Meta Platforms cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Meta Platforms's operations generated $115.80bn of cash; it spent $69.69bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $46.11bn. It returned $5.32bn in dividends and $26.25bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 16.1 | 24.2 | 29.3 | 36.3 | 38.7 | 57.7 | 50.5 | 71.1 | 91.3 | 115.8 | 133.1 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 15.5 | 18.6 | 24.2 |
| Stock-based pay | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 20.4 | 26.8 |
| Capital spending | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 18.7 | 31.2 | 27.0 | 37.3 | 69.7 | 104.4 |
| Free cash flow | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 11.6 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 21.2 | 23.6 | 39.0 | 19.3 | 44.1 | 54.1 | 46.1 | 28.6 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 0.4 | 0.7 | −1.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 29.8 | 7.3 | 30.0 | 37.4 | 25.7 | 1.8 |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Share buybacks | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 44.5 | 28.0 | 19.8 | 30.1 | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| Shares issued | 0.5 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 28.0 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 30.0 | 36.2 | 32.2 | 31.9 | 32.8 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.8 |
| Stock-based pay | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 |
| Capital spending | 14.4 | 12.9 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 19.0 | 30.1 | 33.9 |
| Free cash flow | 13.6 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 1.7 | −1.2 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 9.3 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 7.2 | −5.9 | −8.5 |
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