Meta Platforms, Inc.

BVL:META Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.4t

Meta Platforms Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • 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 META when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: META ($550) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($606.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: META is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for META. This is calculated by dividing META's market cap by their current earnings.
What is META's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.7x
EarningsUS$55.54b
Market CapUS$1.43t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for META vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.5x
GOOGL Alphabet
22.3x10.9%US$2.2t
700 Tencent Holdings
20.5x11.3%HK$3.7t
BIDU Baidu
10.6x7.2%US$30.4b
1024 Kuaishou Technology
12.4x18.7%HK$200.0b
META Meta Platforms
25.6x10.9%US$1.4t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: META is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x) compared to the peer average (16.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
META 25.7xIndustry Avg. 21.2xNo. of Companies21PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: META is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x) compared to the Global Interactive Media and Services industry average (21.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is META'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.

META PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate META'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 META forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$550.00
US$648.35
+17.9%
8.6%US$811.00US$475.00n/a61
Nov ’25US$567.50
US$643.64
+13.4%
9.0%US$811.00US$475.00n/a61
Oct ’25US$567.51
US$589.15
+3.8%
11.1%US$811.00US$382.00n/a60
Sep ’25US$517.00
US$569.47
+10.1%
9.0%US$647.00US$382.00n/a56
Aug ’25US$497.68
US$559.76
+12.5%
9.7%US$647.00US$382.00n/a56
Jul ’25US$513.71
US$524.29
+2.1%
9.5%US$634.00US$360.00n/a55
Jun ’25US$457.11
US$520.98
+14.0%
9.2%US$634.00US$360.00n/a56
May ’25US$433.27
US$524.01
+20.9%
8.2%US$634.00US$400.00n/a56
Apr ’25US$490.60
US$524.33
+6.9%
7.6%US$609.00US$398.00n/a54
Mar ’25US$501.50
US$516.60
+3.0%
10.2%US$575.00US$245.00n/a55
Feb ’25US$395.51
US$393.74
-0.4%
13.0%US$470.00US$175.00n/a53
Jan ’25US$360.00
US$377.65
+4.9%
11.2%US$435.00US$175.00n/a52
Dec ’24US$329.00
US$374.16
+13.7%
11.2%US$435.00US$175.00n/a51
Nov ’24US$304.00
US$372.39
+22.5%
11.2%US$425.00US$175.00US$567.5051
Oct ’24US$306.51
US$364.36
+18.9%
14.1%US$435.00US$100.00US$567.5151
Sep ’24US$298.00
US$362.16
+21.5%
15.4%US$435.00US$100.00US$517.0053
Aug ’24US$322.00
US$356.72
+10.8%
17.4%US$435.00US$100.00US$497.6851
Jul ’24US$285.50
US$279.13
-2.2%
17.8%US$360.00US$100.00US$513.7152
Jun ’24US$273.00
US$268.28
-1.7%
17.0%US$350.00US$100.00US$457.1152
May ’24US$240.00
US$261.78
+9.1%
17.7%US$350.00US$100.00US$433.2753
Apr ’24US$209.00
US$223.89
+7.1%
17.4%US$305.00US$80.00US$490.6053
Mar ’24US$173.80
US$210.49
+21.1%
17.2%US$285.00US$80.00US$501.5051
Feb ’24US$148.96
US$154.39
+3.6%
23.0%US$260.00US$80.00US$395.5151
Jan ’24US$119.89
US$154.59
+28.9%
26.7%US$274.70US$80.00US$360.0052
Dec ’23US$120.52
US$151.87
+26.0%
26.9%US$274.70US$80.00US$329.0050
Nov ’23US$93.00
US$164.55
+76.9%
37.3%US$466.00US$80.00US$304.0050

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

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