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meta platforms inc. - META

META

Close Chg Chg %
741.25 -4.65 -0.63%

Closed Market

736.60

-4.65 (0.63%)

Volume: 28.12M

Last Updated:

Sep 22, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

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Company Overview: meta platforms inc. - META

META Key Data

Open

$731.48

 Day Range

730.00 - 757.27

52 Week Range

520.26 - 770.60

 Market Cap

$1.70T

Shares Outstanding

2.55B

 Public Float

2.20B

Beta

1.24

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

25.08

 EPS

$26.89

Yield

28.33%

 Dividend

$0.53

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 21, 2026

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

20.79M

  

META Performance

1 Week
 
 10.64%
 
1 Month
 
 33.95%
 
3 Months
 
 33.87%
 
1 Year
 
 -0.96%
 
5 Years
 
 108.69%
 

META Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 66
Full Ratings ➔

About meta platforms inc. - META

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of social media applications. It builds technology that helps people connect and share, find communities, and grow businesses. It operates through the Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL) segments. The FoA segment consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and other services. The RL segment includes augmented, mixed and virtual reality related consumer hardware, software, and content. The company was founded by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris R. Hughes, Andrew McCollum, and Eduardo P. Saverin on February 4, 2004, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

META At a Glance

Meta Platforms, Inc.
1 Meta Way
Menlo Park, California 94025
Phone 1-650-543-4800 Revenue 200.97B
Industry Internet Software/Services Net Income 60.46B
Sector Technology Services 2025 Sales Growth 22.167%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 78,865
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META Valuation

P/E Current 25.701
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 28.103
Price to Sales Ratio 8.455
Price to Book Ratio 7.687
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.67
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 16.701
Enterprise Value to Sales 8.468
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.05

META Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 2,548,227.985
Income Per Employee 766,601.154
Receivables Turnover 10.166
Total Asset Turnover 0.626

META Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.599
Quick Ratio 2.599
Cash Ratio 1.97

META Profitability

Gross Margin 81.999
Operating Margin 41.438
Pretax Margin 42.759
Net Margin 30.084
Return on Assets 18.832
Return on Equity 30.238
Return on Total Capital 19.998
Return on Invested Capital 22.806

META Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 39.164
Total Debt to Total Capital 28.142
Total Debt to Total Assets 23.245
Long-Term Debt to Equity 38.004
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 27.308
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Annual Financials for Meta Platforms Inc. - META

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
116.61B 134.90B 164.50B 200.97B
Sales Growth
-1.12% +15.69% +21.94% +22.17%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
23.75B 26.01B 30.13B 36.17B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
8.69B 11.18B 15.50B 18.62B
Depreciation
8.50B 11.02B 15.29B 18.00B
Amortization of Intangibles
185.00M 161.00M 211.00M 615.00M
COGS Growth
+4.88% +9.48% +15.86% +20.06%
Gross Income
92.86B 108.90B 134.37B 164.79B
Gross Income Growth
-2.55% +17.28% +23.39% +22.64%
Gross Profit Margin
+79.63% +80.72% +81.68% +82.00%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
59.30B 58.69B 64.60B 81.52B
Research & Development
33.62B 36.49B 43.62B 57.37B
Other SG&A
25.68B 22.20B 20.98B 24.14B
SGA Growth
+22.20% -1.02% +10.07% +26.18%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- 4.61B 3.45B 389.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
28.94B 46.75B 69.38B 83.28B
Non Operating Income/Expense
35.00M 1.12B 2.00B 3.82B
Non-Operating Interest Income
436.00M 1.64B 2.52B 2.12B
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
160.00M 446.00M 715.00M 1.17B
Interest Expense Growth
- +178.75% +60.31% +62.94%
Gross Interest Expense
160.00M 446.00M 715.00M 1.17B
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
28.82B 47.43B 70.66B 85.93B
Pretax Income Growth
-39.05% +64.57% +48.99% +21.61%
Pretax Margin
+24.71% +35.16% +42.96% +42.76%
Income Tax
5.62B 8.33B 8.30B 25.47B
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
6.97B 5.51B 10.34B 3.56B
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
1.93B 2.69B 2.70B 3.15B
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(3.18B) 190.00M (4.75B) 18.77B
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(96.00M) (59.00M) 15.00M (19.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
23.20B 39.10B 62.36B 60.46B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
23.20B 39.10B 62.36B 60.46B
Net Income Growth
-41.07% +68.53% +59.50% -3.05%
Net Margin Growth
+19.90% +28.98% +37.91% +30.08%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
23.20B 39.10B 62.36B 60.46B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
23.20B 39.10B 62.36B 60.46B
EPS (Basic)
8.6342 15.1896 24.6093 23.9818
EPS (Basic) Growth
-38.26% +75.92% +62.01% -2.55%
Basic Shares Outstanding
2.69B 2.57B 2.53B 2.52B
EPS (Diluted)
8.5862 14.8718 23.8562 23.488
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-37.65% +73.21% +60.41% -1.54%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
2.70B 2.63B 2.61B 2.57B
EBITDA
42.24B 61.38B 85.27B 101.89B
EBITDA Growth
-22.81% +45.31% +38.91% +19.50%
EBITDA Margin
+36.22% +45.50% +51.83% +50.70%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 751.049
Number of Ratings 66 Current Quarters Estimate 6.738
FY Report Date 09 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 31.248
Last Quarter’s Earnings 6.18 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 23.49 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 33.758
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 43 46 59 58
Mean Estimate 6.74 8.21 31.25 33.76
High Estimates 7.57 9.09 33.65 40.31
Low Estimate 5.61 6.84 27.78 27.90
Coefficient of Variance 6.01 5.86 4.08 7.17

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 55 54 57
OVERWEIGHT 5 5 6
HOLD 6 7 6
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for Meta Platforms Inc. - META

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Aug 20, 2026 Aaron A. Anderson Chief Accounting Officer 10,392 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 69,409 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 19,607 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 16,077 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 13,582 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 264,516 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $589.85 per share 156,024,762.60
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 272,643 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 267,685 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 265,725 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Christopher K. Cox Chief Product Officer 263,046 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Aaron A. Anderson Chief Accounting Officer 9,729 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Dana White Director 1,095 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Dana White Director 1,504 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 John Douglas Arnold Director 1,004 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 John Douglas Arnold Director 3,329 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 John Jacob Philip Elkann Director 1,095 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 John Jacob Philip Elkann Director 1,445 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $589.85 per share 852,333.25
Aug 20, 2026 John Jacob Philip Elkann Director 1,453 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Aaron A. Anderson Chief Accounting Officer 10,061 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Aaron A. Anderson Chief Accounting Officer 10,727 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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