META Stock Analysis: Meta Platforms | NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.652.949m USD | 12M Return: -15.7% | US30303M1027 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 13.1B
EPS Trend: 93.4%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 99.7%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
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No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) is a technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California, operating through two main segments: Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Threads, and Meta AI, serving as the core of its social media and messaging ecosystem. The RL segment focuses on virtual and augmented reality hardware and software, including Meta Quest devices, AI-powered eyewear such as Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses, the Meta Ray-Ban Display, and the Meta Neural Band, a wrist-worn electromyography controller. The company maintains collaborations with major technology firms including Microsoft, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, and OpenAI. Originally incorporated in 2004 as Facebook, Inc., it rebranded to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021.
The company operates within the Communication Services sector under the Interactive Media & Services sub-industry, and its business model is primarily driven by advertising revenue generated across its large global user base on Family of Apps platforms, while Reality Labs represents its longer-term investment in immersive computing and AI-enabled hardware.
- Reels monetization drives double-digit ad revenue growth
- AI capex surge pressures Metas near-term operating margins
- Reality Labs losses persist despite Ray-Ban Meta traction
| Net Income: 75.2b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -8.77 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 23.55% < 20% (prev 19.09%; Δ 4.46% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.28 > 3% & CFO 133b > Net Income 75.2b |
| Net Debt (58.3b) to EBITDA (98.0b): 0.59 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.90 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (2.57b) vs 12m ago 0.04% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 81.03% > 18% (prev 82.00%; Δ -0.96% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 61.74% > 50% (prev 62.35%; Δ -0.61% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 38.42 > 6 (EBIT TTM 79.4b / Interest Expense TTM 2.07b) |
| A: 0.12 (Total Current Assets 120b - Total Current Liabilities 63.0b) / Total Assets 479b |
| B: 0.35 (Retained Earnings 165b / Total Assets 479b) |
| C: 0.20 (EBIT TTM 79.4b / Avg Total Assets 391b) |
| D: 1.32 (Book Value of Equity 272b / Total Liabilities 206b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 4.65 = AA |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 22.7b/17.3b, Revenue 242b/189b) |
| GMI: 1.01 (GM 82.00% / 81.03%) |
| AQI: 0.95 (AQ_t 0.17 / AQ_t-1 0.17) |
| SGI: 1.28 (Revenue 242b / 189b) |
| TATA: -0.12 (NI 75.2b - CFO 133b) / TA 479b) |
| Beneish M = -2.84 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of October 27, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 630.56 with a total of 30,913,594 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -10.61%, over one month by -11.89%, over three months by +6.26% and over the past year by -15.73%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 599.30 (which is 5% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Meta Platforms has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.59. Therefore, it is recommended to buy META.
- StrongBuy: 47
- Buy: 8
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 843.5 | 33.8% |
P/E Trailing = 22.1375
P/E Forward = 22.0751
P/S = 7.2419
P/B = 7.2567
P/EG = 0.9846
Revenue TTM = 242b USD
EBIT TTM = 79.4b USD
EBITDA TTM = 98.0b USD
Long Term Debt = 58.7b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 2.52b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 141b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 28.7b
Net Debt = 58.3b USD (calculated: Debt 141b - CCE 82.4b)
Enterprise Value = 1711b USD (1653b + Debt 141b - CCE 82.4b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 38.42 (Ebit TTM 79.4b / Interest Expense TTM 2.07b)
EV/FCF = 59.73x (Enterprise Value 1711b / FCF TTM 28.6b)
FCF Yield = 1.67% (FCF TTM 28.6b / Enterprise Value 1711b)
FCF Margin = 11.86% (FCF TTM 28.6b / Revenue TTM 242b)
Net Margin = 31.15% (Net Income TTM 75.2b / Revenue TTM 242b)
Gross Margin = 81.03% ((Revenue TTM 242b - Cost of Revenue TTM 45.8b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 79.31% (prev 81.37%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 3.57 (Enterprise Value 1711b / Total Assets 479b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.47% (Interest Expense 2.07b / Debt 141b)
Taxrate = 4.58% (3.61b / 78.9b)
NOPAT = 75.7b (EBIT 79.4b * (1 - 4.58%))
Current Ratio = 1.90 (Total Current Assets 120b / Total Current Liabilities 63.0b)
Debt / Equity = 0.52 (Debt 141b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 272b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.59 (Net Debt 58.3b / EBITDA 98.0b)
Debt / FCF = 2.03 (Net Debt 58.3b / FCF TTM 28.6b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 249b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 19.23% (Net Income 75.2b / Total Assets 479b)
RoE = 30.27% (Net Income TTM 75.2b / Total Stockholder Equity 249b)
RoCE = 25.82% (EBIT 79.4b / Capital Employed (Equity 249b + L.T.Debt 58.7b))
RoIC = 18.64% (NOPAT 75.7b / Invested Capital 406b)
WACC = 9.76% (E(1653b)/V(1794b) * Re(10.47%) + D(141b)/V(1794b) * Rd(1.47%) * (1-Tc(0.05)))
Discount Rate = 10.47% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -85.06 | Cagr: -0.63%
[DCF] Terminal Value 68.02% ; FCFF base≈35.1b ; Y1≈30.8b ; Y5≈24.9b
[DCF] Fair Price = 120.7 (EV 324b - Net Debt 58.3b = Equity 266b / Shares 2.21b; r=9.76% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 93.36 | EPS CAGR: 28.32% | SUE: 1.21 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 99.73 | Revenue CAGR: 23.16% | SUE: 1.53 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2027-03-31): EPS=7.62 | Chg30d=-1.67% | Revisions=+44% | Analysts=29
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=29.24 | Chg30d=-6.51% | Revisions=-15% | GrowthEPS=+24.5% | GrowthRev=+27.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=33.92 | Chg30d=+0.14% | Revisions=+31% | GrowthEPS=+16.0% | GrowthRev=+21.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +21% (up=16, down=10)