Stock Evaluator: Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

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Meta Platforms, Inc. META

$556.71 17.68 3.28%
July 31, 2026 4:00:00 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 24,199,872
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NASD | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Communication Services Interactive Media & Services

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality (VR) headsets, and AI glasses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment offers Facebook, which enables people to build community through feed, reels, stories, groups, marketplace, and other; Instagram that brings people closer through Instagram feed, stories, reels, live, and messaging; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; Meta AI, an assistant that's available across apps, as a stand-alone app, on AI glasses, and on the web; Threads, an application for text-based updates and public conversations; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact. The RL segment provides virtual and augmented reality products, including consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, as well as Meta Quest devices that enable social experiences across gaming, fitness, entertainment, and more. The segment also includes wearables such as AI glasses like Ray Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses; and the Meta Ray Ban Display, which combines AI glasses with an integrated lens display and the Meta Neural Band, a wrist worn device using electromyography that lets people control their AI glasses through neuromuscular signals. Meta Platforms, Inc. has a collaboration with Microsoft Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Broadcom Inc., and OpenAI, L.L.C. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics META Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $1,418,222.2 $659.1 100%
Shares Out (Mil) 2,566.0 51.2 98%
Institutional Ownership 83.3% 50.6% 52%
Float (Mil) 2,192.7 47.9 96%
Beta 1.25 1.07 73%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 16,928 356 98%
Price Change
(52-week)
(19.9%) 54.6% 31%
Growth META Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 18.5% 11.0% 79%
Net Income (5yr) 15.7% 13.9% 65%
EPS (5yr) 18.4% 15.2% 65
Dividends (5yr) 0.0% 0.0% 90%
Cash Flow (5yr) (40.4%) (16.5%) 11%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 10 12 15
Current EPS $7.058 $30.918 $35.558
Month Ago EPS $7.386 $31.763 $36.321
# Rev Up 0 1 0
# Rev Down 0 1 1
Three Months Ago EPS $7.376 $30.897 $36.559
Year/Year Chg 14.2% 31.6% 80.3%
Financials META Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $228,247 $640 100%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $68,098 $3 100%
EPS (TTM) $26.927 $0.200 99%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $130,301 $68 100%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $15,443 $0 100%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $109,893 $40 99%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $1,395,240 $675 100%
Valuation META Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 5.43 1.36 80%
P/E 21.0 17.4 53%
Dividend Yield 0.4% 0.0% 62%
PEG (5yr hist) 1.1 0.9 48%
Ratios META Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 81.7% 61.5% 90%
Net Margin 29.8% 1.8% 89%
ROA 18.3% 0.8% 95%
ROE 29.8% 2.3% 87%
Liabilities to Assets 41.9% 41.0% 33%
F-Score 5 5 51%

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As of 7/31/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, META meetings the criteria of 2 screen:

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