What is META's five-year median P/E?

26.7x. Half of META's weekly readings over the last five years were higher and half were lower. This page has 705 weekly readings, from Apr 29, 2013 to Oct 26, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank compares META only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.

Meta Platforms (META) valuation history

Communication Services

$624.52

Latest weekly close · Market cap $1.6T

Below its usual range

Meta Platforms' P/E of 21.3x is lower than 75% of its weekly readings over the last five years (as of Oct 30, 2026).

Forward P/E 18.5× (analyst estimates, not ranked).

Weekly P/E with its 5-year range

P/E each weekMiddle half of the last 5 years5-year median 26.7×

5-year median: 26.7×
10-year median: 28.5×
5-year low to high: 8.7× to 38.3×
Versus 5-year median: -20%

P/E

25thpercentile

of its weekly readings over the last five years

Growth, last 12 months vs the year before

Revenue: +28%accelerating
EPS: +30%

Price vs revenue and EPS, indexed to 100

Each line starts at 100 at its first positive reading over the last five years. Revenue and EPS change at fiscal quarter ends.

PriceRevenue, last 12 monthsEPS, last 12 months100 = first reading

P/E at each year-end

The last weekly reading of each year, and its percentile against the five years before it.

META P/E at each year-end
Year-end	P/E	5-year percentile
Dec 29, 2025	28.8×	70
Dec 30, 2024	28.5×	54
Dec 25, 2023	31.2×	73
Dec 26, 2022	11.5×	5
Dec 27, 2021	24.0×	14
Dec 28, 2020	31.1×	34
Dec 30, 2019	33.4×	35
Dec 31, 2018	20.8×	2
Dec 25, 2017	34.2×	1
Dec 26, 2016	44.4×	0

Communication Services peers on P/E

Each percentile compares a stock with its own last five years.

Compare META with peers

Communication Services peers of META on P/E
Stock	P/E	Versus its own history	5-year percentile
DISDisney	22.9×	Below its usual range	25
GOOGLAlphabet Earnings include a one-time gain	14.8×	Earnings include a one-time gain	0
NFLXNetflix	17.9×	Historically low	4
CHTRCharter Communications	2.8×	Historically low	1
CMCSAComcast	7.0×	Above its usual range	71

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About this history

What is META's current P/E?: Meta Platforms' P/E of 21.3x is lower than 75% of its weekly readings over the last five years (as of Oct 30, 2026).
What is META's five-year median P/E?: 26.7x. Half of META's weekly readings over the last five years were higher and half were lower. This page has 705 weekly readings, from Apr 29, 2013 to Oct 26, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank compares META only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.