Meta Platforms, Inc. against internet content and information
Meta Platforms, Inc. is the 3rd largest of 68 graded companies. 1 more is in this industry but has no grade yet, so it is left out rather than shown blank.
Three ratings, each a percentile against the 68 companies we cover in Internet Content and Information. Deliberately kept apart rather than blended into one score — cheap, rising and well-run are three different facts, and a single number would hide which one is which.
Momentum
79of 100 in its industry
Above most of its industry
12 months to a month ago6.9%
6 months to a month ago20.4%
The most recent month is left out on purpose: returns tend to persist over 7–12 months and the newest one tends to reverse. This describes what the price has done, and says nothing about what it will do.
Value
33of 100 in its industry
Below most of its industry
Profit for the price4.56%
Cash for the price1.73%
Sales for the price14.63%
Assets for the price13.15%
Operating profit for the whole business6.16%
Yields, so higher means cheaper — a loss-making company ranks last instead of dropping out. Cheap is not the same as good: a high yield is often a price that fell for a reason. All five measures available.
Capital allocation
4/5Mostly disciplined
1 check not reported
Return on capital20.6%
Shareholder yield1.91%
Share count, 3 years-4.8%
Net debt / EBITDA0.03x
Insiders, 12 months-$124.9M
What management does with the money — scored on whatever the filings answer, never as a share of the total.
The six capital-allocation checks
Return on the money invested20.6% on invested capital
Debt against earnings0.03x net debt to operating earnings
Cash returned to shareholders1.9% a year in buybacks and dividends
Share count over three yearsShare count 4.8% lower over three years
Payouts covered by cash flowPays out more than it generates
Open-market insider buyingNet selling of $124.9M — not counted against the score
A description of where this company sits among its competitors, not a recommendation. Ratings updated Nov 14, 2026.
A blank price-to-earnings means a loss, not a missing figure — the ratio has no meaning when there are no earnings to divide by, and printing a negative one would make the least profitable company look the cheapest.
Grades are trailing twelve months from each company’s own SEC filings, so they move only when a company files. Every column is computed by the same code that graded Meta Platforms, Inc. on the overview — nothing here comes from a data vendor’s own ratios.
Industry membership is not a judgement about how similar two businesses are. It groups companies by what they are classified as, which is a starting point for comparison rather than a claim that they compete.
