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Meta Platforms (META) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 45.45% to $6.0 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $22.3 billion, a 29.16% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $20.4 billion, up 22.39% from a year prior.

Meta Platforms (META) has 16 years of Share-based Compensation data on record, last reported at $6.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation reached $6.0 billion in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, up from $5.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Share-based Compensation for META hit a ceiling of $6.0 billion in Q1 2026 and a floor of $2.5 billion in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $4.1 billion and a median of $4.1 billion in 2023 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: rose 4.72% in 2025, then surged 45.45% in 2026.
  • Tracing META's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $3.0 billion in 2022, then grew by 13.83% to $3.4 billion in 2023, then rose by 24.47% to $4.3 billion in 2024, then soared by 38.2% to $5.9 billion in 2025, then rose by 2.41% to $6.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for META at $6.0 billion in Q1 2026, $5.9 billion in Q4 2025, and $5.6 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Meta Platforms 1,539.18 Bn 1,458.00 Bn 46.09 Bn 6.03 Bn
2 Spotify Technology 118.05 Bn 107.81 Bn 1.75 Bn 65.56 Mn
3 Reddit 28.76 Bn 25.99 Bn 511.94 Mn 68.34 Mn
4 Nebius 22.38 Bn 22.38 Bn 295.20 Mn 35.30 Mn
5 Pinterest 12.01 Bn 10.71 Bn 768.96 Mn 231.45 Mn
6 Strive 9.69 Bn 9.62 Bn - 21.71 Mn
7 Snap 9.60 Bn 6.78 Bn 1.29 Bn 250.04 Mn
8 Match 8.34 Bn 7.31 Bn 653.28 Mn 58.57 Mn
9 Baidu 5.09 Bn -5.87 Bn 1.88 Mn 82.00 Mn
10 Iac 3.16 Bn 2.06 Bn 289.86 Mn 16.41 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 6.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 6.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.89 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 5.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 5.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 4.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 4.83 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 4.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 4.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 4.62 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 4.62 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 3.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 3.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.42 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.05 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.41 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.55 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.83 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.83 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 1.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 1.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.34 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 972.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 972.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 1.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.19 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 955.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 955.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 814.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 814.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 1.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.01 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.03 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 867.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 867.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 831.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 831.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 824.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 824.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 817.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 817.00 Mn