Meta Platforms, Inc. META

Market cap

$1.6T

Share price × shares outstanding: what the market values the whole company at today.

Enterprise value

$1.7T

Market cap plus debt minus cash: roughly what it would cost to buy the whole business, debts included.

P/E ratio (TTM)

21.5

Price ÷ earnings per share over a year (the last 12 months, or the latest fiscal year where labelled): how much you pay for each unit of annual profit. Compare it with the company's own history and its sector, not with unrelated industries.

Own P/E history

13.9 – 28, median 24.2 over 5 years

The yearly P/E over the years available. A P/E near the low end means the stock is cheap relative to its own past; near the high end, expensive. Loss-making years are left out.

EV/EBITDA

16.2×

Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA. Like P/E but ignores how the company is financed, so it compares companies with different debt levels more fairly.

P/S ratio

6.7

Market cap ÷ revenue over the last 12 months. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E doesn't work.

P/B ratio

5.9

Price ÷ book value per share: what you pay relative to the company's net assets. Most useful for banks and asset-heavy businesses.

P/FCF ratio

56.5

Market cap ÷ free cash flow. Cash is harder to dress up than accounting profit, so many investors trust this more than P/E.

Free cash flow yield

1.77%

Free cash flow ÷ market cap: the cash the business generates for each euro or dollar of share value. The inverse of P/FCF.

Dividend yield

0.33%

Dividends paid over the last 12 months ÷ share price. A very high yield can signal a falling price rather than a generous dividend.

Payout ratio

7.2%

The share of profit paid out as dividends. Above 100% means the dividend is bigger than earnings, which can't last.

Gross margin

81%

Revenue minus the direct cost of what was sold, as a share of revenue. High margins usually mean pricing power.

Operating margin

32.9%

Profit from the core business, after all operating costs (salaries, R&D, marketing), as a share of revenue.

EBITDA margin

43.2%

EBITDA as a share of revenue: operating profitability before depreciation, so capital-heavy businesses compare more evenly.

Net margin

31.1%

What's left as profit after every cost, interest and tax, as a share of revenue.

Return on equity (ROE)

27.6%

Net profit ÷ shareholders' equity. Very high values can come from heavy debt or buybacks shrinking equity, not just a great business.

Return on invested capital (ROIC)

22%

Operating profit after tax ÷ all capital invested (debt and equity). Consistently above ~10% suggests a durable competitive advantage.

Return on assets (ROA)

15.7%

Net profit ÷ total assets: how much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.

Revenue

$201B

Total sales in the fiscal year, before any costs.

Revenue growth

22.2%

Change in revenue vs the previous fiscal year.

Operating expenses

$81.5B

Running costs beyond the cost of goods: salaries, R&D, marketing, administration.

Operating income

$83.3B

Profit from the core business before interest and tax.

EBITDA

$101.9B

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization: a rough measure of operating cash generation. It ignores what the company must spend to keep its assets running.

Net income

$60.5B

The bottom line: profit after every cost, interest and tax.

EPS (diluted)

$23.49

Net income ÷ shares, counting options and convertibles that could become shares.

EPS growth (last year)

-1.6%

How much earnings per share grew in the latest fiscal year. Growth is what justifies a higher P/E.

Operating cash flow

$115.8B

Cash actually generated by running the business in the year, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

Capital expenditure

$69.7B

Cash spent on long-term assets — factories, equipment, data centers — to keep and grow the business.

Free cash flow

$46.1B

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure: the cash left over for dividends, buybacks, paying down debt or acquisitions.

Debt/equity

0.3

Total debt ÷ shareholders' equity. Above ~2 is a lot for most industries; banks and utilities normally run higher.

Net debt/EBITDA

0.7×

Years of EBITDA it would take to repay debt net of cash. Under ~3× is usually comfortable; negative means more cash than debt.

Current ratio

1.9

Assets turning into cash within a year ÷ bills due within a year. Below 1 can mean tight short-term cash.

Sector

Not available

Industry

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.