Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): return on equity, 10 filed years
ROE at Meta Platforms, Inc. was 27.8% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 17.3% (FY2016) to 34.1% (FY2024), with a median of 24.1%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 27.8%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROE | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 17.3% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-03 |
| FY2017 | 21.4% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-01 |
| FY2018 | 26.3% | 10-K, filed 2019-01-31 |
| FY2019 | 18.3% | 10-K, filed 2020-01-30 |
| FY2020 | 22.7% | 10-K, filed 2021-01-28 |
| FY2021 | 31.5% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-03 |
| FY2022 | 18.4% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-02 |
| FY2023 | 25.5% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-02 |
| FY2024 | 34.1% | 10-K, filed 2025-01-30 |
| FY2025 | 27.8% | 10-K, filed 2026-01-29 |
How each year is computed
Net income / shareholders equity x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.