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Meta Platforms (META) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Meta Platforms (META) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 15 consecutive years, with -$24.3 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 186.69% to -$24.3 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $46.1 billion through Dec 2025, down 45.24% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $46.1 billion for FY2025, 45.24% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$24.3 billion at Meta Platforms, down from $50.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $50.3 billion in Q3 2025, with the low at -$24.3 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $14.2 billion, with a median of $10.7 billion recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow soared 6127.44% in 2023, then plummeted 186.69% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $2.0 billion in 2021, then surged by 1538.85% to $33.6 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 41.02% to $19.8 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 41.77% to $28.1 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 186.69% to -$24.3 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at -$24.3 billion, $50.3 billion, and $9.0 billion for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.