Meta Platforms (STU:FB2A) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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STU:FB2A Meta Platforms Inc STU:FB2A
96 GF Score
Price €579.40
GF Value €734.32
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Meta Platforms Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Meta Platforms's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,121 Mil. Meta Platforms's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €96,119 Mil. Meta Platforms's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €89,085 Mil. Meta Platforms's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 1.10.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meta Platforms's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:FB2A' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 0.43   Max: 1
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Meta Platforms was 1.00. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.43.

STU:FB2A's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
56.81% of 301 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.69 vs STU:FB2A: 1.00

Meta Platforms  (STU:FB2A) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Meta Platforms Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Meta Platforms Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Meta Platforms's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Meta Platforms Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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STU:FB2A vs SPOT, NBIS, BIDU: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Meta Platforms's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs Interactive Media Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Platforms's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Meta Platforms Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Meta Platforms's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2146.5366767423 + 70296.734641747) / 93669.205520673
=0.77

Meta Platforms's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2121.0530919269 + 96119.128837575) / 89085.007596648
=1.10

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Meta Platforms (STU:FB2A) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Meta Platforms stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €579.40 is trading 21.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of €734.32. GuruFocus considers Meta Platforms to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for STU:FB2A:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €734.32 vs. price of €579.40 (21.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 96/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:FB2A stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

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.
96GF Score

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