Meta Platforms, Inc.
$1.65T- Market cap
- $1.68T
- Debt
- +$58.74B
- Cash
- −$81.59B
Capital structure 97% equity / 3% debt · EV / Revenue 8.22x · EV / EBITDA 15.70x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: META stock price vs PYPL: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at PYPL's multiple
Needs PYPL P/E.
Implied fair value · at META's multiple
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: META FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · PYPL FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Five fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 97% equity / 3% debt · EV / Revenue 8.22x · EV / EBITDA 15.70x
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
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
PayPal Holdings, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
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.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.27x
0.49x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.22x
-0.06x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$81.59B
$10.42B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe META’s growth and margin premium will remain durable, then holding or buying on pullbacks is reasonable because META’s operating performance is far stronger than PYPL’s; if you require a valuation anchored to PYPL multiples or DCF, the current price looks stretched.
META’s current price of $593.12 is far above PYPL implied price of $250.14, suggesting a large relative valuation premium versus PYPL. However, META also trades within its historical band and above the DCF range, so the gap is driven more by quality and growth than by a clear mispricing signal.
Supporting Metrics