M

    Meta Platforms Inc. (META)

    Official site

    COMMUNICATION SERVICES • INTERNET CONTENT & INFORMATION • NASDAQ

    $665.60
    +17.57 (+2.71%)

    Market Cap: $1.70T

    Last updated: Sep 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM ET

    Earnings

    Performance (10Y)

    Beat Rate
    85%(34/40)
    Avg Surprise
    +9.48%

    Upcoming Estimates

    Period ending Sep 30, 2026
    EPS Consensus$6.53
    Range$3.13 - $7.64
    42 analysts
    EPS RevisionsNo revisions (7d)
    7
    33
    30d
    EPS Estimate Drift
    90d ago$7.04+7.8%
    60d ago$7.05+7.9%
    30d ago$6.76+3.6%
    7d ago$6.53-0.0%
    Current$6.53
    Revenue Consensus
    $63.3B
    Range$61.7B - $65.3B
    47 analysts
    Period ending Dec 31, 2026
    EPS Consensus$11.02
    Range$7.37 - $13.24
    54 analysts
    Revenue Consensus
    $75.0B
    Range$72.2B - $82.9B
    57 analysts
    PeriodReportedEst.SurpriseB/MYoY
    Dec 26EST
    -$11.02---
    Sep 26EST
    -$6.53---
    Jun 26
    Reported Jul 29
    $6.18$7.10-12.96%Miss-13.4%
    Mar 26
    Reported Apr 29
    $7.31$6.82+7.18%Beat+13.7%
    Dec 25
    Reported Jan 28
    $8.88$8.22+8.03%Beat+10.7%
    Sep 25
    Reported Oct 29
    $7.25$6.71+8.05%Beat+20.2%
    Jun 25
    Reported Jul 30
    $7.14$5.86+21.84%Beat+38.4%
    Mar 25
    Reported Apr 30
    $6.43$5.21+23.42%Beat+36.5%
    Dec 24
    Reported Jan 29
    $8.02$6.68+20.06%Beat+50.5%
    Sep 24
    Reported Oct 30
    $6.03$5.30+13.77%Beat+37.4%
    Jun 24
    Reported Jul 31
    $5.16$4.76+8.40%Beat+73.2%
    Mar 24
    Reported Apr 24
    $4.71$4.32+9.03%Beat+114.1%
    Dec 23
    Reported Feb 1
    $5.33$4.96+7.46%Beat+202.8%
    Sep 23
    Reported Oct 25
    $4.39$3.60+21.94%Beat+167.7%
    Jun 23
    Reported Jul 26
    $2.98$2.91+2.41%Beat+21.1%
    Mar 23
    Reported Apr 26
    $2.20$1.98+11.11%Beat-19.1%
    Dec 22
    Reported Feb 1
    $1.76$2.24-21.43%Miss-52.0%
    Sep 22
    Reported Oct 26
    $1.64$1.85-11.35%Miss-49.1%
    Jun 22
    Reported Jul 27
    $2.46$2.55-3.53%Miss-31.9%
    Mar 22
    Reported Apr 27
    $2.72$2.53+7.51%Beat-17.6%
    Dec 21
    Reported Feb 2
    $3.67$3.83-4.18%Miss-5.4%
    Sep 21
    Reported Oct 25
    $3.22$3.17+1.58%Beat+34.2%
    Jun 21
    Reported Jul 28
    $3.61$3.06+17.97%Beat+100.6%
    Mar 21
    Reported Apr 28
    $3.30$2.35+40.43%Beat+93.0%
    Dec 20
    Reported Jan 27
    $3.88$3.24+19.75%Beat+51.6%
    Sep 20
    Reported Oct 29
    $2.40$1.91+25.65%Beat+13.2%
    Jun 20
    Reported Jul 30
    $1.80$1.40+28.57%Beat-9.5%
    Mar 20
    Reported Apr 29
    $1.71$1.70+0.59%Beat+101.2%
    Dec 19
    Reported Jan 29
    $2.56$2.53+1.19%Beat+7.6%
    Sep 19
    Reported Oct 30
    $2.12$1.91+10.99%Beat+20.5%
    Jun 19
    Reported Jul 24
    $1.99$1.88+5.85%Beat+14.4%
    Mar 19
    Reported Apr 24
    $0.85$1.61-47.20%Miss-49.7%
    Dec 18
    Reported Jan 30
    $2.38$2.18+9.17%Beat+7.7%
    Sep 18
    Reported Oct 30
    $1.76$1.45+21.38%Beat+10.7%
    Jun 18
    Reported Jul 25
    $1.74$1.70+2.35%Beat+31.8%
    Mar 18
    Reported Apr 25
    $1.69$1.35+25.19%Beat+24.3%
    Dec 17
    Reported Jan 31
    $2.21$1.97+12.18%Beat+56.7%
    Sep 17
    Reported Nov 1
    $1.59$1.28+24.22%Beat+93.9%
    Jun 17
    Reported Jul 26
    $1.32$1.12+17.86%Beat-
    Mar 17
    Reported May 3
    $1.36$1.12+21.43%Beat-
    Dec 16
    Reported Feb 1
    $1.41$1.31+7.63%Beat-
    Sep 16
    Reported Nov 2
    $0.82$0.71+15.49%Beat-

    Dividends

    Dividend Metrics

    Yield0.32%
    Annual/Share$2.10
    Payout Ratio7.84%
    FrequencyQuarterly
    Pay MonthsMar, Jun, Sep, Dec
    View META's full dividend history

    Key Metrics

    Valuation
    P/E Ratio22.47EV/EBITDA14.90x
    Price/FCF41.31xFCF Yield2.42%
    Profitability
    Profit Margin29.80%Operating Margin34.80%
    ROE29.80%ROIC19.61%
    Financial Health
    Debt/Equity0.33xInterest CoverageN/A
    Current Ratio2.23xQuick Ratio2.23x
    Trading Statistics
    Beta1.24Avg Volume18.42M
    52-Week High$788.2252-Week Low$519.78

    Technical Indicators Dashboard

    Moving Averages

    SMA 10$619.64
    SMA 20$590.25
    SMA 50$602.56
    SMA 200$622.87
    EMA 10$626.60
    EMA 20$608.54
    EMA 50$599.86
    EMA 200$619.29

    MACD

    Line: 17.16Signal: 6.75Hist: 10.41

    ADX

    ADX: 20.2+DI: 32.9-DI: 13.3

    Aroon & PSAR

    Aroon Up100.0
    Aroon Down32.0
    PSAR$580.29

    Bollinger Bands

    Upper Band$667.54
    Lower Band$512.97
    %B Position2619%(Upper)
    Band Width0.99

    RSI (14-Day)

    Overbought
    70.8

    Momentum Oscillators

    Stoch %K89.2
    Stoch %D89.1
    Williams %R-2.7
    ROC (10d)15.2%
    Momentum87.58
    CCI (20d)146.7
    MFI (14d)75.7

    Volatility Measures

    ATR (14d)$21.31(3.2%)
    StdDev (20d)38.64
    Hist Vol37.5%(Moderate)

    Volume Flow

    VWAP$661.15
    OBV-34.6M
    AD Line-1.1B
    CMF (20d)-0.040

    Volume Metrics

    Avg Vol (20d)18.4M
    Vol Ratio1.0x
    VWMA (20d)$594.77

    Pivot Points

    R3$677.49
    R2$670.86
    R1$659.45
    Pivot Point$652.82
    S1$641.41
    S2$634.78
    S3$623.37

    Advanced Oscillators

    TSI22.06
    Ultimate Osc57.7
    KST35.35

    Financial Data

    QuarterJun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sep 2025Jun 2025Mar 2025Dec 2024Sep 2024Jun 2024Mar 2024Dec 2023Sep 2023
    Total Revenue$60.80B$56.31B$59.89B$51.24B$47.52B$42.31B$48.39B$40.59B$39.07B$36.45B$40.11B$34.15B
    Cost of Revenue$11.33B$10.22B$10.91B$9.21B$8.49B$7.57B$8.84B$7.38B$7.31B$6.64B$7.70B$6.21B
    Gross Profit$49.47B$46.09B$48.99B$42.04B$39.02B$34.74B$39.55B$33.21B$31.76B$29.82B$32.42B$27.94B
    Operating Expenses$30.70B$23.22B$24.24B$21.50B$18.58B$17.19B$16.18B$15.86B$16.92B$16.00B$16.03B$14.19B
    R&D$21.66B$17.70B$17.14B$15.14B$12.94B$12.15B$12.18B$11.18B$10.54B$9.98B$10.52B$9.24B
    SG&A$5.61B$2.61B$3.70B$3.51B$2.66B$2.28B$762.00M$1.86B$3.66B$3.46B$2.29B$2.07B
    Operating Income$18.77B$22.87B$24.75B$20.54B$20.44B$17.55B$23.36B$17.35B$14.85B$13.82B$16.38B$13.75B
    Interest Income$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
    Interest Expense$19.00M$1.12B$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
    Income Before Tax$18.76B$21.75B$25.35B$21.66B$20.53B$18.38B$23.55B$17.82B$15.11B$14.18B$16.81B$14.02B
    Income Tax Expense$2.91B$-5,021,000,000$2.58B$18.95B$2.20B$1.74B$2.71B$2.13B$1.64B$1.81B$2.79B$2.44B
    Net Income$15.85B$26.77B$22.77B$2.71B$18.34B$16.64B$20.84B$15.69B$13.46B$12.37B$14.02B$11.58B
    EBITDA$25.11B$27.75B$30.76B$26.63B$24.88B$22.28B$28.01B$21.85B$18.74B$17.56B$19.98B$16.88B
    EBIT$18.76B$21.75B$25.35B$21.66B$20.53B$18.38B$23.55B$17.82B$15.11B$14.18B$16.81B$14.02B
    * Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

    Related GNG Research

    The $279 Billion Tell: The AI Trade Just Got A Lot Harder

    Prices now pay for the magnitude and duration of AI, not correctness, so small errors in timing or sizing can produce severe losses Nvidia 2Q27 revenue $96.2B (+106% YoY), Data Center $89B (+117%), hyperscale $48.7B (+102%), AI clouds $40.3B (+138%), FY28 guide ~70%, 3Q27 $108B Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta spent $170B in the June quarter and guide ~$720-745B for 2026, AWS backlog $496B, Google Cloud backlog $514B, Amazon CapEx ~$220B A meaningful portion of hyperscaler CapEx buys higher-priced memory not more capacity - Amazon added ~$20B for memory, Micron stopped forecasting bit demand, signaling physical stagflation Nvidia supply commitments rose $119B to $279B, total commitments $366B, $92B hits FY27 remainder, $87B FY28, $88B FY29; guarantees include $3.5B and a 4.25GW 20-year lease

    Unknown Author
    9/4/26
    251
    Artificial Intelligence
    Also mentions:
    NVDA
    FIX
    MSFT
    AMZN
    GOOGL

    Nebius: $33.6 Billion in Orders and a Yard Still Under Construction

    Nebius reports $33.585B of remaining performance obligations as of Mar 31, versus the $46B headline; shares fell 15% on July 24 to close $187.77, highlighting execution risk between contracts and capacity delivery Anchor contracts: Microsoft ~ $17.4B (options toward ~$19.4B) and Meta committed $12B, with up to $15B optional - stripping Meta optional capacity leaves roughly $29B of firm hyperscaler commitments Conversion profile concentrates risk - 29% of the $33.59B RPO expected within 24 months, 39% in months 25-48; Nebius has >3.5GW contracted, a >4GW year-end target, and connected power guided to 800MW-1GW by end-2026 Q1 cash dynamics: OCF $2.258B, capex $2.473B, deferred revenue +$3.198B - underlying OCF ~-$940M pre-capex and economic cash consumption ~-$3.4B; closed $775M secured facility at SOFR+2.50% maturing 2030 Valuation vs solvency mismatch - trading ~66x trailing sales versus peers, yet net cash ~$848M (cash $9.30B, debt $8.45B), Altman Z 3.25 and GNG Quant Score 72.0, implying high multiple priced for flawless execution

    Unknown Author
    7/28/26
    158
    AI Infrastructure
    Also mentions:
    CRWV
    MSFT
    META
    NVDA

    Big Tech's $725 Billion AI Bet Isn't The Risk - It's The Moat

    Exponential AI token demand meets linear supply, creating persistent scarcity and pricing power - Goldman models token consumption rising 24x as autonomous agents run continuously Real-economy adoption is accelerating, Dylan Patel’s firm scaled enterprise API spend from $100k to ~$11M annualized, and customers are cutting legacy software to fund AI FCF margins compressed 8-11pp - MSFT 33%->23%, GOOGL 26%->15%, META 33%->22%, AMZN ~0% - operating margins MSFT 46%, GOOGL 36%, META >40%, AMZN 13%, ROICs 27/29/23/16 Capital intensity is now a moat, securing compute costs ~$200B/year and only 4-5 firms can self-fund ~$190B annual CapEx; hyperscaler RPO backlog $2.1T, growing 185% YoY Buildout funded from internal cash not debt - net debt MSFT $8B, GOOGL $39B, AMZN $17B, META $38B, interest coverage 29x-140x; primary risk is backlog concentration, ~50% tied to OpenAI/Anthropic

    Unknown Author
    7/13/26
    291
    Also mentions:
    NVDA
    MSFT
    GOOGL
    META
    AMZN

    Meta Is Spending Like a Cloud Provider. It Might Start Earning Like One.

    Bloomberg reports Meta is building a cloud to sell excess AI compute - if confirmed, the $125-145B 2026 capex shifts from 'dead money' to potential revenue-generating capacity and option value Core ad franchise remains high quality - trailing revenue ~$215B, gross margin ~82%, operating margin ~41%; March quarter revenue $56.3B (+33%), ad impressions +19%, price per ad +12% AI spend is already boosting ads - 8M advertisers use generative tools, video generation tests showed >3% conversion lift, value optimization suite now >$20B ARR after doubling year over year Valuation and balance sheet look supportive - shares $583 vs blended fair $750 (~29% upside) and GNG fair $845, forward P/E ~19-20x, PEG <1, Altman Z ~8, net debt/EBITDA ~0.3x, >$80B cash Principal risks to monitor - OCF $32.2B vs FCF $12.4B as capex and leases ~ $19.8B, trailing FCF down ~8% YoY; watch quarterly FCF < ~$10B, further capex raises, and cloud execution or delay

    Unknown Author
    7/7/26
    97
    AI Infrastructure
    hyperscalers
    Also mentions:
    GOOGL
    AMZN
    MSFT

    Why We Bought 30% More MercardoLibre & Own The Future Update

    Mercado Libre just reported 49% sales growth and a big investment push and the market punished it with a 12% selloff. ZEUS bought 30% more MELI. Operating cash flow per share growth of 101% confirms management's claims that they are choosing to keep margins low to become the dominant retailer/financial company in Latin America. 36% EPS growth consensus and 40% CAGR operating cash flow growth means that MELI is around 60% undervalued (65% based on PEGY). Fattest Pitch I know. 65% CAGR return potential through 2029 and 101% return potential justified by fundamentals by end of 2026. AI spending? The estimates for hyperscalers are up another $1.1 trillion this quarter, that's $2.6 trillion increase (5 year) over 3 quarters up to $5.7 trillion over next 5 years. Total growth spending is $8.5 trillion over the next 5 years which is equal to the growth spending of the US, EU and China...combined (on average) each year. By 5 hyperscalers. FCF/share growth is now expected to be 18% for the S&P and 20% for the Nasdaq, 3X and 2X historical norms. S&P is 20% undervalued on PEGY and Nasdaq 25%. The backlog for cloud computing at hyperscalers is $2.1 trillion and growing at 143% (up from 95% last quarter). Profits can grow to the sky as long as demand grows faster than supply😉

    Unknown Author
    5/8/26
    675
    Also mentions:
    MSFT
    AMZN
    GOOGL
    ORCL
    META

    News

    Frequently Asked Questions About META

    What is META's current dividend yield?
    Meta Platforms Inc. (META) has a current dividend yield of 0.32%.
    Does META pay dividends?
    Yes, Meta Platforms Inc. pays dividends with a current yield of 0.32%.
    What is META's P/E ratio?
    Meta Platforms Inc. has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.47.
    What is META's market cap?
    Meta Platforms Inc. (META) has a market capitalization of $1.70T with a current stock price of $665.60.

    Get full access to GNG Research

    Create a free account to access portfolio tracking, advanced tools, and more.