Meta Platforms, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
META on Nasdaq
Location
Menlo Park, CA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
29 Jan 2026

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META - Meta Platforms, Inc. Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 30%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • META - Meta Platforms, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 30%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-19%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 30.2%, Return On Assets 16.2%, and Operating Margin 41.3%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

82.5/100

Strong Confidence high

Return On Equity

30%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

16%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.6x
Quick Ratio
2.42x
Debt to Equity
0.39x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Watchpoints

NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

30%

YoY: -19%

Industry median: 4.3% (n=81)

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Return On Assets

16%

YoY: -24%

Industry median: -8.4% (n=76)

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Operating Margin

41%

YoY: -1.8%

Industry median: -6.1% (n=67)

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Current Ratio

2.6x

YoY: -13%

Industry median: 1.49x (n=75)

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Quick Ratio

2.42x

YoY: -27%

Industry median: 1.33x (n=58)

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Debt-to-equity

0.39x

YoY: +13%

Industry median: 0.32x (n=63)

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Revenues YoY

22%

YoY:

Industry median: 5.3% (n=61)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-3%

YoY:

Industry median: 5.3% (n=72)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 30% -19%
Return On Assets 16% -24%
Operating Margin 41% -1.8%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.6x -13%
Quick Ratio 2.42x -27%
Debt-to-equity 0.39x +13%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 22%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -3%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Common Stock, Value, Issued $0
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 2,521,000,000 -0.51%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 2,574,000,000 -1.5%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $200,966,000,000 +22%
Cost of Revenue $36,175,000,000 +20%
Research and Development Expense $57,372,000,000 +31%
Selling and Marketing Expense $11,991,000,000 +5.7%
General and Administrative Expense $12,152,000,000 +25%
Costs and Expenses $117,690,000,000 +24%
Operating Income (Loss) $83,276,000,000 +20%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $2,656,000,000 +107%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $85,932,000,000 +22%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $25,474,000,000 +207%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 23.98 -2.6%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 23.49 -1.6%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $35,873,000,000 -18%
Marketable Securities, Current $45,719,000,000 +35%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $19,769,000,000 +16%
Assets, Current $108,722,000,000 +8.7%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $20,404,000,000 +37%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $3,692,000,000 +303%
Goodwill $24,534,000,000 +19%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $8,437,000,000 -35%
Assets $366,021,000,000 +33%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $7,151,000,000 +13%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $30,729,000,000 +28%
Liabilities, Current $41,836,000,000 +25%
Accrued Income Taxes, Noncurrent $21,005,000,000 +110%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $22,940,000,000 +25%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $4,253,000,000 +57%
Liabilities $148,778,000,000 +59%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $271,000,000
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $121,179,000,000 +18%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $217,243,000,000 +19%
Liabilities and Equity $366,021,000,000 +33%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $39,100,000,000 -14%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $15,895,000,000 +353%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $28,090,000,000 +3.9%
Operating Lease, Liability $25,153,000,000 +24%
Depreciation $18,000,000,000 +18%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $63,826,000,000 +3.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $33,508,000,000 +30%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $2,213,000,000 +14%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $3,237,000,000 +23%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $3,211,000,000 +21%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.043 +10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $8,355,000,000 +52%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $3,057,000,000 +19%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $4,432,000,000 +1434%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $16,450,000,000 +8.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $2,985,000,000 +21%
Additional Paid in Capital $95,793,000,000 +15%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $12,195,000,000 -48%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $20,427,000,000 +22%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY