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META trades against a final fair-value range of $585.59-$1,006.45, with the midpoint set by the accepted valuation synthesis rather than earlier draft model outputs. Fair value range: low $586, high $1006, with mid-point at $797.
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META META fair value $586–$1,006

META
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Analyzed: 2026-05-08Next update: 2026-08-08Methodology v2.5Review: automatedArchetype: Growth infrastructure
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Last price
$616.81
▲ +179.76 (+29.14%)
Fair value
$797
$586–$1006
Rating
Strong Buy
confidence 88/100
Upside
+29.1%
upside to fair value
Margin of Safety
$677.08
MoS level · 15%
Market Cap
$1.57T
P/E fwd 17.0

§1 Executive summary

  • Composite fair value $797 with high case $1,006.
  • Implied upside of 29.1% to fair value.
  • Moat 9/10 · confidence 88/100 · Growth infrastructure.
  • Trades below fair value with a meaningful cushion to the midpoint.
Fair value
$797
Margin of safety
+22.6%
Confidence
88/100
Moat
9/10

Educational analysis only — not financial advice. Always do your own due diligence.

$616.81Price
Low $585.59
Mid $796.57
High $1,006.45

META trades against a final fair-value range of $585.59-$1,006.45, with the midpoint set by the accepted valuation synthesis rather than earlier draft model outputs.

  • Network effects across billions of
    Network effects across billions of daily active users.
  • Unmatched user data enabling superior
    Unmatched user data enabling superior ad targeting.
  • Bull thesis
    The $796 composite successfully isolates the core ad moat from the near-term capex distortion.

§2 Bear case

A sudden macro advertising recession colliding with peak AI infrastructure commitments forces free cash flowFree cash flowOperating cash flow minus capital expenditures. The cash a business generates after maintaining and growing its asset base — the closest accounting proxy for owner-economics. generation into severe contraction, threatening capital return policies.

Ways this thesis can break

AI Capex Failure

Low-Medium· Low

Massive AI infrastructure capex fails to generate commensurate revenue returns, permanently depressing ROIC.

FV impact
Reduces fair value to $585.59 (Bear Case).

TikTok Engagement Erosion

· Medium

Intensifying competition from short-form video erodes core Family of Apps engagement and ad pricing.

FV impact
-20% to base fair value.

Reality Labs Perpetual Sink

Medium-High· Low

Reality Labs fails to reach commercial viability, acting as a permanent and expanding multi-billion dollar capital sink.

FV impact
-15% to base fair value.
Early-warning signals to monitor
MetricCurrentTrigger threshold
Capex-to-revenue structurally exceeding 35% without ad yield expansion.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Consecutive quarters of declining daily active users.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Reality Labs operating losses accelerating past $25B annually.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Deteriorating return on ad spend (ROAS) for advertisers.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Failure to maintain leadership in open-source AI foundations.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis

§3 Financial history

Income statement — last six periods
Line itemT−0T−1T−2T−3T−4CAGR
Period2021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31Trend
Revenue—$116.61B$134.90B$164.50B$200.97B+14.6%
Gross profit—$91.36B$108.94B$134.34B$164.79B+15.9%
Operating income—$28.94B$46.75B$69.38B$83.28B+30.2%
Net income—$23.20B$39.10B$62.36B$60.46B+27.1%
EPS (diluted)$13.77$8.59$14.87$23.86—+14.7%
EBITDA—$37.69B$59.05B$86.88B$105.71B+29.4%
R&D—$35.34B$38.48B$43.87B$57.37B+12.9%
SG&A—$27.08B$23.71B$21.09B$24.14B-2.8%

Quality scores

Piotroski F-score
5 / 9
0–9 quality composite
Altman Z-score
8.96
Bankruptcy risk (>3 safe)
Beneish M-score
-3.01
Earnings manipulation risk
OCF / Net income
1.92×
>1 indicates high earnings quality
Accounting quality gate
Pass
Sector-adjusted gate
ROIC
19.9%
Return on invested capital
§3

Numbers analysis

Cash flow

Cash-flow quality is reflected in the OCFOperating cash flowCash generated from the company's core operations after working-capital changes but before capital expenditures. The first line of the cash-flow statement. / net incomeNet IncomeNet Income is an income-statement line item used to reconcile revenue to operating profit, pre-tax income, net income, or per-share earnings. It should be compared across periods and against peer disclosure conventions., accounting-quality, and ROICROICReturn on invested capital. Operating profit (after tax) divided by invested capital. The single best gauge of capital-efficiency. Spread over WACC = economic value created. rows above.

Capital allocation

Capital allocation should be evaluated against reinvestment needs, balance-sheet strength, and shareholder returns.

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META — frequently asked questions

  1. Based on our latest analysis, META looks meaningfully undervalued. The current price is $617 versus a composite fair-value midpoint of $797 (range $586–$1006), which implies roughly 29.1% upside to the midpoint.

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