META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
META has the edge over RDIB overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
RDIB
Reading International, Inc.
RDIB's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
META Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy |
META's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow is stable.
RDIB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
RDIB's revenue is currently healthy, and its profitability and cash flow are stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
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.
RDIB PE Valuation
RDIB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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.
RDIB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
RDIB has the edge over META on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
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 RDIB on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RDIB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.55 | +$0.20 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.77 | +$0.43 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.62 | +$0.96 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.62 | +$1.41 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.75 | +$1.17 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.20 | +$0.27 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.58 | -$0.20 |
| Q3 2024 | -$2.03 | -$0.61 |
RDIB is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.55 per share over the past year, against $3.18 at its worst in late 2020.
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 RDIB 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 RDIB on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RDIB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $66.9M | +11% |
| Q1 2026 | $45.1M | +12% |
| Q4 2025 | $50.3M | -14% |
| Q3 2025 | $52.2M | -13% |
| Q2 2025 | $60.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $40.2M | -11% |
| Q4 2024 | $58.6M | +29% |
| Q3 2024 | $60.1M | -9.7% |
RDIB's revenue has held roughly level: $67M last quarter, up 11% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +6.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | -8.1% | +9.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | -1.9% | -4.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | -0.6% | -0.1 points |
| Q2 2025 | 4.8% | +21 points |
| Q1 2025 | -17% | -0.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 2.6% | +18 points |
| Q3 2024 | -0.6% | -2.1 points |
RDIB's operating margin was 11% last quarter, up 6.4 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
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.
RDIB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $2.3M | +95% |
| Q1 2026 | -$3M | +$5M |
| Q4 2025 | $4.1M | -41% |
| Q3 2025 | -$246K | +$811K |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2M | +$11.8M |
| Q1 2025 | -$8M | -$3.3M |
| Q4 2024 | $7M | +$8.7M |
| Q3 2024 | -$1.1M | -$738K |
RDIB has the edge over META on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
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 RDIB 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.
RDIB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +5% | +1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +5% | +1.1M shares |
| 3 years | +1.4% | +340K shares |
| 5 years | +6.1% | +1.4M shares |
| Available history | +5.1% | +1.2M shares |
RDIB has 24M diluted shares, up 5% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $480,000 |
| Q3 2020 | $161,000 |
| Q2 2020 | $318,000 |
| Q1 2020 | $671,000 |
| Q4 2019 | $3.4M |
| Q3 2019 | $5.2M |
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 has the edge over RDIB on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
RDIB Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 16.3x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 16.4x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 22.1x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 14.1x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 15.1x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 132.9x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 109.3x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 31.9x | High |
RDIB's net debt is about 16 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 15 years a year ago.
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).
RDIB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 18.5 | Oversold |
RDIB's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 19 (oversold).
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.
RDIB PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | RDIB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
RDIB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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.
RDIB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $12.7 | 3.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $11.9 | 2.4% above |
| 50 week MA | $11.0 | 11% above |
| 100 week MA | $10.4 | 18% above |
| 200 week MA | $12.9 | 5.4% below |
RDIB has the edge over META on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
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.
RDIB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $24.0 | $22.9 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | $22.9 | $24.6 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | $24.6 | $19.9 | -19% |
| 2023 | $19.9 | $14.1 | -29% |
| 2024 | $14.1 | $7.76 | -45% |
| 2025 | $7.76 | $11.5 | +48% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.5 | $12.2 | +5.9% |
RDIB has the edge over META on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.