Meta Platforms, Inc.
Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 33% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (47.3K/wk), no spike$640.39-3.6%YTD+0.3%1Y-5.5%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $META, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Internet Content & Information sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $META.
Internet Content & Information
No material change from last week — AI-enhanced ad targeting sustains META and GOOGL digital advertising pricing while LLM-based search agents remain a medium-term displacement risk to search revenue. Digital advertising continues to outperform traditional media as brand budgets follow eyeballs to social and search platforms.
What this means for $META
Partial — Owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger for 3B+ users monetized via advertising, while investing in AR/VR through Reality Labs; the AI-enhanced digital advertising repricing is a secondary rather than primary near-term earnings catalyst.
Top industry ETF
$FDNFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund
+0.9%YTD
+2.8%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
21.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
20.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
41.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
3.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
7.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
33.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
81.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 29, 2026$10.44$6.70+55.8%
Q4 2025Jan 28, 2026$8.88$8.19+8.4%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$7.25$6.72+7.9%
Q2 2025Jul 30, 2025$7.14$5.88+21.4%
Next earningsWed, Jul 29·consensus EPS $7.20
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$56.3B+33.1%81.9%40.6%$10.57$13.2B
Q4 FY25$59.9B+23.8%81.8%41.3%$9.03$14.8B
Q3 FY25$51.2B+26.2%82.0%40.1%$1.08$11.2B
Q2 FY25$47.5B+21.6%82.1%43.0%$7.28$9.0B
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$252.9B$249.1B – $257.8B$32.89$30.70 – $35.6144
FY27$301.9B$294.2B – $317.2B$35.03$31.87 – $38.0944
FY28$351.8B$351.0B – $352.7B$40.38$34.83 – $46.4836
FY29$405.6B$388.4B – $423.0B$48.13$45.47 – $50.8018
FY30$465.1B$445.3B – $484.9B$56.43$53.31 – $59.5718
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.52%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+10.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+3.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMega float · 2.2B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.255-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KShareholder voteMay 298-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary
S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationApr 30S-3ASR
AI summary
8-KOfficer or director changeApr 148-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary
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Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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