Meta Platforms
✦ StockVane Quant Insights how this is computed
- Mid-pack momentum — held if you own it, not a fresh buy.
- Signal has read HOLD for 3 weeks.
- Recent price momentum is +6.0% on average (3-month/1-year).
- Main-fund capital flow has been a net inflow over the last 45 sessions.
- Analyst tilt is Buy.
- Price is below its 20-day average and above its 60-day average.
- The 20-day average is above the 60-day average, a short-term uptrend.
Computed by a StockVane algorithm from historical price, valuation and analyst data - not a person, not a forecast guarantee, and not investment advice.
Factor grades
Ranked against 977 U.S. stocks StockVane covers.
Valuation C
How expensive the stock is versus earnings, sales and its own 5-year history.
| P/E (TTM) | 27.9x | Better than 30% |
| Forward P/E | 21.0x | Better than 39% |
| Price / Sales | 7.2x | Better than 17% |
| P/E vs own 5-yr range | 39th pctl | Better than 69% |
Growth A
How fast revenue, profit and free cash flow are compounding.
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) | 19.9% | Better than 83% |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) | 37.6% | Better than 87% |
| Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) | 33.7% | Better than 80% |
Profitability A+
How much profit the business keeps from each dollar of sales and capital.
| Gross margin | 82.0% | Better than 93% |
| Operating margin | 41.4% | Better than 94% |
| Net margin | 30.1% | Better than 90% |
| Return on equity | 30.2% | Better than 79% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.4% | Better than 88% |
Momentum A-
Recent price strength, skipping the latest month to avoid short-term noise.
| 3-month return | 20.5% | Better than 88% |
| 6-month return | 29.1% | Better than 80% |
| 12-month return (ex latest month) | -13.6% | Better than 18% |
| Distance below 52-week high | 4.9% | Better than 91% |
Financial Health B
Balance-sheet strength: leverage, liquidity and interest coverage.
| Current ratio | 2.6x | Better than 77% |
| Debt to assets | 38.6% | Better than 40% |
| Interest coverage | 74.8x | Better than 91% |
| Free cash flow / net income | 76.3% | Better than 23% |
Analyst View C+
What the Street thinks: share of Buy ratings and upside to the average target.
| Analysts rating Buy | 86.7% | Better than 69% |
| Upside to average target | 8.0% | Better than 13% |
Grades are relative rankings, not forecasts: A+ is the top 5% of the covered stocks on a factor, F the bottom 3%. Valuation is not adjusted for sector, so capital-light software tends to grade lower there than utilities. Recomputed every 6 hours from our market data. Not investment advice, and not tailored to your financial situation, goals, or risk tolerance.
Price chart
Anonymous reader poll. Unscientific, not investment advice.
Performance
Key statistics
Price & volume
- Prev close
- 720.89
- Open
- 726.51
- Day range
- 716.20 - 728.07
- Avg price
- 721.02
- Volume
- 12.62M
- Turnover
- 9.10B
- Turnover ratei
- 0.58%
- Volume ratioi
- 0.90
- Amplitudei
- 1.65%
- 52-week rangei
- 519.37 - 779.82
Valuation
- P/Ei
- 30.59
- P/E (TTM)i
- 27.07
- P/Bi
- 7.01
- EPSi
- 23.49
- Book value / shi
- 102.54
- Net profit
- 59.84B
- Net assets
- 261.22B
Share structure
- Market cap
- 1.83T
- Float capi
- 1.57T
- Shares out
- 2.55B
- Float sharesi
- 2.18B
Dividend & listing
- Div yield (TTM)i
- 0.29%
- Dividend (TTM)
- 2.10
- Listing date
- 2012-05-18
7.8% below the 52-week high
Trading activity
Net capital flow main funds, last 45 sessions
+764.12M net over the window
Short interest
- Shares short
- 30.99M
- % of floati
- 1.22%
- Days to coveri
- 1.57
- As of
- 2026-09-15
Frequently asked questions
What is the current stock price of Meta Platforms (META)?
Meta Platforms last traded at 718.67. The quote on this page refreshes every few seconds while US markets are open.
What is Meta Platforms's market cap?
About 1.83T.
What is the P/E ratio of Meta Platforms?
The trailing twelve-month P/E is 27.07, above its own 5-year average of 24.82 — in the middle of its historical range (64.09% percentile). See the Valuation tab for the full history.
Does Meta Platforms pay a dividend?
Yes. The trailing dividend yield is 0.29%. The 2025 payout was up 5.0% from 2024. See the Dividends tab for the full payment history.
Is Meta Platforms a buy according to analysts?
The consensus of 45 analysts is a Buy rating, with an average 12-month price target of 808.69, which implies 12.5% upside from the current price. This is not investment advice.
What is Meta Platforms's StockVane Quant Rating?
The StockVane Momentum strategy currently rates Meta Platforms a C (Hold). Mid-pack momentum — held if you own it, not a fresh buy. Not investment advice.
Quote time 2026-10-09 20:02:32 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.
capex guidance keeps creeping up every call and the stock still rips afterward, market really has decided it doesn’t care about the ad business funding a moonshot.