META Stock Analysis: Meta Platforms | NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.373.182m USD | 12M Return: -28.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 10.7B
EPS Trend: 94.0%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 99.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 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 global technology company that builds products enabling people to connect and share across mobile devices, personal computers, VR headsets, and AI glasses. The company operates through two main segments: Family of Apps (FoA), which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, WhatsApp, and the Meta AI assistant; and Reality Labs (RL), which focuses on virtual and augmented reality hardware, software, and content, including the Meta Quest line of VR devices and AI-powered eyewear such as Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses.
Within the Communication Services sector, Meta sits in the Interactive Media & Services sub-industry, where its core business model has historically been built on advertising revenue generated across its large social platforms. The Reality Labs segment represents a separate, more capital-intensive effort tied to the development of metaverse and wearable computing technologies.
The company was incorporated in 2004 as Facebook, Inc. and rebranded as Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. It is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and reports collaborations with major technology partners including Microsoft, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, and OpenAI.
- Ad revenue accelerates on Instagram Reels and WhatsApp monetization
- Reality Labs losses persist weighing on operating margins
- AI infrastructure capex pressures free cash flow near term
| Net Income: 68.1b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -7.90 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 30.27% < 20% (prev 20.31%; Δ 9.97% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.29 > 3% & CFO 130b > Net Income 68.1b |
| Net Debt (50.1b) to EBITDA (106b): 0.47 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.23 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (2.57b) vs 12m ago -0.16% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 81.75% > 18% (prev 81.95%; Δ -0.20% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 61.30% > 50% (prev 60.66%; Δ 0.64% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 74.62 > 6 (EBIT TTM 86.9b / Interest Expense TTM 1.17b) |
| A: 0.15 (Total Current Assets 125b - Total Current Liabilities 56.4b) / Total Assets 450b |
| B: 0.35 (Retained Earnings 158b / Total Assets 450b) |
| C: 0.23 (EBIT TTM 86.9b / Avg Total Assets 372b) |
| D: 1.38 (Book Value of Equity 261b / Total Liabilities 189b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 5.17 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 21.8b/16.6b, Revenue 228b/179b) |
| GMI: 1.00 (GM 81.95% / 81.75%) |
| AQI: 0.84 (AQ_t 0.17 / AQ_t-1 0.20) |
| SGI: 1.28 (Revenue 228b / 179b) |
| TATA: -0.14 (NI 68.1b - CFO 130b) / TA 450b) |
| Beneish M = -2.91 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 03, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 556.71 with a total of 24,155,637 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -6.47%, over one month by -4.49%, over three months by -8.71% and over the past year by -28.06%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 525.10 (which is 5.7% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Meta Platforms has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.54. Therefore, it is recommended to buy META.
- StrongBuy: 47
- Buy: 13
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 2
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 824.7 | 48.1% |
P/E Trailing = 22.0733
P/E Forward = 18.797
P/S = 6.388
P/B = 5.6907
P/EG = 0.8543
Revenue TTM = 228b USD
EBIT TTM = 86.9b USD
EBITDA TTM = 106b USD
Long Term Debt = 58.7b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 2.42b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 140b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 28.0b
Net Debt = 50.1b USD (calculated: Debt 140b - CCE 90.3b)
Enterprise Value = 1423b USD (1373b + Debt 140b - CCE 90.3b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 74.62 (Ebit TTM 86.9b / Interest Expense TTM 1.17b)
EV/FCF = 34.73x (Enterprise Value 1423b / FCF TTM 41.0b)
FCF Yield = 2.88% (FCF TTM 41.0b / Enterprise Value 1423b)
FCF Margin = 17.95% (FCF TTM 41.0b / Revenue TTM 228b)
Net Margin = 29.84% (Net Income TTM 68.1b / Revenue TTM 228b)
Gross Margin = 81.75% ((Revenue TTM 228b - Cost of Revenue TTM 41.7b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 81.37% (prev 81.85%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 3.16 (Enterprise Value 1423b / Total Assets 450b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.83% (Interest Expense 1.17b / Debt 140b)
Taxrate = 22.20% (19.4b / 87.5b)
NOPAT = 67.6b (EBIT 86.9b * (1 - 22.20%))
Current Ratio = 2.23 (Total Current Assets 125b / Total Current Liabilities 56.4b)
Debt / Equity = 0.54 (Debt 140b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 261b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.47 (Net Debt 50.1b / EBITDA 106b)
Debt / FCF = 1.22 (Net Debt 50.1b / FCF TTM 41.0b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 229b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 18.29% (Net Income 68.1b / Total Assets 450b)
RoE = 29.73% (Net Income TTM 68.1b / Total Stockholder Equity 229b)
RoCE = 30.20% (EBIT 86.9b / Capital Employed (Equity 229b + L.T.Debt 58.7b))
RoIC = 17.59% (NOPAT 67.6b / Invested Capital 385b)
WACC = 10.34% (E(1373b)/V(1514b) * Re(11.33%) + D(140b)/V(1514b) * Rd(0.83%) * (1-Tc(0.22)))
Discount Rate = 11.33% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -92.54 | Cagr: -1.01%
[DCF] Terminal Value 66.05% ; FCFF base≈44.6b ; Y1≈39.1b ; Y5≈31.6b
[DCF] Fair Price = 150.9 (EV 383b - Net Debt 50.1b = Equity 333b / Shares 2.21b; r=10.34% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 93.98 | EPS CAGR: 39.05% | SUE: -2.39 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 99.79 | Revenue CAGR: 22.75% | SUE: 0.68 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=7.05 | Chg30d=+0.05% | Revisions=-34% | Analysts=45
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=33.05 | Chg30d=+0.53% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+40.7% | GrowthRev=+26.1%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=35.10 | Chg30d=+0.50% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+6.2% | GrowthRev=+20.0%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -20% (up=16, down=25)