Communication Services
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Company profile: Delayed
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Regular-session price
Offline$587.55
-0.07% regular session
1Y Change
-23.11%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
-0.1%
1M
-2.2%
6M
-12.4%
YTD
-9.7%
1Y
-23.1%
Coverage: 251 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Meta Platforms Inc Class A (META) is a Communication Services stock with listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $587.55 and down 23.1% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +22.2%, EPS growth of -2.6%, a dividend yield of 0.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +22.2%, EPS -2.6%, free cash flow -14.7% with operating margin 41.4% and ROIC 20.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.3%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 21.9 and price/sales 7.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines META price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+22.2% vs +12.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+41.4% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
Q3 2026 was reported on Jul 29, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -14.4%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +22.2% and EPS is at -2.6%, with operating margin around 41.4%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Sep 10, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q3 2026 Jul 29, 2026 | -14.4% | -8.0% | +0.2% | -- |
Q2 2026 Apr 29, 2026 | +7.2% | -8.6% | -8.4% | -5.1% |
Q1 2026 Jan 23, 2026 | +16.1% | +2.1% | +8.8% | -3.3% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
META is 45.93 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
META had 24.32 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
META beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
META
-23.11%
Normalized return
SPY
+22.82%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-45.93 pts
Relative to SPY
META Max Drawdown
-33.45%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for META and SPY.
| Year | META | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -9.75% | +12.90% | -22.64 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -12.77% | +9.40% | -22.17 pts | SPY |
Company Overview
Meta Platforms, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. Meta Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
SEC Operational KPIs
Latest operating KPIs extracted from recent SEC filing text for META.
"Ad impressions delivered across our Family of Apps in the second quarter of 2026 increased by 14% year-over-year."
"Average price per ad in the second quarter of 2026 increased by 12% year-over-year."
"Ad impressions delivered across our Family of Apps in the second quarter of 2026 increased 14% year-over-year"
"our average price per ad in the second quarter of 2026 increased 12% year-over-year"
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Next Step
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