Meta is a social advertising, messaging, AI, and mixed-reality company. The stock thesis weighs one of the strongest ad businesses in the world against AI capex, social-media legal exposure, Reality Labs losses, and the Llama ecosystem.
Meta Platforms (META) Stock Price & Market Analysis
META · NASDAQ · Internet Content & Information
Delayed
$642.44
▼ -$0.1780(-0.03%)1:04 PM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Oct 26, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT
NASDAQ regular-session quote as of Oct 26, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT.
Last session72%
$629.02L Oct 26 '26$647.69H Oct 26 '26
52-week range47%
$520.26L Mar 27 '26$779.82H Sep 24 '26
Long-term rangesAvailable historyHide
Available history(2012-05-18)81%
$17.38L Sep 4 '12$793.02H Aug 15 '25
Historical range: 2012-05-18–2026-10-26. Earlier trading may not be included.
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What matters next
Next important events
- Jan 26, 2027Next earnings (est.) · After market closeEstimated · After market close · Last verified 2026-10-26
Countdown
92 days out
Reported fundamentals
META financial overview
Annual revenue
USD 200.97B
Sales for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not trailing twelve-month revenue.
Revenue change
+22.2%
Change versus the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2024.
Net profit margin
30.1%
Net income divided by revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not the trailing margin.
These reported results describe the business’s recent scale and profitability. Compare cash generation and valuation before forming an investment view; historical growth is not a forecast.
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Meta Platforms
NASDAQ · META · US
Company overview.
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 66,775
- CEO
- Mr. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
How Meta Platforms makes money
Ads
The core profit engine
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Reels give Meta a massive attention graph that powers high-return advertising products.
AI
Llama and ranking systems drive both offense and defense
Meta AI work matters in two ways: better ad ranking and creative tools today, plus open-source model distribution and assistant products over time.
Capex
Infrastructure spend is the investor debate
The company can fund enormous AI infrastructure, but the market needs proof that spend produces durable revenue and engagement returns.
Legal risk
Platform liability is not gone
Youth-safety and social-media liability cases are important legal risks for Meta.
Key takeaways for META
META combines a highly profitable ad engine with one of the most aggressive AI infrastructure budgets in tech.
Llama and AI ad systems can strengthen the moat if they improve monetization and developer adoption.
Legal exposure and capex discipline are the two recurring checks investors should keep visible.
Business model & operating evidenceExplore business exposure, reported operating measures and the evidence behind growth and profitability claims.
Narrative versus numbers
Demand is expanding
Supporting observation: 26.1%
Year-over-year growth in the latest quarter. This differs from the fiscal-year revenue change shown above. · 2026-09-30
Growth produces accounting profit
Supporting observation: 31.1%
Reported-period net margin. A positive figure supports accounting profitability, not cash generation. · 2026-10-26T13:44:46.816Z
The business generates cash after investment
Contradicting observation: USD -1.16B
Latest TECHi-computed operating cash flow less PP&E. Meta also deducts finance-lease principal in its published free cash flow; see the financials reconciliation. · 2026-09-30
These are explicit tests of individual claims, not an overall bull/bear rating. Demand growth can coexist with valuation, concentration and financing risk.
Operating measures
- Revenue
- $64.60Bquarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Operating margin
- 20.1%quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- EPS
- $3.83quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Capital expenditure
- $33.94Bquarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- OCF less PP&E
- -$1.16Bquarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Meta-reported free cash flow
- -$2.12Bquarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- OCF less PP&E margin
- -1.8%quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Operating cash / net income
- 3.33×quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue growth year over year
- 26.1%quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
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Valuation & fund comparisonsExplore dated peer valuations, growth comparisons and related funds.
Governance & sustainability
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