What is the latest published META stock rating?

Meta Platforms Inc. is shown with Buy in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-08-18. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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What fair value is used for META?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-08-18 gives META a fair value of USD 686 and a potential value of USD 974. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

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Meta Platforms Inc. (META)

NASDAQ: META · USD

$612

-8.00 (-1.3%)· Recorded snapshot

StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-08-18

Our latest published analysis: META rated Buy

Meta Platforms Inc.'s published Buy conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$686 / share

Potential value

$974 / share

Upside to FV

+20.6%

from $612

Moat

8.5/10

Unassessed

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9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$1.45T

Revenue (ttm)	241.6B

Net income (ttm)	75.2B

EPS (ttm)	$29.3

Shares out	2.6B

P/E (trailing)	20.9x

P/E (forward)	16.3x

Dividend	$2.10 (0.34%)

Volume	26,795,675

Beta	1.19

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 241.6B
Net income (ttm): 75.2B
EPS (ttm): $29.3
P/E (trailing): 20.9x
P/E (forward): 16.3x
Market cap: $1.45T

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$117.93B	$116.61B	$134.90B	$164.50B	$200.97B	+14.3%
Gross profit	$95.28B	$91.36B	$108.94B	$134.34B	$164.79B	+14.7%
Operating income	$46.75B	$28.94B	$46.75B	$69.38B	$83.28B	+15.5%
Net income	$39.37B	$23.20B	$39.10B	$62.36B	$60.46B	+11.3%
EPS (diluted)	$13.77	$8.59	$14.87	$23.86	$23.49	+14.3%
EBITDA	$54.72B	$37.69B	$59.05B	$86.88B	$105.71B	+17.9%
R&D	$24.66B	$35.34B	$38.48B	$43.87B	$57.37B	+23.5%
SG&A	—	$27.08B	$23.71B	$21.09B	$24.14B	-3.8%

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Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

The highlighted base cell exactly reruns each positively weighted calculated model at its published base assumptions and sums the weighted contributions ($686.07).

Ke ↓ / g →	2.0%	2.5%	3.0%	3.5%	4.0%
8.5%	$833	$866	$906	$953	$1,011
9.5%	$731	$753	$779	$810	$845
10.5%	$652	$668	$686	$706	$730
11.5%	$590	$601	$614	$629	$645
12.5%	$539	$548	$557	$567	$579

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Valuation7.5

Management8.9

Balance Sheet7.5

Profitability8.5

Revenue Growth7.5

Risk Assessment7.0

Competitive Moat8.5

Earnings Quality6.0

Capital Efficiency7.5

Weighted composite

7.7/10

High quality

Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	7.5
Management	8.9
Balance Sheet	7.5
Profitability	8.5
Revenue Growth	7.5
Risk Assessment	7.0
Competitive Moat	8.5
Earnings Quality	6.0
Capital Efficiency	7.5

All META indicators

Market & fundamental data

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Showing 285 of 285 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001326801
Company name	Meta Platforms, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	30303M102
Earnings date	2026-10-21
Earnings time	amc
Employees	75,472
Employees change	-473
Employees growth	-0.62%
Enterprise value	$1.6T
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2004
In index	SP500, NASDAQ100
Industry	Internet Content & Information
IPO date	2012-05-18
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US30303M1027
Last 10-K release date	2026-01-29
Last earnings date	2026-10-21
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$1.6T
Market cap category	Mega-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-01-27
Options	Yes
Price	$612.18
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	7370
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	META
Tags	metaverse, social-media, virtual-reality, artificial-intelligence +3 more
U.S. state	California
Website	https://www.meta.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	20.56x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	25.54x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	24.83x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	23.07x
Earnings yield	4.79%
EV/Earnings	21.19x
EV/EBIT	17.47x
EV/EBITDA	13.72x
EV/FCF	55.66x
EV/Sales	6.6x
FCF / EV yield	1.8%
FCF yield	1.83%
Forward EV/Sales	5.39x
Forward P/E	18.58x
Forward P/S	5.28x
Graham number	265.16905
Graham upside	-56.61%
Industry forward P/E	21.76x
Industry P/E	18.04x
Lynch fair value	$390.03
Lynch upside	-36.17%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	915.65x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	14.72x
P/B ratio	5.82x
P/E ratio	20.88x
P/FCF ratio	54.53x
P/OCF ratio	11.74x
P/S ratio	6.47x
PEG ratio	0.98x
Price / tangible book value	6.27x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.44x
Sector forward P/E	18.4x
Sector P/E	19.11x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	37.78%
EBITDA margin	48.09%
Effective tax rate	4.58%
FCF margin	11.86%
Gross margin	81.03%
Operating margin	37.78%
Pretax margin	32.64%
Profit margin	31.15%
Profit per employee	$997,045
Profitable quarters	56
Profitable years	17
Revenue per employee	$3.2M
ROA	14.58%
ROA (5Y)	15.46%
ROCE	21.95%
ROE	32.26%
ROE (5Y)	29.01%
ROIC	29.62%
ROIC (5Y)	36.18%
SBC / revenue	11.15%
Tax / revenue	1.5%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	29.57%
EPS growth (Q)	264.76%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-38.03%
EPS growth 10Y	26.36%
EPS growth 3Y	37.39%
EPS growth 5Y	15.98%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	-36.11%
FCF growth 3Y	-8.76%
FCF growth 5Y	-4.31%
Gross profit growth	26.03%
Gross profit growth (Q)	21.88%
Gross profit growth 3Y	24.39%
Gross profit growth 5Y	16.61%
Net income growth	28.57%
Net income growth (Q)	263.97%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-37.78%
Net income growth 3Y	36.27%
Net income growth 5Y	13.3%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	23.72%
OCF growth (Q)	9.29%
OCF growth (QoQ)	2.9%
OCF growth 10Y	23.81%
OCF growth 3Y	26.2%
OCF growth 5Y	19.94%
Operating income growth	11.45%
Operating income growth (Q)	11.41%
Operating income growth 3Y	28.99%
Operating income growth 5Y	14.22%
Revenue growth	27.52%
Revenue growth (Q)	26.07%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	6.25%
Revenue growth 10Y	25.63%
Revenue growth 3Y	23.92%
Revenue growth 5Y	16.55%
Revenue growth quarters	15
Revenue growth years	3

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-104.4B
Depreciation and amortization	$24.9B
EBIT	$91.3B
EBITDA	$116.2B
EPS	$29.33
FCF per share	$11.21
Financing cash flow	$27.8B
Free cash flow	$28.6B
Free cash flow minus SBC	$1.7B
Gross profit	$195.8B
Income taxes	$3.6B
Investing cash flow	$-148.5B
Net borrowing	$51.3B
Net cash flow	$12.4B
Net income	$75.2B
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$106.1B
Operating income	$91.3B
Revenue	$241.6B
Stock-based compensation	$26.9B

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	6.44
Book value per share	$106.57
Debt / EBITDA	0.95
Debt / equity	0.42
Debt / FCF	4.01
Goodwill	$23.4B
Interest coverage	32.85
Long-term assets	$358.9B
Long-term liabilities	$143.4B
Net cash (debt)	$-32.4B
Net cash / market cap	-2.07%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.28
Net debt / equity	0.12
Net debt / FCF	1.13
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	$279.8B
Shareholders' equity	$272.4B
Tangible book value	$249B
Tangible book value per share	$97.40
Total assets	$478.8B
Total cash	$82.4B
Total debt	$114.8B
Total liabilities	$206.5B
WACC	10.19%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.62
Current assets	$119.9B
Current liabilities	$63B
Current ratio	1.9
Net working capital	$-20.3B
Quick ratio	1.67
Working capital	$56.9B
Working capital turnover	5.19

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.76%
Dividend growth	1.2%
Dividend growth years	1
Dividend payment date	2026-09-28
Dividend payment years	3
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.10
Dividend yield	0.34%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-21
FCF payout ratio	18.74%
Last dividend	$0.53
Payout ratio	7.16%
Shareholder yield	1.11%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	372.03%
10Y return CAGR	16.9%
10Y total return	376.55%
150-day SMA	$627.17
1D price change	-1.29%
1M price change	-18.56%
1M total return	-18.56%
1W price change	-12.23%
1W total return	-12.23%
1Y price change	-18.47%
1Y return CAGR	-18.2%
1Y total return	-18.19%
20-day SMA	$701.82
200-day SMA	$632.14
3M price change	3.08%
3M total return	3.17%
3Y price change	106.31%
3Y return CAGR	27.7%
3Y total return	108.29%
50-day SMA	$667.02
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$779.82
52-week high date	2026-09-24
52-week low	$520.26
52-week low date	2026-03-27
5Y price change	96.07%
5Y return CAGR	14.64%
5Y total return	97.95%
6M price change	-9.79%
6M total return	-9.64%
After-hours change	0.13%
After-hours close	$612.18
After-hours price	$613.00
All-time high	$796.25
All-time high date	2025-08-15
All-time low	$17.55
All-time low date	2012-09-04
Average true range (ATR)	$23.96
Average volume	21.1M
Beta (1Y)	2.21
Beta (2Y)	1.65
Beta (5Y)	1.19
Change from 52-week high	-21.5%
Change from 52-week low	17.67%
Change from all-time high	-23.12%
Change from all-time low	3,388.21%
Change from open	-1.56%
Day's gap	0.27%
Dollar volume	$16.4B
High price	$624.39
Low price	$609.00
Monthly RSI	51.33
Open price	$621.85
Position in 52-week range	20.66%
Premarket change	0.48%
Premarket close	$620.19
Premarket price	$623.18
Premarket volume	533K
Previous close	$620.19
Price vs 150-day SMA	-2.39%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-12.77%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-3.16%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-8.22%
Relative volume	1.27
RSI	30.62
Sharpe ratio	-0.35
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.67
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.4
Sortino ratio	-0.37
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.21
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.71
Volume	26.8M
Weekly RSI	46.54
YTD price change	-7.26%
YTD total return	-7.02%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	2.2B
Float percentage	86.5%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.27%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.76%
Shares held by insiders	13.37%
Shares held by institutions	67.67%
Shares outstanding	2.6B
Short % of float	1.52%
Short % of shares	1.31%
Short ratio	1.4 days

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings.

Metric	Value
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Meta Platforms Inc. (META)

Our latest published analysis: META rated Buy

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · META

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Base and Bull scenarios

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Scorecard

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All META indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

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