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Model output · Signal date 2026-10-14

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Stock Forecast Oct. 14, 2026

Analysis updated on Oct. 14, 2026 (UTC) · Total · absolute moveSwitch to Alpha · Nasdaq

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Rating · 90D ▲ Bullish Exact rating locked
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Rank in coverage Top 35% of 4009 stocks scored
Rank correlation · 90D 45.0% Spearman, 358 dates
Market Cap $1.94T mega-cap · #2 of 58 peers
Summary

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) stock forecast summary

Our AI ranks Meta Platforms, Inc. outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.

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 absolute price move over the horizon, market included. This is the number a price target is built from. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +4.5%, buy ≥ +3.4%, sell < +2.1%, strong sell < +0.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-14 signals)

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How META ranks among 4009 stocks

90D Total forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).

Fundamentals · 2026-06-30

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) fundamentals

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.

Valuation & Market

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
Market Cap $1.94T $902M 2/58
P/E Ratio 28.52x 18.28x 5/17
P/B Ratio 7.44x 2.51x 8/39
Dividend Yield 0.28% 0.34% 4/6
EPS $26.54 – –
Book Value/Share $102.54 – –
Revenue/Share $89.60 – –
FCF/Share $16.08 – –

Profitability & Margins

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
ROE 26.1% -3.2% 6/29
ROA 15.1% -2.8% 8/38
ROIC 22.1% -2.5% 8/48
Gross Margin 81.8% 64.6% 9/44
Operating Margin 38.1% -6.7% 2/46
Net Margin 29.8% -4.5% 4/36
EBT Margin 38.4% -4.6% 4/46
Tax Rate 22.2% – –

Financial Health

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
Current Ratio 2.23x 1.35x 18/52
D/E Ratio 0.72x 0.76x 22/41
Financial Leverage 1.72x 1.76x 22/41
Interest Coverage 40.0x -0.4x 7/48
Working Capital $69.10B $39M 2/51

Cash Flow

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
Operating Cash Flow $130.30B $48M 2/50
Free Cash Flow $40.98B $82M 2/33
Capital Spending -$89.33B -$26M 32/33
OCF Growth YoY 27.4% 22.5% 12/31
FCF Growth YoY -18.3% 18.2% 18/23
FCF/Sales 17.9% 10.7% 13/34
CapEx/Sales 39.1% 1.6% 1/34

Operational Efficiency

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
Asset Turnover 0.51x 0.62x 26/39
Receivables Turnover 10.5x 7.2x 7/37
Fixed Assets Turnover 1.0x 18.7x 37/39
Days Sales Outstanding 35 days 50 days 31/37
Payables Period 139 days 57 days 9/35

Income Statement

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
Total Revenue $228.25B $755M 2/39
Operating Income $86.93B -$2M 2/50
Net Income $68.10B $0.00M 2/37
R&D Expense $71.64B $101M 1/36
SG&A Expense $62.54B $359M 2/42
Cost of Goods Sold $41.66B $143M 2/44

Dividend & Shareholder Information

MetricMETAIndustry medianRank
Dividends Per Share $2.11 – –
Payout Ratio 8.0% 19.7% 4/5
Shares Outstanding 2548M – –

Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)

Total Current Assets$125.47B27.9% of assets
Cash & Short-term Investments$15.46B3.4% of assets
Accounts Receivable$21.75B4.8% of assets
Total Liabilities$188.74B41.9% of assets
Short-term Debt$40.49B9.0% of assets
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Industry Peers · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) industry peers

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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Company 90-Day AI Forecast (Total) Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio
META Meta Platforms, Inc. ▲ $1.94T 28.5x 7.4x
GOOG Alphabet Inc. ▶ $4.27T 17.5x 6.7x
APP Applovin Corp ▲ $91.12B 20.7x 28.8x
NBIS Nebius Group N.V. ▲ $52.34B – 36.4x
GDS Gds Holdings Ltd ▲ $45.01B – 8.2x
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. ▶ $28.64B 8.8x 2.5x
DOCN Digitalocean Holdings, Inc. ▲ $15.07B 64.1x 16.2x
BZ Kanzhun Ltd ▶ $14.50B – 1.2x
FLUT Flutter Entertainment Plc ▶ $13.55B – –
PINS Pinterest, Inc. ▲ $12.67B 50.9x –
TEM Tempus Ai, Inc. ▲ $12.31B – 27.7x
SNAP Snap Inc ▲ $10.98B – 5.7x
FDS Factset Research Systems Inc ▼ $10.34B 18.3x 5.1x
MTCH Match Group, Inc. ▲ $9.72B 13.7x –
SOGP Sound Group Inc. ▲ $9.50B – –
TTD Trade Desk, Inc. ▶ $5.72B 14.1x 2.2x
SIFY Sify Technologies Ltd ▲ $5.48B – –
WIX Wix.Com Ltd. ▶ $3.94B – –
MGNI Magnite, Inc. ▲ $3.63B 21.8x 3.9x
PPLI People Inc ▶ $3.04B 9.0x 0.6x
GRND Grindr Inc. ▲ $2.69B 28.1x –
DJT Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. ▶ $2.15B – 2.1x
DV Doubleverify Holdings, Inc. ▼ $2.10B 35.7x 1.9x
WB Weibo Corp ▼ $1.61B – 0.5x
NXDR Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. ▲ $1.03B – 2.5x
TRIP Tripadvisor, Inc. ▶ $1.02B – 1.6x
HSTM Healthstream Inc ▲ $987M 46.6x 2.8x
TBLA Taboola.Com Ltd. ▲ $935M 7.9x 1.0x
RXT Rackspace Technology, Inc. ▲ $925M – –
DSP Viant Technology Inc. ▶ $879M – 7.8x
CEVA Ceva Inc ▲ $869M – 2.6x
PUBM Pubmatic, Inc. ▲ $860M – 3.6x
BMBL Bumble Inc. ▲ $785M – 1.5x
SMWB Similarweb Ltd. ▲ $756M – 32.4x
SABR Sabre Corp ▲ $730M – –
EVER Everquote, Inc. ▶ $726M 6.3x 2.8x
RZLV Rezolve Ai Plc ▲ $615M – 3.7x
NEXN Nexxen International Ltd. ▲ $510M – –
ZIP Ziprecruiter, Inc. ▲ $373M 13.3x –
BLND Blend Labs, Inc. ▲ $226M – –
SANG Sangoma Technologies Corp ▼ $161M – –
HCAT Health Catalyst, Inc. ▲ $131M – 1.3x
PODC Podcastone, Inc. ▲ $59M – 2.4x
TEAD Teads Holding Co. ▲ $46M – 6.2x
RMXI Rmx Industries, Inc. ▼ $43M – 1.4x
SST System1, Inc. ▶ $23M – 0.2x
IPM Intelligent Protection Management Corp. ▼ $16M – 1.0x
TRSO Transuite.Org Inc. ▼ $14M – –
CDLX Cardlytics, Inc. ▲ $13M – –
GITS Global Interactive Technologies, Inc. ▲ $6M – 1.7x
CNET Zw Data Action Technologies Inc. ▶ $5M – 1.3x
BRGX Bioregenx, Inc. ▼ $3M – –
FMHS Farmhouse, Inc. /Nv ▲ $3M – –
CSAI Cloudastructure, Inc. ▲ $2M – 0.6x
LMED Latamed Ai Corp. ▼ $2M – 0.3x
IPDN Professional Diversity Network, Inc. ▼ $2M – 0.1x
QSJC Tancheng Group Co., Ltd. ▼ $720K – –
BBLR Bubblr Inc. ▼ $120K – –
GOAI Eva Live Inc ▶ N/A – –
HOLO Microcloud Hologram Inc. ▶ N/A – –

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What is the Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) stock forecast?

Our AI ranks Meta Platforms, Inc. outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.

How accurate are Meta Platforms, Inc. stock predictions?

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

How often are Meta Platforms, Inc. forecasts updated?

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.

Which companies are Meta Platforms, Inc.'s industry peers?

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.