Meta Platforms (META) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2026)

Meta Platforms (META) reported Retained Earnings of -$303.0 million for Q1 2026, up 83.75% year-over-year from -$164.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 211.81% quarter-over-quarter from $271.0 million in Q4 2025.

Meta Platforms (META) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Meta Platforms (META) has 16 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$303.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at -$303.0 million, up 83.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$303.0 million (up 83.75% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $271.0 million, up 108.75% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings slipped to -$303.0 million in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from $271.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $106.3 billion in Q2 2025 and troughed at -$3.5 billion in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $35.2 billion and a median of $271.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • On a YoY basis, Retained Earnings climbed as much as 32494.2% in 2022 and fell as far as 409.38% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$3.5 billion in 2022, then surged by 38.95% to -$2.2 billion in 2023, then sank by 43.71% to -$3.1 billion in 2024, then soared by 108.75% to $271.0 million in 2025, then sank by 211.81% to -$303.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows META's Retained Earnings at -$303.0 million in Q1 2026, $271.0 million in Q4 2025, and $159.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,942,920.03 Bn 1,942,920.03 Bn 295.20 Mn 3.92 Bn
2 Alphabet 4,333.14 Bn 4,117.52 Bn 102.29 Bn 384.02 Bn
3 Meta Platforms 1,436.75 Bn 1,355.57 Bn 46.09 Bn -303.00 Mn
4 Spotify Technology 115.76 Bn 105.52 Bn 1.75 Bn 3.02 Bn
5 Reddit 31.07 Bn 28.30 Bn 511.94 Mn -467.14 Mn
6 Pinterest 12.92 Bn 11.62 Bn 768.96 Mn 55.11 Mn
7 Kanzhun 12.73 Bn 10.63 Bn 255.62 Bn -
8 Snap 8.83 Bn 6.00 Bn 1.29 Bn -14.39 Bn
9 Match 8.15 Bn 7.13 Bn 653.28 Mn -5.80 Bn
10 Zillow 7.57 Bn 6.79 Bn 519.00 Mn -1.81 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -303.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 271.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 159.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 106.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 84.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 76.79 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -2.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 75.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 67.98 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.98 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -3.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 67.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 69.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 67.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -693.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -207.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 85.10 Bn