Meta Platforms META
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At close: Oct 9, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Meta Platforms (META) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026)

Updated

Meta Platforms' Operating Margin was 30.88% in Q2 2026, down 12.14 percentage points from 43.02% a year earlier and down 9.74 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Meta Platforms (META) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Meta Platforms' Operating Margin was 38.08% through Jun 30, 2026, down 5.94 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 41.44%, down 0.74 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +3.43 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In earlier years, Operating Margin was 42.18% in FY2024 (+7.52 pp), 34.66% in FY2023 (+9.83 pp), 24.82% in FY2022 (-14.82 pp) and 39.65% in FY2021 (+1.64 pp).
  • The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Operating Margin since Q2 2023.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.52 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 20.95 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2022 (a drop of 17.48 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, META's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 40.62% (Q1 2026), 41.32% (Q4 2025) and 40.07% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,273.02 Bn 4,030.55 Bn 73.85 Bn 34.03%
2 Meta Platforms 1,882.67 Bn 1,585.19 Bn 49.47 Bn 30.88%
3 Netflix 292.72 Bn 252.92 Bn 6.52 Bn 33.38%
4 Alibaba Group Holding 258.66 Bn 82.26 Bn 15.11 Bn 5.64%
5 Shopify 221.29 Bn 198.47 Bn 1.71 Bn 13.62%
6 Uber Technologies 145.86 Bn 117.84 Bn 6.38 Bn 13.32%
7 Booking Holdings 120.48 Bn 53.53 Bn - 34.00%
8 PDD Holdings 115.79 Bn -126.92 Bn 9.45 Bn 24.71%
9 Spotify Technology 108.98 Bn 66.21 Bn 1.86 Bn 13.71%
10 Airbnb 97.86 Bn 51.09 Bn 2.98 Bn 21.01%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 30.88%
Mar 31, 2026 40.62%
Dec 31, 2025 41.32%
Sep 30, 2025 40.07%
Jun 30, 2025 43.02%
Mar 31, 2025 41.49%
Dec 31, 2024 48.29%
Sep 30, 2024 42.75%
Jun 30, 2024 38.00%
Mar 31, 2024 37.90%
Dec 31, 2023 40.85%
Sep 30, 2023 40.26%
Jun 30, 2023 29.35%
Mar 31, 2023 25.23%
Dec 31, 2022 19.89%
Sep 30, 2022 20.44%
Jun 30, 2022 29.00%
Mar 31, 2022 30.54%
Dec 31, 2021 37.38%
Sep 30, 2021 35.93%
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