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Meta Platforms, Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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3 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
0/3
Efficiency
1/2
Revenue growth at 22.2% runs nearly 6× the sector median, and operating margin sits at 41.4%, well above the median 20.0%. The current ratio of 2.60 signals solid near-term liquidity. Yet the F-Score of 4/9 flags mixed health: profitability scores well, but debt and efficiency metrics lag. Free cash flow growth of -24.2% trails the sector median by -169%, a gap that widens the tension between strong reported earnings and weaker cash conversion. At a P/E of 20.7×, the stock trades near the sector median 18.3×, pricing in moderate growth. The most recent quarter missed consensus by 13%, and while analysts forecast continued expansion, the realized three-year earnings path has been uneven. Valuation sits fair relative to peers, but the divergence between topline strength and cash generation, combined with the mixed beat record, leaves the fundamental picture scattered.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHTR | Charter Communications | 5/9 | 32% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When META reports on 2026-10-27, track revenue growth year over year against the current 3.7× sector-median pace and operating margin relative to the 20.0% sector median. Also watch whether FCF growth, now 169% below the sector median, shows any recovery — that gap is the clearest tension in the current F-Score of 4/9.
On SEC EDGAR, open META's most recent 10-K and focus on management's discussion of capital expenditure plans — these directly affect FCF trajectory. Cross-check the Leverage and Liquidity section of the filing against the F-Score's 0/3 signal there, which flags pressure despite a current ratio 2.5× above the sector median.
From the Communication Services table in section 06, pick two or three companies and line up one metric — operating margin or FCF growth year over year works well given META's mixed signals. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to frame without any implied ordering.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -51%+128%+23%-15%
Over 4 years: 0.260.320.340.58
Over 4 years: -1%+16%+22%+22%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| -1% |
| 24% |
| CMCSA | Comcast | 6/9 | 22% | -0% | 17% |
| DIS | Disney | 7/9 | 12% | +3% | 19% |
| EA | Electronic Arts | 6/9 | 13% | +1% | 15% |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation | 5/9 | 15% | +5% | — |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | 5/9 | 36% | +15% | 32% |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 4/9 | 30% | +22% | 41% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 6/9 | 43% | +16% | 29% |
| NWSA | News Corporation | 4/9 | 7% | +7% | — |
| OMC | Omnicom | 3/9 | -1% | +10% | 3% |
| T | AT&T | 6/9 | 18% | +3% | 19% |
| TMUS | T-Mobile | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | 21% |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive | 7/9 | -11% | +18% | -2% |
| VZ | Verizon | 5/9 | 17% | +3% | 21% |
A sample of 14 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.