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MetricMETAMeta Platforms, Inc.GOOGLAlphabet Inc.RDDTReddit, Inc.PINSPINTEREST, INC.Median of the restexcluding META
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$697.52▲ 3.27 (0.47%)
$324.22▼ 10.54 (3.15%)
$150.26▼ 3.02 (1.97%)
$22.93▼ 0.02 (0.09%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/1010.0/1010.0/108.7/1010.0/10
Market value$1.76T$3.92T$28.01B$15.47B
Revenue$200.97B$402.84B$2.20B$4.22B
Profit$60.46B$132.17B$529.7M$416.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.22.2%15.1%69.4%15.8%15.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.82.0%59.7%91.2%80.1%80.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.41.4%32.0%20.1%7.6%20.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.30.1%32.8%24.1%9.9%24.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.22.9%18.2%31.1%29.7%29.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.27.8%31.8%18.1%8.8%18.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.24.4%24.8%17.7%7.9%17.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.29.09x29.65x52.87x37.11x37.11x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.17.48x26.22x——26.22x
Price to book8.09x9.44x9.56x3.26x9.44x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.68x0.43x0.11x0.16x0.16x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/97/96/86/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How META compares with the others

  • META's operating margin of 41.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (20.1%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 22.2% against 15.8%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 29.1x against 37.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.7x against 0.2x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.