TECHi.comMeta 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.
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Meta Platforms (META) stock profile and business model
What Meta Platforms does, how the business earns money, and how valuation, peers, ownership, and risk shape the TECHi profile.
Section freshness
Prices as of Sep 11, 4:00 PM EDT · Fundamentals checked Sep 13, 7:57 AM EDT · Statements Jun 30, 2026
Investor profile snapshot
META live price, business model and key metrics
Start with the live market print, then use this profile to connect Meta Platforms's operating model with revenue, margins, peer context, and investor risk.
Market closedLatest regular-session print
$648.03
▲ +$3.65(+0.57%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeiQuote as of Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
NASDAQ market is closed. Showing the latest available regular-session trade from Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT.
Market data source
Today10%
$646.20L Sep 11 '26$664.24H Sep 11 '26
52-week47%
$520.26$790.80
Long-term ranges5Y, 10Y, Since first printHide
5Y79%
$88.09L Nov 4 '22$796.25H Aug 15 '25
10Y79%
$88.09L Nov 4 '22$796.25H Aug 15 '25
Since first print81%
$17.55L Sep 4 '12$796.25H Aug 15 '25
Live price
$648.03
Live during market hours
Market cap
$1.65T
Equity scale
Forward P/E
25.30
Consensus valuation multiple
Analyst view
Buy
Target $757.31 (+16.86% implied)
Company · Profile
About Meta Platforms (META)
Sector, leadership, and how Meta Platforms earns its revenue.
Company · Profile
About Meta Platforms (META)
Sector, leadership, and how Meta Platforms earns its revenue.
Meta Platforms
Market · META
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
- Founded
- 2004
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
The old article highlighted youth-safety and social-media liability cases. Those risks belong in the standing quote-page research checklist.
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 identity
Meta Platforms company facts and operating footprint
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.
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
- Founded
- 2004
Registration and filing identifiersShowHide
- Asset type
- Common Stock
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Latest quarter
- Jun 30, 2026
Key metrics
META valuation, revenue and margin profile
- Market cap
- $1.65T
- Equity scale
- Revenue TTM
- $228.25B
- Trailing twelve months
- Forward P/E
- 25.30
- Consensus earnings multiple
- Net margin
- 29.84%
- Profit after expenses
- Revenue growth
- 27.96%
- Latest YoY quarter
- Free cash flow
- $1.75B
- Reported in USD
Margin quality snapshot
Operating margin38.08%
Net margin29.84%
Competitors
META competitors and peer context
Risk heatmap
META business risks investors should monitor
Valuation sensitivity
Elevated25.30x
Use the forward P/E and PEG context before treating the profile as cheap or expensive.
Balance-sheet flexibility
MonitorD/E 0.32 · CR 2.23
Debt load and near-term liquidity shape how much strategic patience the company has.
Growth durability
Monitor27.96%
Latest YoY revenue growth is the first check on whether the business model is still expanding.
Market sensitivity
MonitorBeta 1.24
Higher beta can amplify drawdowns when rates, earnings expectations, or sector appetite shift.
Regulatory and operating pressure
MonitorSector pending
Industry rules, supply chains, customer concentration, and macro demand remain the main operating risks to monitor.
AI atlas links
META leadership and product context
META ownership and registration profile
- Float shares
- 2.20B
- Insider ownership
- 0.15%
- Institutional ownership
- 79.02%
- Address
- 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
Size & scale
- Market cap
- $1.65T
- Enterprise value
- $1.72T
- Shares outstanding
- 2.21B
- Currency
- USD
Frequently asked
Common questions.
What does Meta Platforms do?
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.
Where does TECHi source the META profile?
META profile facts come from company filings and TECHi's market-data providers; any detail that is not available is left blank rather than inferred.