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META (Meta Platforms) Book Value per Share : $73.34 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Meta Platforms Book Value per Share?

Meta Platforms's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $73.34.

During the past 12 months, Meta Platforms's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 24.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the book value growth rate using book value per share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Meta Platforms was 103.20% per year. The lowest was 9.90% per year. And the median was 22.15% per year.

Meta Platforms's current price is $733.63. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $73.34. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Meta Platforms is 10.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Meta Platforms was 10.22. The lowest was 1.95. And the median was 6.52.

Warning Sign:

Meta Platforms Inc stock PB Ratio (=9.95) is close to 10-year high of 10.22.


Meta Platforms Book Value per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Platforms's Book Value per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Meta Platforms Book Value per Share Chart

Meta Platforms Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Book Value per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 45.03 45.56 48.09 59.81 72.06

Meta Platforms Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Book Value per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 58.94 61.89 65.19 72.06 73.34

Competitive Comparison of Meta Platforms's Book Value per Share

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Meta Platforms's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Meta Platforms's PB Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Meta Platforms's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Platforms's PB Ratio falls into.


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Meta Platforms Book Value per Share Calculation

Meta Platforms's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(182,637-0)/2,534
=72.06

Meta Platforms's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Book Value Per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(185,029-0)/2,523
=73.34

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total Stockholders Equity is a balance sheet item and equal to Total Assets less Total Liabilities of the company.

Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.


Meta Platforms  (NAS:META) Book Value per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.


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Meta Platforms Business Description

Address
1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA, USA, 94025
Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales.
Executives
Jennifer Newstead officer: VP and General Counsel C/O FACEBOOK, INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Javier Olivan officer: Chief Operating Officer 62 RIDGE VIEW DRIVE, ATHERTON X1 94027
Robert M Kimmitt director C/O FACEBOOK, INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Andrew Bosworth officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O META PLATFORMS INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Susan J Li officer: Chief Financial Officer ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Peggy Alford director 435 TASSO STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Christopher K Cox officer: Chief Product Officer C/O FACEBOOK, INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Mark Zuckerberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: COB and CEO C/O META PLATFORMS, INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Nicholas Clegg officer: President, Global Affairs C/O META PLATFORMS INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
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David M. Wehner officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FACEBOOK, INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Tony Xu director C/O DOORDASH, INC., 303 2ND STREET, SOUTH TOWER, 8TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107