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Published financial data: META PLATFORMS, INC.

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Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Revenues	85.96B	118B	117B	135B	165B
Total Revenues	85.96B	118B	117B	135B	165B
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	16.69B	22.65B	23.75B	26.01B	30.13B
Gross Profit	69.27B	95.28B	92.86B	109B	134B
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	18.16B	23.87B	25.68B	22.2B	22.53B
R&D Expenses	18.45B	24.66B	33.62B	36.49B	43.62B
Other Operating Expenses, Total	36.6B	48.53B	59.3B	58.69B	66.15B
Operating Income	32.67B	46.75B	33.56B	50.2B	68.22B
Interest Expense, Total	-	-	-	-446M	-715M
Interest And Investment Income	672M	461M	276M	1.64B	2.52B
Net Interest Expenses	672M	461M	276M	1.19B	1.8B
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	-129M	-140M	-81M	-366M	-690M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-34M	210M	127M	-49M	213M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	33.18B	47.28B	33.88B	50.98B	69.54B
Restructuring Charges	-	-	-4.61B	-3.45B	-389M
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	-	-	-447M	-101M	-42M
Legal Settlements	-	-	-	-	1.55B
Other Unusual Items	-	-	-	-	-
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	33.18B	47.28B	28.82B	47.43B	70.66B
Income Tax Expense	4.03B	7.91B	5.62B	8.33B	8.3B
Earnings From Continuing Operations	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B	62.36B
Net Income to Company	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B	62.36B
Net Income - (IS)	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B	62.36B
Preferred Dividend and Other Adjustments	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B	62.36B
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B	62.36B
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	10.22	13.99	8.63	15.19	24.61
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	10.22	13.99	8.63	15.19	24.61
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	2.85B	2.82B	2.69B	2.57B	2.53B
Net EPS - Diluted	10.09	13.77	8.59	14.87	23.86
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	10.09	13.77	8.59	14.87	23.86
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	2.89B	2.86B	2.7B	2.63B	2.61B
Normalized Basic EPS	7.27	10.5	7.88	12.38	17.15
Normalized Diluted EPS	7.18	10.34	7.84	12.12	16.63
Dividend Per Share	-	-	-	-	2
Payout Ratio	-	-	-	-	8.13
American Depositary Receipts Ratio (ADR)	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	39.53B	54.72B	42.24B	61.38B	83.72B
EBITA	33.14B	47.16B	33.74B	50.36B	68.43B
EBIT	32.67B	46.75B	33.56B	50.2B	68.22B
EBITDAR	41.19B	56.53B	44.46B	64.05B	86.92B
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	12.16	16.74	19.5	17.56	11.75
Current Domestic Taxes	3.82B	5.52B	6.97B	5.51B	10.34B
Current Foreign Taxes	1.21B	1.79B	1.93B	2.69B	2.7B
Total Current Taxes	5.03B	7.3B	8.9B	8.2B	13.04B
Deferred Domestic Taxes	-981M	628M	-3.18B	190M	-4.75B
Deferred Foreign Taxes	-16M	-19M	-96M	-59M	15M
Total Deferred Taxes	-997M	609M	-3.28B	131M	-4.74B
Normalized Net Income	20.74B	29.55B	21.17B	31.86B	43.46B
Interest Capitalized	-	-	-	283M	384M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	14M	15M	16M	723M	1.09B
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Advertising Expense	2.26B	2.99B	2.65B	2.02B	2.06B
Selling and Marketing Expenses	11.59B	14.04B	14.62B	11.6B	11.29B
General and Administrative Expenses	6.56B	9.83B	11.06B	10.61B	11.24B
Research And Development Expense From Footnotes	18.45B	24.66B	35.34B	38.48B	43.87B
Net Rental Expense, Total	1.66B	1.81B	2.22B	2.67B	3.2B
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	-	-	-	483M	647M
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	-	-	-	2.19B	2.56B
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	447M	577M	768M	740M	1.06B
Stock-Based Comp., R&D Exp. (Total)	4.92B	7.11B	9.36B	11.43B	13.68B
Stock-Based Comp., S&M Exp. (Total)	691M	837M	1B	952M	1.03B
Stock-Based Comp., G&A Exp. (Total)	480M	644M	859M	906M	926M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	6.54B	9.16B	11.99B	14.03B	16.69B

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	17.58B	16.6B	14.68B	41.86B	43.89B
Short Term Investments	44.38B	31.4B	26.06B	23.54B	33.93B
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	61.95B	48B	40.74B	65.4B	77.82B
Accounts Receivable, Total	11.34B	14.04B	13.47B	16.17B	16.99B
Total Receivables	11.34B	14.04B	13.47B	16.17B	16.99B
Prepaid Expenses	2.14B	4.48B	5.05B	3.69B	4.88B
Restricted Cash	241M	149M	294M	99M	353M
Total Current Assets	75.67B	66.67B	59.55B	85.36B	100B
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	70.4B	90.04B	117B	143B	180B
Accumulated Depreciation	-15.42B	-20.08B	-24.98B	-33.13B	-43.32B
Net Property Plant And Equipment	54.98B	69.96B	92.19B	110B	136B
Long-term Investments	6.23B	6.78B	6.2B	6.14B	6.07B
Goodwill	19.05B	19.2B	20.31B	20.65B	20.65B
Other Intangibles, Total	623M	634M	897M	788M	915M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	2.76B	2.75B	6.58B	6.79B	12.1B
Total Assets	159B	166B	186B	230B	276B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	1.33B	4.08B	4.99B	4.85B	7.69B
Accrued Expenses, Total	2.61B	3.15B	4.59B	6.66B	6.35B
Short-term Borrowings	-	-	-	-	-
Current Portion of Leases	1.08B	1.2B	1.5B	1.71B	2.02B
Current Income Taxes Payable	2.04B	1.26B	2.34B	3.66B	3.44B
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	335M	517M	-	-	-
Other Current Liabilities	7.59B	10.92B	13.61B	15.08B	14.1B
Total Current Liabilities	14.98B	21.14B	27.03B	31.96B	33.6B
Long-Term Debt	-	-	9.92B	18.38B	28.83B
Long-Term Leases	10.1B	13.25B	15.86B	17.83B	18.92B
Unearned Revenue Non Current	-	79M	-	-	-
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	-	-	-	-	-
Other Non Current Liabilities	5.94B	6.64B	7.21B	8.28B	12.07B
Total Liabilities	31.03B	41.11B	60.01B	76.46B	93.42B
Additional Paid In Capital	50.02B	55.81B	64.44B	73.25B	83.23B
Retained Earnings	77.34B	69.76B	64.8B	82.07B	103B
Comprehensive Income and Other	927M	-693M	-3.53B	-2.16B	-3.1B
Total Common Equity	128B	125B	126B	153B	183B
Total Equity	128B	125B	126B	153B	183B
Total Liabilities And Equity	159B	166B	186B	230B	276B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	2.85B	2.72B	2.59B	2.55B	2.53B
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	2.85B	2.74B	2.61B	2.56B	2.53B
Book Value / Share	45.03	45.56	48.09	59.81	72.07
Tangible Book Value	109B	105B	105B	132B	161B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	38.12	38.32	39.98	51.44	63.56
Total Debt	11.18B	14.45B	27.28B	37.92B	49.77B
Net Debt	-50.78B	-33.54B	-13.46B	-27.48B	-28.05B
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	13.28B	14.5B	17.76B	21.37B	25.62B
Equity Method Investments, Total	-	34M	17M	58M	52M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	3	3	3
Land - (BS)	1.33B	1.69B	1.87B	2.08B	2.56B
Buildings, Total	17.36B	22.53B	27.72B	37.96B	47.08B
Machinery, Total	22B	30.35B	39.97B	54.25B	75.55B
Full Time Employees	58.6K	71.97K	86.48K	67.32K	74.07K
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	114M	-	-	-	-

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Net Income	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B	62.36B
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	6.39B	7.56B	8.5B	11.02B	15.29B
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	473M	407M	185M	161M	211M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	6.86B	7.97B	8.69B	11.18B	15.5B
(Gain) Loss on Sale of Investments - (CF)	-	-	463M	-	-
Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs	-	-	1.34B	2.21B	383M
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	6.54B	9.16B	11.99B	14.03B	16.69B
Tax Benefit from Stock Options	-	-	-	-	-
Other Operating Activities, Total	-1.07B	482M	-890M	766M	-4.65B
Change In Accounts Receivable	-1.51B	-3.11B	231M	-2.4B	-1.48B
Change In Accounts Payable	-17M	1.44B	210M	51M	373M
Change in Unearned Revenues	108M	187M	-	-	-
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	-1.3B	2.19B	5.24B	6.18B	2.16B
Cash from Operations	38.75B	57.68B	50.48B	71.11B	91.33B
Capital Expenditure	-15.12B	-18.57B	-31.43B	-27.27B	-37.26B
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	-	-	245M	221M	-
Cash Acquisitions	-388M	-851M	-1.31B	-629M	-270M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-14.52B	12.13B	3.53B	3.2B	-9.75B
Other Investing Activities, Total	-36M	-284M	1M	-23M	129M
Cash from Investing	-30.06B	-7.57B	-28.97B	-24.5B	-47.15B
Short Term Debt Issued, Total	24M	14M	-	-	-
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	-	-	9.92B	8.46B	10.43B
Total Debt Issued	24M	14M	9.92B	8.46B	10.43B
Short Term Debt Repaid, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-604M	-677M	-850M	-1.06B	-1.97B
Total Debt Repaid	-604M	-677M	-850M	-1.06B	-1.97B
Repurchase of Common Stock	-9.84B	-50.05B	-31.55B	-26.79B	-43.9B
Common Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-5.07B
Common & Preferred Stock Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-5.07B
Other Financing Activities, Total	124M	-13M	344M	-111M	-277M
Cash from Financing	-10.29B	-50.73B	-22.14B	-19.5B	-40.78B
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	279M	-474M	-638M	113M	-786M
Net Change in Cash	-1.32B	-1.09B	-1.27B	27.23B	2.61B
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	-	-	-	448M	486M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	4.23B	8.52B	6.41B	6.61B	10.55B
Levered Free Cash Flow	16.01B	28.81B	15.6B	32.47B	36.1B
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	16.01B	28.81B	15.6B	32.75B	36.54B
Change In Net Working Capital	2.7B	-1.02B	-5.38B	-3.44B	1.03B
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-580M	-663M	9.07B	7.4B	8.46B

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Profitability
Return on Assets	13.95	17.97	11.93	15.11	16.86
Return on Total Capital	16.28	21	14.38	18.27	20.17
Return On Equity %	25.42	31.1	18.52	28.04	37.14
Return on Common Equity	25.42	31.1	18.52	28.04	37.14
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	80.58	80.79	79.63	80.72	81.68
SG&A Margin	21.12	20.24	22.02	16.46	13.7
EBITDA Margin %	45.99	46.4	36.22	45.5	50.89
EBITA Margin %	38.56	39.99	28.93	37.33	41.6
EBIT Margin %	38	39.64	28.78	37.21	41.47
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	33.9	33.38	19.9	28.98	37.91
Net Income Margin %	33.9	33.38	19.9	28.98	37.91
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	33.9	33.38	19.9	28.98	37.91
Normalized Net Income Margin	24.12	25.06	18.16	23.62	26.42
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	18.62	24.43	13.38	24.07	21.94
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	18.62	24.43	13.38	24.28	22.21
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	0.59	0.73	0.66	0.65	0.65
Fixed Assets Turnover	1.72	1.89	1.44	1.34	1.34
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	8.24	9.3	8.48	9.1	9.92
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	5.05	3.15	2.2	2.67	2.98
Quick Ratio	4.89	2.94	2.01	2.55	2.82
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	2.59	2.73	1.87	2.23	2.72
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	44.39	39.27	43.05	40.09	36.89
Average Days Payable Outstanding	29.54	43.62	69.71	69.05	76.14
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	8.71	11.57	21.7	24.76	27.25
Total Debt / Total Capital	8.01	10.37	17.83	19.85	21.41
LT Debt/Equity	7.87	10.61	20.51	23.64	26.15
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	7.24	9.51	16.85	18.95	20.55
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	19.47	24.77	32.31	33.3	33.84
EBIT / Interest Expense	-	-	-	112.56	95.41
EBITDA / Interest Expense	-	-	-	143.61	121.57
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	-	-	-	82.48	69.46
Total Debt / EBITDA	0.27	0.26	0.61	0.59	0.57
Net Debt / EBITDA	-1.23	-0.59	-0.3	-0.43	-0.32
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.43	0.38	2.09	1.03	1
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	-1.95	-0.88	-1.03	-0.75	-0.56
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	21.6	37.18	-1.12	15.69	21.94
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	19.59	37.54	-2.55	17.28	23.39
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	13.84	38.42	-22.81	45.31	39.1
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	12.17	42.29	-28.46	49.27	39.18
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	12.71	43.1	-28.23	49.61	39.21
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	57.67	35.08	-41.07	68.53	59.5
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	57.67	35.08	-41.07	68.53	59.5
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	11.3	42.51	-28.35	50.49	39.69
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	56.92	36.47	-37.62	73.11	60.46
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	19.09	23.86	-4.08	20.07	5.1
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	22.77	27.25	31.77	19.19	24.01
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	19.45	4.19	11.89	23.63	20.22
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	33.36	-3.29	-0.51	26.04	22.28
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	26.95	-2.66	0.67	21.84	19.24
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	6.7	48.87	-12.5	40.89	28.43
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	0.09	22.84	68.17	-13.25	37.76
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	-17.16	79.36	-45.76	108.02	12.67
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	-17.16	79.36	-45.76	108.26	13.08
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	24.08	29.15	16.47	6.95	18.77
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	22.08	28.25	15.78	6.91	20.3
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	16.3	25.53	3.37	5.91	40.78
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	13.89	26.33	0.9	3.34	42.41
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.52	27	1.34	3.62	42.59
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.81	45.94	-10.78	-0.35	63.95
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.81	45.94	-10.78	-0.35	63.95
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.38	25.94	1.04	3.84	43.28
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	15.45	46.34	-7.73	3.92	66.66
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	22.23	21.45	9	7.32	12.34
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	49.25	24.99	29.49	25.32	21.58
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	27.94	11.56	7.97	17.62	21.92
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	29.74	13.57	-1.91	11.98	24.14
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	23.49	11.16	-1.01	10.75	20.53
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	15.05	26.03	14.14	11.03	34.51
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	4.22	10.88	43.97	20.78	9.3
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	24.27	22.1	-1.31	6.29	50.88
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	24.27	22.1	-1.31	6.72	51.26
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	28.35	28.3	18.15	16.21	11.73
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	25.32	27.03	17.03	16.27	12.14
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	19.39	23.25	6.75	15.8	15.23
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	16.62	22.66	4.52	14.97	13.21
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	17.38	23.35	5	15.4	13.42
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	22.3	21.2	7.87	10.29	16.57
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	22.3	21.2	7.87	10.29	16.57
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	17.23	23.08	4.35	15.39	13.72
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	23.24	22.07	10.14	13.8	20.11
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	24.8	22.77	12.26	12.57	6.57
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	58.83	41.52	27.21	25.96	24.88
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	23.53	19.47	11.67	12.96	18.48
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	26.04	17.64	8.67	6.64	15.31
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	19.94	14.07	7.55	6.09	13.51
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	16.96	25.37	11.6	22.43	16.55
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	30.94	10.09	27.68	21.6	25.85
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	11.26	40.6	-6.89	26.58	7.88
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	11.25	40.6	-6.89	26.94	8.31
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	36.82	33.67	23.46	19.29	18.4
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	35.69	31.92	21.41	18.56	18.33
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	37.07	29.94	12.71	16	19.24
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	36.65	29.05	10.06	14.53	18.29
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	39.32	30.34	10.68	15.04	18.67
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	51.2	30.97	7.8	12.07	27.53
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	51.2	30.97	7.8	12.07	27.53
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	39.89	30.45	10.47	14.99	18.46
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	50.83	31.57	9.77	14.46	29.98
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	34.67	28.59	18.22	16.34	12.29
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	57.42	52.11	46.37	34.8	24.93
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	26.38	20.64	17.05	18.73	15.66
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	36.47	22.21	14.02	15.34	14.61
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	23.74	16.1	11.08	12.73	12.57
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	30.29	29.06	15.82	19.42	20.26
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	43.05	32.82	36.09	14.4	19.79
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	23.17	28.4	6.06	25.66	13.31
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	23.1	28.38	6.05	25.87	13.59