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Meta Platforms (META) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2026)

Meta Platforms has reported Capital Expenditures over the past 16 years, most recently at $16.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Capital Expenditures rose 23.95% to $16.0 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $72.8 billion through Mar 2026, up 432.56% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $69.7 billion for FY2025, 877.84% up from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures was $16.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Meta Platforms, down from $60.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Capital Expenditures peaked at $60.6 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$19.1 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $5.4 billion (2022), against an average of $5.9 billion.
  • Year-over-year, Capital Expenditures surged 2328.76% in 2022 and then crashed 3816.21% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at -$19.1 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 97.9% to -$401.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 3816.21% to -$15.7 billion in 2024, then surged by 485.6% to $60.6 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 73.51% to $16.0 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for META's Capital Expenditures are $16.0 billion (Q1 2026), $60.6 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.5 billion (Q3 2025).