Analysis updated on Oct. 14, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · Nasdaq
On Oct. 14, 2026, META is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5379 stocks scored that day.
Meta Platforms, Inc. is a mega-cap company with a market capitalization of $1.94T. It ranks number 2 by market capitalization among the 58 Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.
For META, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 45.0%, measured on 358 forecast dates between 2022-07-07 and 2026-06-26 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 32.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-07 and 2026-08-25. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4537 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-06-09 produced a positive net return in 73.7% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +1.3%, buy ≥ +0.5%, sell < -0.5%, strong sell < -1.6% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-13 signals)
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Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.94T | 2/58 |
| P/E Ratio | 28.52x | 5/17 |
| P/B Ratio | 7.44x | 8/39 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.28% | 4/6 |
| EPS | $26.54 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $102.54 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $89.60 | – |
| FCF/Share | $16.08 | – |
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 26.1% | 6/29 |
| ROA | 15.1% | 8/38 |
| ROIC | 22.1% | 8/48 |
| Gross Margin | 81.8% | 9/44 |
| Operating Margin | 38.1% | 2/46 |
| Net Margin | 29.8% | 4/36 |
| EBT Margin | 38.4% | 4/46 |
| Tax Rate | 22.2% | – |
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 2.23x | 18/52 |
| D/E Ratio | 0.72x | 22/41 |
| Financial Leverage | 1.72x | 22/41 |
| Interest Coverage | 40.0x | 7/48 |
| Working Capital | $69.10B | 2/51 |
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $130.30B | 2/50 |
| Free Cash Flow | $40.98B | 2/33 |
| Capital Spending | -$89.33B | 32/33 |
| OCF Growth YoY | 27.4% | 12/31 |
| FCF Growth YoY | -18.3% | 18/23 |
| FCF/Sales | 17.9% | 13/34 |
| CapEx/Sales | 39.1% | 1/34 |
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 0.51x | 26/39 |
| Receivables Turnover | 10.5x | 7/37 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 1.0x | 37/39 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 35 days | 31/37 |
| Payables Period | 139 days | 9/35 |
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $228.25B | 2/39 |
| Operating Income | $86.93B | 2/50 |
| Net Income | $68.10B | 2/37 |
| R&D Expense | $71.64B | 1/36 |
| SG&A Expense | $62.54B | 2/42 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $41.66B | 2/44 |
| Metric | META | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $2.11 | – |
| Payout Ratio | 8.0% | 4/5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 2548M | – |
| Total Current Assets | $125.47B | 27.9% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $15.46B | 3.4% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $21.75B | 4.8% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $188.74B | 41.9% of assets |
| Short-term Debt | $40.49B | 9.0% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Meta Platforms, Inc. (Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| META Meta Platforms, Inc. | ▶ | $1.94T |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. | ▶ | $4.27T |
| APP Applovin Corp | ▶ | $91.12B |
| NBIS Nebius Group N.V. | ▲ | $52.34B |
| GDS Gds Holdings Ltd | ▶ | $45.01B |
| ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. | ▶ | $28.58B |
| DOCN Digitalocean Holdings, Inc. | ▲ | $15.07B |
| BZ Kanzhun Ltd | ▶ | $14.50B |
| FLUT Flutter Entertainment Plc | ▶ | $13.55B |
| PINS Pinterest, Inc. | ▲ | $12.67B |
| TEM Tempus Ai, Inc. | ▲ | $12.27B |
| SNAP Snap Inc | ▲ | $11.04B |
| FDS Factset Research Systems Inc | ▶ | $10.34B |
| MTCH Match Group, Inc. | ▲ | $9.72B |
| SOGP Sound Group Inc. | ▲ | $9.17B |
| TTD Trade Desk, Inc. | ▶ | $5.72B |
| SIFY Sify Technologies Ltd | ▼ | $5.55B |
| WIX Wix.Com Ltd. | ▶ | $4.08B |
| MGNI Magnite, Inc. | ▲ | $3.63B |
| PPLI People Inc | ▶ | $3.04B |
| GRND Grindr Inc. | ▲ | $2.69B |
| DJT Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. | ▼ | $2.15B |
| DV Doubleverify Holdings, Inc. | ▼ | $2.10B |
| WB Weibo Corp | ▼ | $1.61B |
| NXDR Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. | ▲ | $1.03B |
| TRIP Tripadvisor, Inc. | ▶ | $1.02B |
| HSTM Healthstream Inc | ▲ | $987M |
| RXT Rackspace Technology, Inc. | ▲ | $925M |
| TBLA Taboola.Com Ltd. | ▲ | $919M |
| DSP Viant Technology Inc. | ▶ | $879M |
| CEVA Ceva Inc | ▼ | $869M |
| PUBM Pubmatic, Inc. | ▲ | $860M |
| BMBL Bumble Inc. | ▲ | $785M |
| SMWB Similarweb Ltd. | ▲ | $756M |
| SABR Sabre Corp | ▲ | $730M |
| EVER Everquote, Inc. | ▲ | $726M |
| RZLV Rezolve Ai Plc | ▶ | $615M |
| NEXN Nexxen International Ltd. | ▲ | $510M |
| ZIP Ziprecruiter, Inc. | ▲ | $349M |
| BLND Blend Labs, Inc. | ▲ | $226M |
| SANG Sangoma Technologies Corp | ▶ | $161M |
| HCAT Health Catalyst, Inc. | ▲ | $131M |
| PODC Podcastone, Inc. | ▲ | $63M |
| TEAD Teads Holding Co. | ▲ | $49M |
| RMXI Rmx Industries, Inc. | ▼ | $48M |
| SST System1, Inc. | ▲ | $23M |
| IPM Intelligent Protection Management Corp. | ▼ | $16M |
| TRSO Transuite.Org Inc. | ▼ | $14M |
| CDLX Cardlytics, Inc. | ▲ | $13M |
| GITS Global Interactive Technologies, Inc. | ▶ | $6M |
| CNET Zw Data Action Technologies Inc. | ▲ | $5M |
| BRGX Bioregenx, Inc. | ▼ | $4M |
| FMHS Farmhouse, Inc. /Nv | ▼ | $3M |
| CSAI Cloudastructure, Inc. | ▶ | $2M |
| LMED Latamed Ai Corp. | ▼ | $2M |
| IPDN Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | ▼ | $2M |
| QSJC Tancheng Group Co., Ltd. | ▼ | $720K |
| BBLR Bubblr Inc. | ▼ | $90K |
| GOAI Eva Live Inc | ▶ | N/A |
| HOLO Microcloud Hologram Inc. | ▼ | N/A |
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On Oct. 14, 2026, META is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5379 stocks scored that day.
For META, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 45.0%, measured on 358 forecast dates between 2022-07-07 and 2026-06-26 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 32.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-07 and 2026-08-25. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4537 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-06-09 produced a positive net return in 73.7% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Meta Platforms, Inc. forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 14, 2026.
60 issuers in our coverage, META included, share the SEC industry code Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.. The largest are: Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), Applovin Corp (APP), Nebius Group N.V. (NBIS), Gds Holdings Ltd (GDS), Zoom Communications, Inc. (ZM), Digitalocean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN).
This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.
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