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Meta Platforms Valuation

Is FB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
CHF 258.31
Fair Value
28.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
60
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: FB (CHF184) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF258.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FB is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FB?

Key metric: As FB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FB. This is calculated by dividing FB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio28.4x
EarningsUS$51.43b
Market CapUS$1.45t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.3x
GOOGL Alphabet
19.6x8.56%US$2.2t
700 Tencent Holdings
20.8x9.72%HK$4.5t
BIDU Baidu
8.4x1.79%US$29.7b
1024 Kuaishou Technology
16.3x13.43%HK$266.6b
FB Meta Platforms
28.4x11.57%CHF 1.4t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.4x) compared to the peer average (19.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Interactive Media and Services Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FB 28.4xIndustry Avg. 36.5xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.4x) compared to the European Interactive Media and Services industry average (18.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate FB's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
CHF 497.62
0%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 497.62
0%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
May ’26n/a
CHF 497.62
0%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 497.62
0%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 497.62
0%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 497.62
0%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Jan ’26CHF 184.00
CHF 497.62
+170.45%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Dec ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 497.62
+170.45%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Nov ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 497.62
+170.45%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Oct ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 497.62
+170.45%
10.86%CHF 686.28CHF 323.26n/a60
Sep ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 479.70
+160.70%
9.01%CHF 545.00CHF 321.78n/a56
Aug ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 489.02
+165.77%
9.74%CHF 565.23CHF 333.72n/a56
Jul ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 473.46
+157.31%
9.47%CHF 572.53CHF 325.10n/a55
Jun ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 474.23
+157.73%
9.20%CHF 577.10CHF 327.69n/a56
May ’25CHF 184.00
CHF 481.64
+161.76%
8.15%CHF 582.73CHF 367.66n/a56
Apr ’25CHF 256.00
CHF 474.27
+85.26%
7.63%CHF 550.85CHF 360.00n/a54
Mar ’25CHF 256.00
CHF 455.20
+77.81%
10.15%CHF 506.67CHF 215.88n/a55
Feb ’25CHF 256.00
CHF 339.27
+32.53%
12.97%CHF 404.99CHF 150.79n/a53
Jan ’25CHF 256.00
CHF 318.23
+24.31%
11.18%CHF 366.56CHF 147.47CHF 184.0052
Dec ’24CHF 256.00
CHF 325.27
+27.06%
11.17%CHF 378.17CHF 152.14CHF 184.0051
Nov ’24CHF 256.00
CHF 338.07
+32.06%
11.21%CHF 385.82CHF 158.87CHF 184.0051
Oct ’24CHF 256.00
CHF 335.55
+31.07%
14.09%CHF 400.60CHF 92.09CHF 184.0051
Sep ’24CHF 256.00
CHF 320.19
+25.08%
15.36%CHF 384.59CHF 88.41CHF 184.0053
Aug ’24CHF 256.00
CHF 312.22
+21.96%
17.38%CHF 380.74CHF 87.53CHF 184.0051
Jul ’24CHF 210.00
CHF 250.32
+19.20%
17.83%CHF 322.84CHF 89.68CHF 184.0052
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 60 Analysts
CHF 187.70
Fair Value
2.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
60
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/10/01 15:20
End of Day Share Price 2024/10/01 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Meta Platforms, Inc. is covered by 96 analysts. 63 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David HeasmanAccountability Research Corporation
Richard KramerArete Research Services LLP
Rocco StraussArete Research Services LLP