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Meta Platforms Inc.

META#18 of 134 by buybacks

NASDAQ · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$12.0Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield0.7%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$5.37Bdividend yield 0.3%
Shareholder yield0.9%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−8.3%2.57B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow29%payout incl. dividends 42%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 8.3% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$26.2B$5.32B$46.1B
FY2024Dec 2024$30.1B$5.07B$54.1B
FY2023Dec 2023$19.8B$0$43.8B
FY2022Dec 2022$28.0B$0$19.0B
FY2021Dec 2021$44.5B$0$39.1B
FY2020Dec 2020$6.27B$0$23.6B
FY2019Dec 2019$4.20B$2.34B$21.2B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −12.9% versus the prior year.

About Meta Platforms Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality (VR) headsets, and AI glasses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). The FoA segment offers Facebook, which enables people to build community through feed, reels, stories, groups, marketplace, and other; Instagram that bring…

Market cap
$1.83T
P/E (trailing)
27.1×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US30303M1027
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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