META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
META has the edge over TU overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
TU
TELUS Corporation
TU has slightly lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower 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.
TU Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
TU's cash flow is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
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.
TU PE Valuation
TU 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.
TU Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Decline | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect TU's profitability to improve, but its earnings to decline. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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 TU on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
TU Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.40 | -189% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.42 | -25% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.51 | +8.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.54 | +23% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.45 | +22% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.56 | +56% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.47 | +15% |
| Q3 2024 | $0.44 | +13% |
TU has swung to a loss: it lost $0.40 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
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 TU 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 TU on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
TU Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $3.5B | -2.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.5B | -0.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.7B | -1.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.6B | +0.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.5B | +2.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.5B | +3.1% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.7B | +3.4% |
| Q3 2024 | $3.5B | +1% |
TU's revenue grew through 2023 and has held roughly level since: $3.5B last quarter, down 2.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 15% | +11 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +1.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 13% | -1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 15% | -1 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.5% | -10 points |
| Q1 2025 | 15% | +3.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 14% | +1.4 points |
| Q3 2024 | 16% | +5.3 points |
TU's operating margin was 15% last quarter, up 11 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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.
TU Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $485.1M | +21% |
| Q1 2026 | -$17.6M | -106% |
| Q4 2025 | $352.2M | +$607.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $506.8M | -4.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $399.3M | -43% |
| Q1 2025 | $297.4M | +2921% |
| Q4 2024 | -$255.2M | -158% |
| Q3 2024 | $529.4M | +40% |
TU 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 TU 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.
TU Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.8% | +12M shares |
| 1 year | +2.9% | +44M shares |
| 3 years | +8.4% | +122M shares |
| 5 years | +16% | +215M shares |
| Available history | +31% | +370M shares |
TU has 1.6B diluted shares, up 2.9% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
TU hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
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 TU on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
TU Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 4.1x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 4.0x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 3.9x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 4.1x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.1x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 4.1x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 4.2x | High |
TU's net debt is about 4.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as 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).
TU Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 43.4 | Neutral |
TU's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 43 (neutral).
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.
TU PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | TU | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
TU 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.
TU Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $8.50 | 0.2% above |
| 20 week MA | $9.27 | 8.1% below |
| 50 week MA | $11.4 | 25% below |
| 100 week MA | $13.3 | 36% below |
| 200 week MA | $15.5 | 45% below |
TU has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 45% below its 200-week average.
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 TU on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
TU Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $19.3 | $20.0 | +3.3% |
| 2021 | $20.0 | $23.2 | +16% |
| 2022 | $23.2 | $19.7 | -15% |
| 2023 | $19.7 | $17.8 | -9.6% |
| 2024 | $17.8 | $13.5 | -24% |
| 2025 | $13.5 | $12.9 | -4.4% |
| 2026 YTD | $12.9 | $8.52 | -34% |
TU has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 34% so far in 2026.