About Meta Platforms, Inc.
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) is a Technology company in the Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. industry with a market capitalisation of $1.7T. The stock trades at 25.07x trailing earnings and yields 0.32%.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
- Market cap
- $1.7T
- P/E ratio
- 25.07
- EPS (TTM)
- $23.49
- Revenue (TTM)
- $201B
- Free cash flow
- $46.1B
- Profit margin
- 30.1%
- Dividend yield
- 0.32%
- Shares outstanding
- 2.6B
Financial health: Strong9/10
9 strengths, 1 concern. Weakest points: earnings growth.
- Debt to equity: 0.27 (Strong, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 0.27x equity is conservative against the 0.5x benchmark. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 0.5y (Strong, benchmark < 4 years) — Net debt of $22.9B is 0.5x annual free cash flow — under a year of cash flow to repay.
- Current ratio: 2.60 (Strong, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 2.60x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 27.8% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 27.8% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 81.8% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 81.8% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 30.1% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 30.1% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $46.1B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $46.1B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 22.2% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 22.2% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: -3.0% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed -3.0% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 8.8% (Strong, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 8.8% of earnings as dividends, leaving room to keep paying.