FLNT
Fluent, Inc.
FLNT offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
META has the edge over FLNT overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger valuation.
FLNT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy |
FLNT's revenue and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow is stable, but its profitability is under pressure.
META Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy |
META's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow is stable.
FLNT PE Valuation
FLNT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
META PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 19x | $624 | — |
| Cheap | 21x | $613 | -1.7% |
| Current | 21x | $624 | — |
| Fair | 27x | $803 | +29% |
| Expensive | 32x | $934 | +50% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
META's PE is in its cheap range at 21x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 19x next year's earnings.
FLNT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
FLNT has the edge over META on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
META Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for META, but weaker profitability. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
FLNT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.58 | +$0.50 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.73 | +$0.56 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.83 | +$0.91 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.05 | +$0.75 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.08 | +$0.72 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.29 | +$2.49 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.74 | +$0.99 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.80 | +$2.82 |
FLNT is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.58 per share over the past year, against $11.28 at its worst in early 2023.
META Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $32.16 | +9.7% |
| Q3 2026 | $29.32 | +30% |
| Q2 2026 | $26.54 | -3.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $27.50 | +7.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.49 | -1.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $22.58 | +6.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $27.56 | +41% |
| Q1 2025 | $25.58 | +47% |
| Q4 2024 | $23.86 | +60% |
META has the edge over FLNT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
FLNT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $53.6M | +14% |
| Q2 2026 | $48.4M | +8.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $44.9M | -19% |
| Q4 2025 | $61.8M | -5.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $47M | -27% |
| Q2 2025 | $44.7M | -24% |
| Q1 2025 | $55.2M | -16% |
| Q4 2024 | $65.4M | -10% |
FLNT's revenue is recovering but still below its 2021 peak: $54M last quarter, up 14% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -5.8% | +7.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | -10% | +5.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | -8.7% | +4.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 0.3% | +8.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | -13% | -7.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | -16% | +1.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | -13% | -6.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | -8.3% | -5.9 points |
FLNT's operating margin was −5.8% last quarter, up 7.6 points from the same quarter a year ago.
META Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $64.6B | +26% |
| Q2 2026 | $60.8B | +28% |
| Q1 2026 | $56.3B | +33% |
| Q4 2025 | $59.9B | +24% |
| Q3 2025 | $51.2B | +26% |
| Q2 2025 | $47.5B | +22% |
| Q1 2025 | $42.3B | +16% |
| Q4 2024 | $48.4B | +21% |
META has the edge over FLNT on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 20% | -20 points |
| Q2 2026 | 31% | -12 points |
| Q1 2026 | 41% | -0.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 41% | -7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 40% | -2.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 43% | +5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 41% | +3.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 48% | +7.4 points |
META has the edge over FLNT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
FLNT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.4M | +$9.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $5.1M | +139% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.8M | +$4.9M |
| Q3 2025 | -$7.3M | -693% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.1M | +$2.2M |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.2M | -$596K |
| Q3 2024 | $1.2M | -84% |
| Q4 2023 | -$1.6M | +$3.6M |
FLNT has the edge over META on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
META Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.2B | -110% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.7B | -81% |
| Q1 2026 | $13.2B | +19% |
| Q4 2025 | $14.8B | +9.3% |
| Q3 2025 | $11.2B | -32% |
| Q2 2025 | $9B | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $11.1B | -14% |
| Q4 2024 | $13.6B | +16% |
META usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$1.2B, but it generated $28.6B over the past year.
FLNT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +4% | +1.3M shares |
| 1 year | +17% | +4.7M shares |
| 3 years | +138% | +19M shares |
| 5 years | +146% | +19.5M shares |
| Available history | +148% | +19.6M shares |
FLNT has 33M diluted shares, up 17% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q3 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | $1.3M |
META Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +7M shares |
| 1 year | 0% | +1M shares |
| 3 years | -2.6% | -68M shares |
| 5 years | -10% | -286M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -303M shares |
META has the edge over FLNT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $3.3B |
| Q2 2025 | $10.2B |
| Q1 2025 | $12.8B |
| Q4 2024 | — |
META hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
FLNT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q4 2021 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q3 2021 | 4.6x | High |
| Q2 2021 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q1 2021 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q4 2020 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q3 2020 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q2 2020 | 1.5x | Healthy |
FLNT's net debt is about 1.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from less than a year a year ago.
META Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
META's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
FLNT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 50.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 58.2 | Neutral |
FLNT's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 58 (neutral).
META Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 48.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 33.7 | Neutral |
META's weekly RSI is 48 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 34 (neutral).
FLNT PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | FLNT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
FLNT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
META PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | META | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 21x | 16x | 29% above |
| PE % | 18 | 26 | 8 pts below |
META is trading at 21x earnings, a 29% premium to the Communication Services sector's median of 16x.
FLNT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.13 | 6.1% above |
| 20 week MA | $3.44 | 3.5% below |
| 50 week MA | $3.18 | 4.4% above |
| 100 week MA | $2.72 | 22% above |
| 200 week MA | $3.31 | 0.3% above |
FLNT has the edge over META on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
META Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $674.9 | 7.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $634.5 | 1.7% below |
| 50 week MA | $630.8 | 1.1% below |
| 100 week MA | $647.8 | 3.7% below |
| 200 week MA | $517.5 | 21% above |
META has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 21% above its 200-week average.
FLNT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $14.3 | $32.5 | +126% |
| 2021 | $32.5 | $13.6 | -58% |
| 2022 | $13.6 | $6.48 | -52% |
| 2023 | $6.48 | $4.02 | -38% |
| 2024 | $4.02 | $2.66 | -34% |
| 2025 | $2.66 | $2.53 | -4.9% |
| 2026 YTD | $2.53 | $3.32 | +31% |
FLNT has the edge over META on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
META Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $208.1 | $267.4 | +28% |
| 2021 | $267.4 | $335.2 | +25% |
| 2022 | $335.2 | $118.0 | -65% |
| 2023 | $118.0 | $354.0 | +200% |
| 2024 | $354.0 | $599.8 | +69% |
| 2025 | $599.8 | $663.3 | +11% |
| 2026 YTD | $663.3 | $623.6 | -6% |
META's yearly returns have swung widely, from +200% in 2023 to −65% in 2022. It's down 6% so far in 2026.