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
- Debt / equity: Meta Platforms 0.3×, Microsoft 0.1×.
- Market value: Microsoft $3.93T, Meta Platforms $1.81T.
- Free-cash-flow yield: Meta Platforms 2.6%, Microsoft 1.7%.
- Price / sales: Microsoft 11.8×, Meta Platforms 7.9×.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
META−0.4%
MSFT+3.4%
Profile
latestSector
Communication Services
Technology
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Software - Infrastructure
Market value
$1.81T
$3.93T
Enterprise value
$1.88T
$3.94T
Employees
75,472
223,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$3.0M
$1.5M
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
10% overvalued vs model
10% overvalued vs model
Model range
$429–1277
$322–954
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
22.1%
30.1%
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 2026-10-16Last close
$709.33
$529.05
52-week high
$769.80
$543.45
52-week low
$525.72
$356.76
Price vs 52-week high
−7.9%
−2.6%
Price vs 52-week low
+34.9%
+48.3%
Average daily volume / shares
0.7%
0.4%
Beta
1.19
1.10
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+5.3%
+7.9%
3 months
+6.7%
+31.9%
6 months
+4.8%
+25.9%
Year to date
+7.5%
+9.4%
1 year
−0.4%
+3.4%
1 year, dividends added
−0.1%
+4.1%
2 years
+23.0%
+27.1%
Valuation
META price × TTM to Jun 2026 · MSFT price × FY2026P/E (TTM)
26.7×
29.5×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
23.0×
26.8×
Price / sales
7.9×
11.8×
EV / sales
8.2×
11.9×
EV / EBITDA
—
20.3×
Price / book
6.9×
9.5×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
39.2×
58.6×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
2.6%
1.7%
Growth
META TTM and FY2025 · MSFT TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
—
+4.3%
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+26.5%
+17.8%
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
+31.2%
+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 Jun 2026 · MSFT FY2026Gross margin (FY)†
82.0%
67.9%
Operating margin
38.1%
46.8%
EBITDA margin
—
58.5%
Net margin
29.8%
40.3%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
22.9%
20.2%
Return on equity
26.1%
32.3%
Return on assets
15.1%
19.3%
Asset turnover
0.51
0.48
† 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 Jun 2026 · MSFT MRQ Mar 2026Cash
$15.46B
$32.10B
Total debt
$83.66B
$40.26B
Net debt
$68.20B
$8.16B
Debt / equity
0.3×
0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
—
0.0×
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)
7.9%
20.3%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
—
10.2%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
34
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 Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025 · MSFT income FY2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$228.25B
$331.84B
EBITDA
—
$194.24B
Operating income
$86.93B
$155.24B
Net income
$68.10B
$133.75B
EPS (diluted)
$26.54
$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 from the companies' SEC filings; 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.