Meta Platforms (MEX:META) Days Payable : 65.63 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Meta Platforms Days Payable?

Meta Platforms's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was MXN104,439 Mil. Meta Platforms's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was MXN145,216 Mil. Hence, Meta Platforms's Days Payable for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 65.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meta Platforms's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:META' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 22.29 Med: 26.72 Max: 69.17
Current: 59.96

During the past 13 years, Meta Platforms's highest Days Payable was 69.17. The lowest was 22.29. And the median was 26.72.

MEX:META's Days Payable is ranked worse than
51.51% of 431 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 60.95 vs MEX:META: 59.96

Meta Platforms's Days Payable increased from Sep. 2023 (54.49) to Sep. 2024 (65.63). It may suggest that Meta Platforms delayed paying its suppliers.

Meta Platforms Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Platforms's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Meta Platforms Days Payable Chart

Meta Platforms Annual Data

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Days Payable

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31.68

28.68

43.30

67.12

74.38

Meta Platforms Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															54.49	55.35	60.09	41.22	65.63

Competitive Comparison of Meta Platforms's Days Payable

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Meta Platforms's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable 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 Days Payable Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Platforms's Days Payable falls into.

Meta Platforms Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Meta Platforms's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Dec. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2022 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (97285.04	+	82308.129)	/	2 )	/	440634.503	*	365
=	89796.5845					/	440634.503	*	365
=	74.38

Meta Platforms's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Jun. 2024 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Sep. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (58129.687	+	150748.937)	/	2 )	/	145215.962	*	365 / 4
=	104439.312					/	145215.962	*	365 / 4
=	65.63

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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.