Meta Platforms vs Microsoft META vs MSFT
Meta Platforms and Microsoft on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
What differs most
- Market value: Microsoft $3.95T, Meta Platforms $1.61T.
- Price / sales: Microsoft 11.9×, Meta Platforms 6.6×.
- Free-cash-flow yield: Meta Platforms 2.9%, Microsoft 1.7%.
- One-year price return: Microsoft +1.7%, Meta Platforms −14.6%.
Price return
2025-10-26 → 2026-10-26
META−14.6%
MSFT+1.7%
Profile
latestSector
Communication Services
Technology
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Software - Infrastructure
Market value
$1.61T
$3.95T
Enterprise value
$1.71T
$4.06T
Employees
66,775
223,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$3.6M
$1.5M
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
7% undervalued vs model
7% overvalued vs model
Model range
$457–1374
$330–1025
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
19.8%
30.4%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: META valuation · MSFT valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: META reverse DCF · MSFT reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-26Last close
$630.56
$532.60
52-week high
$769.80
$543.45
52-week low
$525.72
$356.76
Price vs 52-week high
−18.1%
−2.0%
Price vs 52-week low
+19.9%
+49.3%
Average daily volume / shares
0.8%
0.4%
Beta
1.19
1.10
Returns
to 2026-10-261 month
−16.1%
+3.2%
3 months
+5.9%
+39.5%
6 months
−6.6%
+25.4%
Year to date
−4.5%
+10.1%
1 year
−14.6%
+1.7%
1 year, dividends added
−14.3%
+2.4%
2 years
+10.0%
+24.4%
Valuation
META price × TTM to Sep 2026 · MSFT price × FY2026P/E (TTM)
21.5×
29.7×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
21.3×
27.0×
Price / sales
6.6×
11.9×
EV / sales
7.1×
12.2×
EV / EBITDA
16.2×
19.6×
Price / book
5.9×
8.9×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
34.8×
59.0×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
2.9%
1.7%
Growth
META TTM and FY2025 · MSFT TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
—
+4.3%
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+27.4%
+17.9%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
19.9%
16.1%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
18.5%
14.6%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
+6.8%
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+26.1%
+10.0%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
39.8%
22.9%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
34.3%
4.0%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−4.7%
−0.3%
Profitability
META TTM to Sep 2026 · MSFT FY2026Gross margin (FY)†
82.0%
67.9%
Operating margin
32.9%
46.8%
EBITDA margin
43.6%
62.5%
Net margin
31.1%
40.3%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
22.9%
20.2%
Return on equity
27.6%
30.2%
Return on assets
15.7%
17.6%
Asset turnover
0.50
0.44
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
META MRQ Sep 2026 · MSFT MRQ Jun 2026Cash
$11.22B
$20.93B
Total debt
$112.09B
$128.81B
Net debt
$100.87B
$107.87B
Debt / equity
0.4×
0.3×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
1.0×
0.5×
Interest coverage (FY)
0.0×
50.9×
Current ratio (FY)
2.60
1.23
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
0.3%
0.7%
Dividends per share
$2.10
$3.64
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
7.2%
20.3%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
—
10.2%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
35
39
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$69.0M
$24.7M
Analyst upgrades
1
1
Analyst downgrades
0
0
Statements
META income TTM to Sep 2026 · cash flow FY2025 · MSFT income FY2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$241.61B
$331.84B
EBITDA
$105.31B
$207.52B
Operating income
$79.38B
$155.24B
Net income
$75.25B
$133.75B
EPS (diluted)
$29.32
$17.95
Operating cash flow
$115.80B
$182.94B
Capital expenditure
−$69.69B
−$115.95B
Free cash flow
$46.11B
$66.99B
Dividends paid
$5.32B
$26.45B
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Statements, prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.