META vs TME vs SNAP Stock Comparison

Meta Platforms, Tencent Music Entertainment and Snap Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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META Meta Platforms, Inc.
$624.52 -15.5% 1M -16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.56T
P/E
20.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$241.61B
Div. yield
–
Social Media Technology
4 wins
SNAP Snap Inc
$5.68 +6.2% 1M -26.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.87B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$6.35B
Div. yield
–
Social Media Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tencent Music Entertainment leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Tencent Music Entertainment 6, Meta Platforms 4, Snap 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMETATMESNAPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.56T $12.91B $8.87B META
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.8x 10.1x -28.5x TME
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.4x 9.3x — TME
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +27.5% +200.4% +12.6% TME
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 835.7% -4.9% TME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.8% -5.8% TME
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.3x -5.9x SNAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.9% -63.4% -26.6% META
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +14.1%/yr +1.3%/yr -35.9%/yr META
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.0% 49.3% 58.5% META
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 67/100 56/100 TME

Percentile Scorecard

METATMESNAP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMETATMESNAP
Valuation 29 #118 of 166 75 #42 of 166 46 #91 of 166
Growth 67 #51 of 153 52 #74 of 153 86 #22 of 153
Profitability 68 #49 of 153 88 #19 of 153 36 #99 of 153
Financial Health 60 #73 of 179 77 #42 of 179 40 #107 of 179
Shareholder Returns 24 #69 of 91 44 #51 of 91 73 #25 of 91
Overall 50 67 56
  • META ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • TME ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • SNAP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMETATMESNAPSPY
1 month -15.5%+5.3%+6.2% +0.7%
3 months +15.9%-11.5%+20.6% +3.7%
6 months +2.1%-8.6%-6.4% +7.1%
Year to date -5.4%-52.2%-29.6% +12.8%
1 year -16.9%-63.4%-26.6% +11.9%
3 years +106.3%+14.8%-41.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +27.3%+4.7%-16.3% +22.8%
5 years +93.0%+6.6%-89.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +14.1%+1.3%-35.9% +10.9%
10 years +375.7%—— +262.0%
10 years, per year +16.9%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMETATMESNAPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.0%49.3%58.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.0%58.7%58.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.520.872.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.39-1.29-0.46 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.4%-70.6%-92.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.7%-63.8%-37.5% -1.2%
52-week high $777.59$23.15$9.09 $779.14
52-week low $525.72$7.74$3.93 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMETATMESNAP
P/E now vs peer median 20.7xmedian 16.7x 10.1xmedian 16.7x -30.4xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 1.4x 86.4xmedian 1.4x 1.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.7x 4.6xmedian 12.7x -72.0xmedian 12.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 45.9xmedian 10.5x 8.2xmedian 10.5x 13.9xmedian 10.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 1.7x 1.1xmedian 1.7x 5.1xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.55median 0.39 0.43median 0.39 -0.77median 0.39

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMETATMESNAP
Revenue $241.61B $152.71M $6.35B
Gross profit – $2.15B $3.64B
Operating income $79.38B $1.61B -$323.82M
Net income $75.25B $1.31B -$311.24M
Free cash flow – $1.61B $705.55M
R&D $76.54B – $1.95B
EPS (diluted) $29.33 $0.82 $-0.19
Cash & equivalents $12.54B $3.49B $958.85M
Total debt – $1.93B $3.53B
Shares (diluted) 2.57B 1.55B 1.66B
Enterprise value $1.56T -$9.83B -$2.54B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMETATMESNAP
P/E 20.7x 10.1x -30.4x
P/FCF 45.9x 8.2x 13.9x
P/Operating cash flow 11.7x 8.2x 10.7x
P/S 6.5x 86.4x 1.5x
P/B 5.7x 1.1x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 5.7x 1.2x 5.3x
EV/EBITDA – 4.6x -72.0x
EV/EBIT – 5.5x -33.0x
EV/Revenue 6.5x 57.7x 1.7x
EV/FCF – 5.5x 15.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x 5.5x 11.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.55 0.43 -0.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMETATMESNAP
Revenue growth (1Y) 27.5% 200.4% 12.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.9% 5.2% 12.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 17.2% 20.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 15.7% 11.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.1% -6.1% 50.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.2% 26.1% 39.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 28.6% -10.7% 43.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 23.6% 38.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 28.9% -9.3% 42.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 23.2% 39.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 23.7% 31.8% 56.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.2% 13.5% 54.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 31.8% 79.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.5% 105.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMETATMESNAP
Gross margin – 1,408% 57.3%
EBITDA margin – 1,262% -2.3%
Operating margin – 1,052% -5.1%
Pretax margin – 1,042% -4.9%
Net margin – 835.7% -4.9%
FCF margin – 1,054% 11.1%
Operating cash flow margin 55.1% 1,054% 14.5%
Return on equity 28.2% 11.6% -15.5%
Return on assets 16.2% 8.3% -4.2%
Return on invested capital – 12.8% -5.8%
Return on capital employed – 12.9% -5.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.2x -3.0x
Stock comp / revenue 11.2% – 16.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMETATMESNAP
Debt / assets – 11.2% 47.3%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.3x -5.9x
Debt / FCF – 1.2x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 43.1% 33.1% 74.2%
Equity / assets 56.9% 66.9% 25.8%
Interest coverage – 79.1x -2.2x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.7x 2.9x
Quick ratio – 2.1x 2.7x
Cash ratio – 1.9x 1.9x
Altman Z-score – 2.25 -0.56

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMETATMESNAP
Dividend yield 0.3% 2.9% –
Net buyback yield – – 8.7%
Shareholder yield 0.3% 2.9% 8.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMETATMESNAP
Forward P/E 21.4xFY2026 9.3xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $28.64FY2026 $0.90FY2026 $-0.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.9%FY2026 -11.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +25.3% -1.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $260.77BFY2026 $5.49BFY2026 $7.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +29.8%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.2% -2.6% -0.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMETATMESNAP
Held by institutions 66.6% 27.5% 37.8%
Institutions holding 5,034 312 535
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.6% +1.6% -2.3%
Institutions buying 2,681 172 254
Institutions selling 1,898 99 177
Buyers to sellers 1.41 1.74 1.44

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

METATMESNAP
META 1.00 0.15 0.34
TME 0.15 1.00 0.16
SNAP 0.34 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, META, TME and SNAP?

Meta Platforms (META) is the largest by market capitalisation: Meta Platforms (META) $1.56T, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) $12.91B, Snap (SNAP) $8.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, META, TME and SNAP?

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Meta Platforms (META) 20.8x, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 10.1x, Snap (SNAP) -28.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) is cheapest (Meta Platforms (META) 21.4x, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 9.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Meta Platforms (META) +27.5%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) +200.4%, Snap (SNAP) +12.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has the highest net margin (Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 835.7%, Snap (SNAP) -4.9%). On return on invested capital, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) leads (Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 12.8%, Snap (SNAP) -5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Meta Platforms (META) returned the most: Meta Platforms (META) -16.9%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) -63.4%, Snap (SNAP) -26.6%. Over five years, Meta Platforms (META) compounded fastest (Meta Platforms (META) +14.1%/yr, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) +1.3%/yr, Snap (SNAP) -35.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Meta Platforms (META) has been the steadiest (Meta Platforms (META) 43.0%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 49.3%, Snap (SNAP) 58.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, META, TME and SNAP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.