Meta Platforms Inc. (META · NASDAQ)
META · MARKET VIEW
Market view · as of Aug 9, 2026
Revenue (TTM)
$228.25B
+28.0% YoY
Gross margin
81.7%
EPS (latest q)
$6.18
vs $7.10 est · miss
52-wk position
25.5%
-24.8% vs 52w high · -11.5% 1mo
Price (last ~year)
Meta Platforms reported Q2 2026 earnings of $6.18 per share, missing analyst estimates of $7.10, even as revenue grew 28.0% year-over-year to $60.80 billion. Significant capital expenditures of $30.12 billion reduced quarterly free cash flow to $1.75 billion. The stock, currently trading at a P/E of 22.23, has declined 11.5% over the past month and is positioned 6.1% below its 200-day moving average.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.51T
- P/E
- 22.23
- PEG
- 0.881
- P/B
- 5.75
- P/S
- 6.61
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.58
- Beta
- 1.243
- Analyst target
- $756.95
Quality & returns
- Gross margin
- 81.7%
- Operating margin
- 34.8%
- Profit margin
- 29.8%
- ROE
- 29.8%
- ROA
- 14.6%
Price movement
- Last
- $592.10
- 1-month
- -11.5%
- 3-month
- -1.7%
- RSI (14)
- 34
- vs SMA200
- -6.1%
- 52-wk position
- 25.5% -24.8% vs high
Quarterly trajectory
Revenue by quarter (oldest → newest)
| Quarter | Revenue | Op income | Net income | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $60.80B | $18.77B | $15.85B | $18.76B |
| 2026-03-31 | $56.31B | $22.87B | $26.77B | $29.99B |
| 2025-12-31 | $59.89B | $24.75B | $22.77B | $31.47B |
| 2025-09-30 | $51.24B | $20.54B | $2.71B | $26.85B |
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Sources this view read
- fundamentals Company overview & valuation (Alpha Vantage OVERVIEW)
- filing Quarterly financial statements (Alpha Vantage INCOME/BALANCE/CASH)
- earnings Reported earnings history (Alpha Vantage EARNINGS)
- prices Adjusted daily prices (Alpha Vantage TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED)