Meta Platforms Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

Meta Platforms is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 11% and 11.7% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 11.4% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 21.5% in 3 years.

Key information

11.0%

Earnings growth rate

11.4%

EPS growth rate

Interactive Media and Services earnings growth	12.2%
Revenue growth rate	11.7%
Future return on equity	21.5%
Analyst coverage	Good
Last updated	20 Dec 2024

Recent future growth updates

Results: Meta Platforms, Inc. Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts

Nov 02

Meta Platforms, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Aug 05

Recent updates

Here's Why We Think Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Nov 26

Meta: The Open-Source AI Bet That Could Change The Game

Nov 22

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)?

Nov 14

Meta Platforms Q3: Significant Near-Term Downside Volatility Is Likely

Nov 11

Results: Meta Platforms, Inc. Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts

Nov 02

Meta: AI Train Isn't Slowing Down Anytime Soon

Nov 02

Meta Platforms: 4 Key Verticals To Monitor In The Q3 Earnings Report

Oct 27

The Price Is Right For Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Oct 25

Meta Platforms: It Is Not Time To Jump On To The AI Hype Train

Oct 21

A Look Into Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ:META) Impressive Returns On Capital

Oct 13

Meta's Q3: A Make-Or-Break Moment

Oct 11

Meta: No Upside Left

Oct 03

Meta And Its Potentially Game Changer AI

Sep 26

Meta Platforms Gains From TikTok's Pains

Sep 20

Does Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Sep 12

Meta Platforms: A Reflection On A Mistake

Sep 09

Meta Set For A Breakout

Sep 02

Meta Platforms: Rapid Monetization Of AI Investment Makes It Very Attractive

Aug 26

Meta Platforms: It's Now Or Never

Aug 20

If EPS Growth Is Important To You, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Presents An Opportunity

Aug 19

Meta Platforms: AI Strategy Is Correct, But There's No Free Lunch

Aug 13

Meta Platforms, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Aug 05

Meta Q2 Earnings: Raising Capex Outlook Amid Advertising Softness

Aug 04

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)?

Jul 30

Meta's Open-Source AI Strategy Means It Could Develop AGI First

Jul 27

Meta Platforms' Q2: What To Expect And What To Watch

Jul 21

Meta Platforms: Don't Bet Against Double-Compounding

Jul 14

Meta: Monetizing Next Round Of Capex Could Push Stock Higher

Jul 08

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Knows How To Allocate Capital

Jul 02

Meta's Unbelievable Moat Makes It Our Favorite Long-Term Big Tech Buy

Jul 01

Mea Culpa: I Was Wrong About Meta, But I'll Correct That Now

Jun 23

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Jun 19

Meta: Regression Analysis Shows Double Digit Price Growth By 2027

Jun 11

Meta Cannot Lose VR Money Forever

Jun 04

Meta: Near-Term Spending To Bear Long-Term Fruit; Buy The Dip

May 28

Why Investors Shouldn't Be Surprised By Meta Platforms, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) P/E

May 23

Meta Platforms: Wall Street Is Wrong - Aggressive AI Investment And Unfettered Bullishness

May 07

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NasdaqGS:META - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
12/31/2026	210,442	73,448	60,622	116,848	49
12/31/2025	186,755	65,017	53,236	102,164	63
12/31/2024	162,977	58,568	48,843	86,925	64
9/30/2024	156,227	55,539	52,100	82,744	N/A
6/30/2024	149,784	51,434	49,540	78,422	N/A
3/31/2024	142,712	45,758	49,518	76,361	N/A
12/31/2023	134,902	39,098	43,847	71,113	N/A
9/30/2023	126,956	29,734	37,724	66,220	N/A
6/30/2023	120,525	22,546	24,135	55,510	N/A
3/31/2023	117,346	21,444	17,584	50,397	N/A
12/31/2022	116,609	23,200	19,044	50,475	N/A
9/30/2022	118,115	28,832	26,280	54,068	N/A
6/30/2022	119,410	33,630	35,707	58,466	N/A
3/31/2022	119,666	37,338	39,689	59,517	N/A
12/31/2021	117,929	39,370	38,993	57,683	N/A
9/30/2021	112,330	40,304	35,716	53,619	N/A
6/30/2021	104,790	38,957	32,112	49,358	N/A
3/31/2021	94,399	33,741	24,128	39,988	N/A
12/31/2020	85,965	29,146	23,584	38,747	N/A
9/30/2020	78,975	25,276	19,188	33,790	N/A
6/30/2020	75,157	23,521	18,823	33,268	N/A
3/31/2020	73,357	20,958	23,184	38,007	N/A
12/31/2019	70,697	18,485	21,212	36,314	N/A
9/30/2019	66,529	18,018	19,546	34,849	N/A
6/30/2019	62,604	17,064	17,927	33,040	N/A
3/31/2019	58,949	19,553	15,782	30,722	N/A
12/31/2018	55,838	22,111	15,359	29,274	N/A
9/30/2018	51,896	19,497	17,450	29,327	N/A
6/30/2018	48,497	19,063	N/A	27,956	N/A
3/31/2018	44,587	17,848	N/A	27,018	N/A
12/31/2017	40,653	15,920	N/A	24,216	N/A
9/30/2017	36,490	15,212	N/A	21,475	N/A
6/30/2017	33,173	13,129	N/A	19,384	N/A
3/31/2017	30,288	11,515	N/A	17,689	N/A
12/31/2016	27,638	10,188	N/A	16,108	N/A
9/30/2016	24,670	8,182	N/A	15,726	N/A
6/30/2016	22,160	6,453	N/A	13,882	N/A
3/31/2016	19,767	4,892	N/A	12,097	N/A
12/31/2015	17,928	3,669	N/A	10,320	N/A
9/30/2015	15,938	2,811	N/A	7,355	N/A
6/30/2015	14,640	2,722	N/A	6,411	N/A
3/31/2015	13,507	2,795	N/A	5,872	N/A
12/31/2014	12,466	2,925	N/A	7,326	N/A
9/30/2014	11,201	2,749	N/A	5,105	N/A
6/30/2014	10,013	2,369	N/A	4,807	N/A
3/31/2014	8,916	1,913	N/A	4,788	N/A
12/31/2013	7,872	1,491	N/A	4,222	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: META's forecast earnings growth (11% per year) is above the savings rate (2.6%).

Earnings vs Market: META's earnings (11% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (15.2% per year).

High Growth Earnings: META's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: META's revenue (11.7% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (9.1% per year).

High Growth Revenue: META's revenue (11.7% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: META's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time (21.5%)

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 03:52
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Meta Platforms, Inc. is covered by 96 analysts. 64 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Heasman	Accountability Research Corporation
Richard Kramer	Arete Research Services LLP
Joseph Bonner	Argus Research Company

Meta Platforms Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

Key information

Recent future growth updates

Results: Meta Platforms, Inc. Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts

Meta Platforms, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of 2024

Meta Platforms, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Recent updates

Meta's Rally Isn't Over: Why It Remains A Buy

Meta: Potential TikTok Ban Is A Major Catalyst; Upgrade To 'Strong Buy'

Founder exercised options and sold US$28m worth of stock

Meta Platforms, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend for Class A and B Common Stock, Payable on December 27, 2024

Founder exercised options and sold US$14m worth of stock

Meta: Innovation Keeps Snowballing

Here's Why We Think Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Meta: The Open-Source AI Bet That Could Change The Game

Chief Financial Officer exercised options and sold US$21m worth of stock

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)?

Meta Platforms Q3: Significant Near-Term Downside Volatility Is Likely

Chief Legal Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

Results: Meta Platforms, Inc. Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts

Meta: AI Train Isn't Slowing Down Anytime Soon

Meta Platforms, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of 2024

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Meta Platforms: 4 Key Verticals To Monitor In The Q3 Earnings Report

The Price Is Right For Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Meta Platforms: It Is Not Time To Jump On To The AI Hype Train

A Look Into Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ:META) Impressive Returns On Capital

Meta's Q3: A Make-Or-Break Moment

Chief Legal Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

Meta: No Upside Left

Meta Platforms, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 30, 2024

Meta And Its Potentially Game Changer AI

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NasdaqGS:META) acquired Threads Inc.

Chief Product Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

Chief Legal Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

Meta Platforms Gains From TikTok's Pains

Does Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Meta Platforms: A Reflection On A Mistake

Now 20% undervalued

Meta Set For A Breakout

Meta Platforms: Rapid Monetization Of AI Investment Makes It Very Attractive

Chief Technology Officer recently sold US$2.7m worth of stock

Meta Platforms: It's Now Or Never

If EPS Growth Is Important To You, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Presents An Opportunity

Meta Platforms: AI Strategy Is Correct, But There's No Free Lunch

Milberg Announces Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Meta: Alleging Its Products Harm Children

Meta Platforms, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Meta Q2 Earnings: Raising Capex Outlook Amid Advertising Softness

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

McKool Smith Secures $1.4 Billion Settlement for State of Texas Against Meta Platforms/Facebook in Biometric Privacy Dispute

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)?

Meta's Open-Source AI Strategy Means It Could Develop AGI First

Now 20% undervalued

Meta Platforms' Q2: What To Expect And What To Watch

Meta Platforms: Don't Bet Against Double-Compounding

Meta: Monetizing Next Round Of Capex Could Push Stock Higher

Meta Platforms, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 31, 2024

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Knows How To Allocate Capital

Meta's Unbelievable Moat Makes It Our Favorite Long-Term Big Tech Buy

Mea Culpa: I Was Wrong About Meta, But I'll Correct That Now

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Meta: Regression Analysis Shows Double Digit Price Growth By 2027

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.50 per share

Meta Cannot Lose VR Money Forever

Meta Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 26, 2024

Chief Legal Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

Meta: Near-Term Spending To Bear Long-Term Fruit; Buy The Dip

Why Investors Shouldn't Be Surprised By Meta Platforms, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) P/E

Chief Technology Officer recently sold US$2.4m worth of stock

Chief Financial Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

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Meta Platforms: Wall Street Is Wrong - Aggressive AI Investment And Unfettered Bullishness

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

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