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 more than 3.5 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 as well as its AI model development, both of these remain very small parts 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.
Previous close
$612.69
Volume
31,316,587
52-week range
$520.26 – $779.82
Market cap
$1.59T
Source: Polygon (snapshot) · Verified Oct 29, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT
Performance
1D
+1.23%
1W
-3.75%
1M
-15.47%
1Y
-16.92%
Percentage change calculated from verified closing prices. Periods without full provider coverage are marked unavailable rather than estimated.
Reported financials
Verified · 7 days agoRevenue (TTM)
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Revenue growth (YoY)
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
EPS (TTM, diluted)
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
EPS growth (YoY)
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Gross margin
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Operating margin
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Net margin
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Operating cash flow (TTM)
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Revenue 2-year CAGR
Reported Q3'26 · Polygon (company financials)
Source: Polygon financials + Finnhub earnings · Latest reported Q3'26 · Verified Oct 21, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Valuation
P/E (trailing)
Reported Q3'26 · Ticker-Terminal (last verified price ÷ TTM diluted EPS)
P/E (forward, est.)
Ticker-Terminal (last verified price ÷ annualised consensus EPS estimate)
Market cap
Polygon / Finnhub reference
Dividend yield
Ticker-Terminal does not publish a dividend yield for this ticker until a verified distribution is on file.
Earnings
Verified · 7 days agoNext earnings date
Jan 25, 2027
Source: Finnhub earnings calendar
Latest reported quarter
Q3'26
Revenue $64.60B · Diluted EPS 3.83
| Period | EPS actual | Estimate | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 7.40 | 5.79 | +27.8% |
| 2026-06-30 | 6.18 | 7.36 | -16.0% |
| 2026-03-31 | 7.31 | 6.92 | +5.6% |
| 2025-12-31 | 8.88 | 8.40 | +5.7% |
Ticker-Terminal analysis of META
Earnings-power range
Bear $622.83 · Base $778.54 · Bull $934.25 — Significantly Undervalued versus the last verified price.
Bull case
Sustained growth and margin strength support roughly $934.25.
- Applies a 38× earnings multiple to trailing diluted EPS of 20.45, plus a 20% upside band.
- Latest reported revenue growth: 26.1% year over year.
- Trailing operating margin: 32.9%.
Base case
Current reported earnings power maps to roughly $778.54 (significantly undervalued versus the last verified price).
- Earnings-power estimate: trailing diluted EPS × a growth-adjusted 38× multiple.
- Implied difference versus the last verified price: 25.5%.
- Trailing operating cash flow: $133.09B.
Bear case
Multiple compression or slowing growth maps to roughly $622.83.
- Applies a 20% downside band to the earnings-power estimate.
- Latest reported EPS growth: 264.8% year over year.
- Downside from the last verified price in this scenario: -0.4%.
Calculated from verified reported financials and the last verified price (data verified Oct 29, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT). Analytical model output, not a price target or investment advice.
Analyst consensus
UnavailableRating
Buy
Average target
Unavailable
Range
Unavailable
Analysts
69
Source: finnhub
Recent META news
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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 more than 3.5 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 as well as its AI model development, both of these remain very small parts 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 $620.20 (1.23% on the day). After hours, last verified Oct 29, 2026, 6:02 PM 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 26.1% year over year (filed Oct 21, 2026).
When does Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock report earnings next?
The next confirmed META earnings date is Jan 25, 2027, 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 Q3'26, META reported revenue of $64.60B and diluted EPS of 3.83.
What is Ticker-Terminal's META growth score?
Ticker-Terminal scores META at 88/100 (B+) 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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See our risk disclosure. Page data assembled Oct 29, 2026, 6:18 PM EDT.