Meta Platforms, Inc.
$1.54T- Market cap
- $1.57T
- Debt
- +$58.74B
- Cash
- −$81.59B
Capital structure 96% equity / 4% debt · EV / Revenue 7.68x · EV / EBITDA 14.66x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 · Mkt capMarket cap $4.14T · View financials
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Decision snapshot: META stock price near parity vs GOOGL $616.81 current versus $735.56 implied using P/E multiple.
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Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at GOOGL's multiple
Implied fair value · at META's multiple
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Value edge
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: META FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · GOOGL FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 96% equity / 4% debt · EV / Revenue 7.68x · EV / EBITDA 14.66x
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$304.64
Base
$371.86
Bull
$424.13
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.09x · EV / EBITDA 22.58x
GOOGL carries the larger enterprise value at $4.06T against $1.54T; META trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (7.68x vs 10.09x); META on the lower EV / EBITDA (14.66x vs 22.58x).
Alphabet Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$101.71
Base
$124.15
Bull
$141.60
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.27x
0.12x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.22x
-0.42x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$81.59B
$126.84B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$58.74B
$51.08B
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META vs MSFT
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If you believe META can sustain faster growth and superior operating margins than GOOGL, then the relative multiple discount justifies owning META because the stock is cheaper on sales and EBITDA despite stronger profitability metrics.
META trades at 28.1x P/E versus GOOGL at 29.0x, while also carrying materially lower P/S, EV/Revenue, and EV/EBITDA multiples. That suggests the market is paying less for each dollar of META revenue and EBITDA even though META is growing faster and earning higher operating returns.
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