), a net margin of 30.1%.
  • Strength: Meta Platforms, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $201.0 billion, up 22.2% from fiscal 2024.
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) is an Internet Content & Information company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 14, 2026, META traded at $737.54, a market capitalization of $1.94 trillion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 27.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 8.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 48% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share, a yield of 0.28%, with a payout ratio of 7.91%.
  • Return on equity was 30.2% and debt-to-equity 0.32.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 8.69 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Financial Analysis (summary)

Updated

Meta Platforms reported revenue of $201.0 billion in FY2025 and net income of $60.5 billion in FY2025. In Q2 FY2026, revenue was $60.8 billion, while net income was $15.8 billion and diluted EPS was $6.18.

Revenue growth was 22.2% in FY2025 against FY2024, while free cash flow declined 14.7% in FY2025 against FY2024. The balance sheet showed net debt of −$6.6 billion in Q2 FY2026, indicating cash and short-term investments remained greater than total debt under the net-debt measure.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Latest News

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