META (Meta Platforms) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 2.60% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Meta Platforms 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Meta Platforms's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.60%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Meta Platforms's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

META' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.1 Med: 0.15 Max: 3.5
Current: 2.6

During the past 13 years, Meta Platforms's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.50%. The lowest was -9.10%. And the median was 0.15%.

META's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
90.16% of 437 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: -1.1 vs META: 2.60

Competitive Comparison of Meta Platforms's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Meta Platforms's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback 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 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Meta Platforms's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Platforms's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.

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Meta Platforms 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Meta Platforms (NAS:META) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Meta Platforms Business Description

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Address

1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA, USA, 94025

Website

https://about.meta.com

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
Aaron Anderson	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Sheryl Sandberg	officer: Chief Operating Officer	P.O. BOX 2929, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94126
Taylor Susan J.s.	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	C/O LINKEDIN CORPORATION, 2029 STIERLIN COURT, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Marne L. Levine	officer: Chief Business Officer	C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
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