GAIA
Gaia, Inc.
GAIA trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
META has the edge over GAIA overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
GAIA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Healthy |
GAIA's balance sheet is currently healthy, but its revenue, profitability and cash flow are 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.
GAIA PE Valuation
GAIA 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.
GAIA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect GAIA's losses to grow, with revenue declining.
META Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
META has the edge over GAIA on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
GAIA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.31 | -$0.12 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.24 | -$0.05 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.19 | +$0.02 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.18 | +$0.04 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.19 | +$0.08 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.19 | +$0.06 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.21 | +$0.03 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.22 | +$0.02 |
GAIA is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.31 per share over the past year, against $1.01 at its worst in late 2019.
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 GAIA on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
GAIA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $22M | -12% |
| Q2 2026 | $23.3M | -5.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $24.3M | +2% |
| Q4 2025 | $25.5M | +4.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $25M | +13% |
| Q2 2025 | $24.6M | +12% |
| Q1 2025 | $23.8M | +9.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $24.4M | +18% |
GAIA's revenue grew through 2024 and has held roughly level since: $22M last quarter, down 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -13% | -8.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | -14% | -4.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | -5.9% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | -2.6% | +4.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | -5% | +1.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | -8.9% | +0.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | -4.3% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2024 | -6.9% | +0.3 points |
GAIA's operating margin was −13% last quarter, down 8.4 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 GAIA 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 GAIA on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
GAIA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$6.1M | -$4.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$7.9M | -997% |
| Q1 2026 | -$131K | -149% |
| Q4 2025 | $76K | -95% |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.6M | -$649K |
| Q2 2025 | $880K | +$4.4M |
| Q1 2025 | $268K | -94% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.6M | +76% |
GAIA's free cash flow was −$14M over the past year, against $1M the year before.
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 has the edge over GAIA on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
GAIA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.2% | +57K shares |
| 1 year | -0.1% | -25K shares |
| 3 years | +18% | +3.9M shares |
| 5 years | +26% | +5.2M shares |
| Available history | +36% | +6.6M shares |
GAIA has the edge over META on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $125,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $57,000 |
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 2.6B diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| 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.
GAIA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.7x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -3.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -3.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -2.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2024 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
GAIA has the edge over META on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
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).
GAIA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 30.0 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 20.5 | Neutral |
GAIA's weekly RSI is 30 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 20 (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).
GAIA PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | GAIA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
GAIA 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.
GAIA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.35 | 7.4% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.57 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $2.47 | 49% below |
| 100 week MA | $3.63 | 66% below |
| 200 week MA | $3.57 | 65% below |
GAIA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 65% below its 200-week average.
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 the edge over GAIA on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
GAIA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $8.28 | $9.35 | +13% |
| 2021 | $9.35 | $9.03 | -3.4% |
| 2022 | $9.03 | $2.29 | -75% |
| 2023 | $2.29 | $2.70 | +18% |
| 2024 | $2.70 | $4.44 | +64% |
| 2025 | $4.44 | $3.76 | -15% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.76 | $1.25 | -67% |
GAIA has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 67% so far in 2026.
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 has the edge over GAIA on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.