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META (Meta Platforms) Capex-to-Operating-Income : 0.62 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Meta Platforms Capex-to-Operating-Income?

Capex-to-Operating-Income measures a company's investments in physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment to its operating income.

Meta Platforms's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-14,425.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $23,364.00 Mil.

Hence, Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.62.


Meta Platforms Capex-to-Operating-Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income 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 Capex-to-Operating-Income Chart

Meta Platforms Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.46 0.40 1.08 0.58 0.54

Meta Platforms Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Income 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 0.46 0.46 0.55 0.48 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Income 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 Capex-to-Operating-Income Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income falls into.


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Meta Platforms Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation

Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-37256) / 69380
=0.54

Meta Platforms's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-14425) / 23364
=0.62

* 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.


Meta Platforms  (NAS:META) Capex-to-Operating-Income Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Income assesses how much emphasis a company is placing upon investing in capital-intensive projects. The ratio is generally a good gauge to quantify how much focus on growth a company has. Typically, smaller companies that are still growing and expanding will have a higher Capex to Operating Income Ratio, since such businesses are likely investing more in physical assets. Lower ratios could indicate that a company has reached maturity and it is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.


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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
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
Andrew Bosworth officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O META PLATFORMS INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
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David B. Fischer officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O FACEBOOK, INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025