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Meta Platforms (META) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Meta Platforms (META) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 15 consecutive years, with $21.4 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures rose 48.24% to $21.4 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $69.7 billion, a 87.06% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $69.7 billion, up 87.06% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures was $21.4 billion for Q4 2025 at Meta Platforms, down from $37.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $37.7 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$19.1 billion in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $7.8 billion and a median of $6.8 billion in 2021 define the central range for Capital Expenditures.
  • Peak YoY movement for Capital Expenditures: crashed 231.63% in 2023, then soared 1149.32% in 2024.
  • Meta Platforms' Capital Expenditures stood at $16.1 billion in 2021, then crashed by 218.77% to -$19.1 billion in 2022, then surged by 218.2% to $22.5 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 36.0% to $14.4 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 48.24% to $21.4 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for META's Capital Expenditures are $21.4 billion (Q4 2025), $37.7 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q2 2025).