TTM
22.4%
YoY change
−9.93pp
Trough year (2012)
7.4%
Peak year (2017)
43.0%
Latest annual
22.9%
FCF Margin history chart for Meta (META) from 2009 to 2025
Latest: 22.9%
FCF Margin change chart for Meta (META) from 2009 to 2025
Latest: −9.93pp
FCF Margin history table for Meta (META) from 2009 to 2025
| 2025 | 22.9% | -9.93pp | ||
| 2024 | 32.9% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2023 | 32.5% | +16.17pp | ||
| 2022 | 16.3% | -16.84pp | ||
| 2021 | 33.2% | +5.68pp | ||
| 2020 | 27.5% | -2.51pp | ||
| 2019 | 30.0% | +2.50pp | ||
| 2018 | 27.5% | -15.50pp | ||
| 2017 | 43.0% | +0.97pp | ||
| 2016 | 42.0% | +8.14pp | ||
| 2015 | 33.9% | +4.80pp | ||
| 2014 | 29.1% | -7.24pp | ||
| 2013 | 36.3% | +28.92pp | ||
| 2012 | 7.4% | -18.00pp | ||
| 2011 | 25.4% | +4.89pp | ||
| 2010 | 20.5% | +4.82pp | ||
| 2009 | 15.7% | — |
- 202522.9%-9.93pp
- 202432.9%+0.37pp
- 202332.5%+16.17pp
- 202216.3%-16.84pp
- 202133.2%+5.68pp
- 202027.5%-2.51pp
- 201930.0%+2.50pp
- 201827.5%-15.50pp
- 201743.0%+0.97pp
- 201642.0%+8.14pp
- 201533.9%+4.80pp
- 201429.1%-7.24pp
- 201336.3%+28.92pp
- 20127.4%-18.00pp
- 201125.4%+4.89pp
- 201020.5%+4.82pp
- 200915.7%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Meta's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Meta (META)
According to Meta's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 22.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Meta (META) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 22.94% (2025) – contracted 9.9 percentage points year-over-year.
43.01% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2017, against a low of 7.41% during 2012.
Meta FCF Margin by Year
Meta FCF Margin 2025: 22.9%
Meta free cash flow margin in 2025 was 22.94%, contracted 9.9 percentage points from 2024.
Meta FCF Margin 2024: 32.9%
2024's free cash flow margin for Meta came in at 32.87%, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2023.
Meta FCF Margin 2023: 32.5%
Meta posted free cash flow margin of 32.50% in 2023, expanded 16.2 percentage points from 2022.
Meta FCF Margin 2022: 16.3%
In 2022, Meta reported free cash flow margin of 16.33%, contracted 16.8 percentage points from 2021.
Meta FCF Margin 2021: 33.2%
Meta free cash flow margin in 2021 was 33.17%.
See more financial history for Meta (META).
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