Meta Platforms, Inc.

Technology
Computer Software: Programming, Data Processing
about.meta.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score
Final Score

Market Cap $1.49T
PE 22
Debt $28.83B
Cash $30.07B
EV $1.48T
FCF $52.31B

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$66.64B
EBIT	$74.86B
ROE	36%
ROA	27%
FCF	$52.31B
Equity	$185.03B
Growth Stability	80%
PE	22.29
PEG	1.51
PB	8.03
P/FCF	28.39
P/S	8.72
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	0.16
Debt/FCF	0.55
Net Margins	39%
Gross Margins	82%
Op. Margins	44%
Earnings CAGR	21%
Sales Growth YoY	16%
Sales Growth QoQ	-13%
Sales CAGR	24%
FCF CAGR	19%
Equity CAGR	15%
Earnings Stability	0.79
Earnings Growth YoY	35%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-20%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	15%

Sales CAGR 5Y	16%
FCF CAGR 5Y	20%
Equity CAGR 5Y	8%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	16%
Sales CAGR 3Y	16%
FCF CAGR 3Y	42%
Equity CAGR 3Y	17%
Market Cap	$1.49T
Revenue	$170.36B
Dividend Yield	0%
Payout Ratio	8%
Assets	$280.21B
Total Debt	$28.83B
Cash	$30.07B
Shares Outstanding	2.53B
EV	1.48T
Earnings Score	93%
Moat Score	98%
Safety Score	95%
Final Score	95%
Working Capital	56.34B
Current Ratio	2.66
Gross Profit	$139.27B
Shares Growth 3y	-2%
Equity Growth QoQ	1%
Equity Growth YoY	24%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Meta is the world's largest online social network, with over 3.6 billion monthly active users. Users engage with each other in different ways, exchanging messages and sharing news events, photos, and videos. On the video side, the firm is in the process of building a library of premium content and monetizing it via ads or subscription revenue. Meta refers to this as Facebook Watch. The firm's ecosystem consists mainly of the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and many features surrounding these products. Users can access Facebook on mobile devices and desktops. Advertising revenue represents more than 90% of the firm's total revenue, with 50% coming from the U.S. and Canada and 25% from Europe. With gross margins above 80%, Meta operates at a 30%-plus margin.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Meta Platforms, Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 21%

Stability 79%

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Meta Platforms, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $1.9T

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$52B	$62B	$74B	$87B	$103B	$123B	$145B	$173B	$205B	$243B	$288B	$2.9T
DCF		$56B	$61B	$66B	$71B	$76B	$82B	$89B	$95B	$103B	$111B	$1.1T
Value	$1.9T

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	20%	37%	39%	40%	26%	34%	33%	20%	29%	38%	39%
ROA	-	19%	24%	26%	19%	21%	28%	16%	21%	26%	27%
ROE	-	17%	21%	26%	18%	23%	32%	18%	26%	34%	36%

Good Net Margins (39.33%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	0	-	-	-	-	0	0.53	0.42	0.54	0.55
Debt over Equity	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0.08	0.12	0.16	0.16
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	80%	100%	100%	80%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (0.55)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.16)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (80%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	54%	47%	37%	27%	22%	37%	-1%	16%	22%	16%
Earnings YoY growth	-	178%	56%	39%	-16%	58%	35%	-41%	69%	59%	15%
Equity YoY growth	-	34%	26%	13%	20%	27%	-3%	1%	22%	19%	8%
FCF YoY growth	-	91%	50%	-12%	38%	11%	66%	-51%	130%	23%	20%