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Meta Platforms (META) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Meta Platforms (META) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 15 consecutive years, with $5.9 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 38.2% to $5.9 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $20.4 billion, a 22.39% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $20.4 billion, up 22.39% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation was $5.9 billion for Q4 2025 at Meta Platforms, up from $5.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $5.9 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.8 billion in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $3.6 billion and a median of $3.5 billion in 2023 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: soared 50.38% in 2021, then grew 4.72% in 2025.
  • Meta Platforms' Share-based Compensation stood at $2.4 billion in 2021, then grew by 24.97% to $3.0 billion in 2022, then increased by 13.83% to $3.4 billion in 2023, then grew by 24.47% to $4.3 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 38.2% to $5.9 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for META's Share-based Compensation are $5.9 billion (Q4 2025), $5.6 billion (Q3 2025), and $4.8 billion (Q2 2025).