Reality Check
August 19, 2026

Meta Trades Near Decade Lows on Both Sales and Earnings

Both multiples sit near the bottom of their ten-year ranges

META currently trades at 6.15 times its trailing-twelve-month revenue per share. With the stock at $546.74 and TTM sales of $88.95 a share, that multiple sits near the bottom of its ten-year range. On earnings the picture is the same: 20.60 times the $26.54 in trailing profit per share, again close to decade lows.

The reason is straightforward. From mid-2025 onward the share price and the underlying business moved in opposite directions.

META price against trailing-twelve-month revenue per share
Jun 2025Now
Price$738.09$546.74
TTM revenue per share$69.57$88.95
Price / revenue10.61×6.15×
Quarter-end closes against trailing four quarters of revenue per share.

The profit multiple shows the same pattern.

A stock can look inexpensive on sales yet expensive on earnings when margins are shrinking. That did not happen here. Profit per share rose in step with revenue, increasing 17 percent, while the earnings multiple itself fell 36 percent.

META price against trailing-twelve-month earnings per share
Sep 2025Now
Price$734.38$546.74
TTM earnings per share$22.76$26.54
Price / profit32.27×20.60×
Quarter-end closes against trailing four quarters of earnings per share.

How today’s multiples rank against META’s own history

The table below shows where the current price-to-revenue and price-to-profit multiples rank against META’s quarter-end readings over different lookback windows, cheapest first. Each quarter-end uses the first close after the quarter ended. A rank of 1 is the cheapest reading in the window.

Today’s multiple against META’s own history
Price / revenuePrice / profit
Last 3 yearsCheapest of last 12 quartersCheapest of last 12 quarters
Last 5 years6th cheapest of last 20 quarters5th cheapest of last 20 quarters
Last 10 years6th cheapest of last 40 quarters6th cheapest of last 40 quarters
All time6th cheapest of 57 quarters6th cheapest of 57 quarters

Note

Third, “cheap” in this analysis means inexpensive only relative to META’s own historical range. It does not speak to valuation versus peers or to the intrinsic value of the business. A multiple can remain low for years if the market has simply re-rated the company.

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