Meta Platforms (META) Share-based Compensation (2011 - 2026)

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

• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $6.0 billion, up 45.45% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $22.3 billion (up 29.16% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $20.4 billion, up 22.39% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation rose to $6.0 billion in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from $5.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $6.0 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $2.5 billion in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $4.1 billion and a median of $4.1 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Share-based Compensation grew 4.72% in 2025, then soared 45.45% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it 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 META's Share-based Compensation at $6.0 billion in Q1 2026, $5.9 billion in Q4 2025, and $5.6 billion in Q3 2025.