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Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock (META) stock

Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock (META) trades on Nasdaq and is classified in the Communication Services sector. Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales. This page tracks META using verified market data, the company's most recently reported financial statements, its earnings record and Ticker-Terminal's analytical models. Every figure is shown with its source and the time it was last verified, and values we cannot verify are labelled rather than filled in.

$648.03$3.65 (+0.57%)Last verified · 3 days ago

Previous close

$644.38

Volume

16,924,953.303

52-week range

$520.26 – $790.80

Market cap

$1.65T

Source: Polygon (daily close) · Verified Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Performance

1D

+0.57%

1W

+5.07%

1M

+11.95%

1Y

-13.70%

Percentage change calculated from verified closing prices. Periods without full provider coverage are marked unavailable rather than estimated.

Reported financials

Verified · 46 days ago

Revenue (TTM)

$228.25B

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Revenue growth (YoY)

28.0%

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

EPS (TTM, diluted)

26.54

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

EPS growth (YoY)

-13.4%

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Gross margin

81.7%

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Operating margin

38.1%

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Net margin

29.8%

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Operating cash flow (TTM)

$66.21B

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Revenue 2-year CAGR

26.0%

Reported Q2'26 · Polygon (company financials)

Source: Polygon financials + Finnhub earnings · Latest reported Q2'26 · Verified Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT

Valuation

P/E (trailing)

24.4Last verified · 3 days ago

Reported Q2'26 · Ticker-Terminal (last verified price ÷ TTM diluted EPS)

P/E (forward, est.)

23.7Last verified · 3 days ago

Ticker-Terminal (last verified price ÷ annualised consensus EPS estimate)

Market cap

$1.65TLast verified · 3 days ago

Polygon / Finnhub reference

Dividend yield

No dividend currently reported

Ticker-Terminal does not publish a dividend yield for this ticker until a verified distribution is on file.

Earnings

Verified · 46 days ago

Next earnings date

Oct 26, 2026

Source: Finnhub earnings calendar

Latest reported quarter

Q2'26

Revenue $60.80B · Diluted EPS 6.18

META EPS actual versus estimate by reported period
PeriodEPS actualEstimateSurprise
2026-06-306.187.36-16.0%
2026-03-317.316.92+5.6%
2025-12-318.888.40+5.7%
2025-09-307.256.82+6.2%

Ticker-Terminal analysis of META

Analysis based on data verified 2026-06-14T23:28:28.37+00:00. It has not been refreshed because current market inputs are not fresh enough. Based on data verified Jun 14, 2026, 7:28 PM EDT.

79/ 100 quality score
C+

Bull case

Meta dominates both the current attention economy and the future spatial computing landscape, leading to a massive valuation re-rating.

  • The 'Year of Efficiency' mindset becomes permanent, leading to sustained high net margins and aggressive share buybacks.
  • Meta's Llama AI models become the industry standard, creating new enterprise software revenue streams.
  • A breakthrough in AR glasses (Orion) creates a massive new hardware cycle similar to the early iPhone era.

Base case

Meta remains a cash-flow powerhouse that is successfully transitioning from a social media firm to an AI-integrated ecosystem, trading at a significant discount to its intrinsic value.

  • Meta maintains its dominant position in social media, capturing a massive share of global digital ad spend.
  • Ongoing efficiency measures and hardware cost controls keep operating margins near the 40% mark.
  • AI-driven content recommendations continue to increase user engagement time across Instagram and Reels.

Bear case

The primary risk is a combination of regulatory headwinds and 'moonshot' spending that fails to produce a timely return on investment.

  • A significant global economic downturn leads to a sharp reduction in advertising budgets from small-to-medium businesses.
  • Regulators in the EU or US impose stricter data privacy laws that cripple ad-targeting effectiveness.
  • Capital expenditure on the Metaverse and AI infrastructure scales faster than the resulting revenue, squeezing net income.

Calculated from verified reported financials and the last verified price (data verified Jun 14, 2026, 7:28 PM EDT). Analytical model output, not a price target or investment advice.

Analyst consensus

Unavailable

Rating

Buy

Average target

Unavailable

Range

Unavailable

Analysts

71

Source: finnhub

Recent META news

Verified · 11 hours ago

Data confidence: Partial confidence

Some data is delayed, stale or unavailable. Everything shown is still verified.

  • Market data is older than our freshness threshold.

What is affected

  • Market dataLast verified · 3 days ago· Polygon (daily close)

Still fully reliable

Company profile and business overview · Reported financial statements · Earnings history · Ticker-Terminal analysis

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META questions, answered

What does Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock do?

Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales.

Where is META listed?

Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades under the ticker META on Nasdaq.

What is the META stock price today?

META was last verified at $648.03 (0.57% on the day). Pre-market, last verified Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. Market data may be delayed and is shown with its own timestamp.

Is Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock revenue growing?

Based on the latest reported financials, META revenue changed 28.0% year over year (filed Jul 29, 2026).

When does Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock report earnings next?

The next confirmed META earnings date is Oct 26, 2026, per Finnhub earnings calendar. Dates can be revised by the company.

What did Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock report in its latest quarter?

For Q2'26, META reported revenue of $60.80B and diluted EPS of 6.18.

What is Ticker-Terminal's META growth score?

Ticker-Terminal scores META at 79/100 (C+) from verified growth, profitability, financial strength and valuation inputs. It is an analytical model based on available verified data, not a guarantee of future performance.

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