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Meta Platforms (WBO:META) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 60.57 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Meta Platforms Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Meta Platforms's current share price is €597.20. Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €9.86. Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 60.57.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:META' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.25   Med: 54.92   Max: 82.15
Current: 62.9

During the past years, Meta Platforms's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 82.15. The lowest was 14.25. And the median was 54.92.

WBO:META's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
81.56% of 141 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 22.18 vs WBO:META: 62.90

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Meta Platforms's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €3.959. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €9.86 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Meta Platforms Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Meta Platforms Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 70.50 61.18 18.34 42.56 56.49

Meta Platforms Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 54.50 53.94 57.38 56.49 53.01

Competitive Comparison of Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Meta Platforms Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Meta Platforms's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=597.20/9.86
=60.57

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Meta Platforms's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=3.959/134.9266*134.9266
=3.959

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Meta Platforms Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.416 100.684 0.557
201509 0.439 100.392 0.590
201512 1.234 99.792 1.668
201603 0.725 100.470 0.974
201606 0.814 101.688 1.080
201609 0.894 101.861 1.184
201612 1.178 101.863 1.560
201703 1.203 102.862 1.578
201706 1.181 103.349 1.542
201709 1.241 104.136 1.608
201712 1.543 104.011 2.002
201803 1.390 105.290 1.781
201806 0.829 106.317 1.052
201809 1.223 106.507 1.549
201812 1.009 105.998 1.284
201903 1.688 107.251 2.124
201906 1.534 108.070 1.915
201909 1.825 108.329 2.273
201912 1.558 108.420 1.939
202003 2.349 108.902 2.910
202006 0.192 108.767 0.238
202009 1.803 109.815 2.215
202012 2.656 109.897 3.261
202103 2.314 111.754 2.794
202106 2.483 114.631 2.923
202109 2.897 115.734 3.377
202112 4.004 117.630 4.593
202203 2.859 121.301 3.180
202206 1.612 125.017 1.740
202209 0.119 125.227 0.128
202212 2.032 125.222 2.189
202303 2.581 127.348 2.735
202306 3.949 128.729 4.139
202309 4.934 129.860 5.127
202312 4.092 129.419 4.266
202403 4.502 131.776 4.610
202406 3.985 132.554 4.056
202409 5.706 133.029 5.787
202412 4.961 133.157 5.027
202503 3.959 134.927 3.959

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Meta Platforms  (WBO:META) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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.