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Meta Platforms (META) Share-based Compensation (IS) (2012 - 2022)

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Meta Platforms (META) reported Share-based Compensation (IS) of $3.01 billion for Q4 2022, up 25.0% from $2.41 billion a year earlier but down 4.0% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Meta Platforms (META) Share-based Compensation (IS) (2012 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

For FY2022, Meta Platforms posted Share-based Compensation (IS) of $11.99 billion, up 30.9% from FY2021.

  • Share-based Compensation (IS) has increased for nine consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 26.4% (FY2017 to FY2022).
  • By year, Share-based Compensation (IS) came in at $9.16 billion in FY2021 (+40.2%), $6.54 billion in FY2020 (+35.2%), $4.84 billion in FY2019 (+16.5%) and $4.15 billion in FY2018 (+11.5%).
  • Five-year quarterly Share-based Compensation (IS) spans a low of $955 million in Q1 2018 and a high of $3.35 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Year over year, Share-based Compensation (IS) has now increased in each of the last 20 quarters, with growth averaging 35.7% over the last eight quarters.
  • Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Share-based Compensation (IS) ranged from 3.0% (Q3 2018) to 50.3% (Q2 2021).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2022 came in at $3.13 billion (Q3 2022), $3.35 billion (Q2 2022) and $2.5 billion (Q1 2022).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Stock Comp. (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,139.30 Bn 3,896.82 Bn 73.85 Bn -
2 Meta Platforms 1,802.48 Bn 1,505.00 Bn 49.47 Bn -
3 Netflix 295.38 Bn 255.58 Bn 6.52 Bn -
4 Alibaba Group Holding 253.00 Bn 66.78 Bn 15.11 Bn -
5 Shopify 219.40 Bn 196.59 Bn 1.71 Bn -
6 Uber Technologies 143.37 Bn 115.17 Bn 6.38 Bn -
7 Booking Holdings 125.53 Bn 58.58 Bn - -
8 PDD Holdings 113.03 Bn -130.74 Bn 9.45 Bn -
9 Spotify Technology 108.69 Bn 66.19 Bn 1.86 Bn -
10 Airbnb 102.92 Bn 56.15 Bn 2.98 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2022 3.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.41 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.83 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 1.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 972.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 1.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 955.00 Mn
API Access

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