Meta Platforms (META)
S&P 500 · Nasdaq-100 · Top 100 by market cap · Communication Services · data since 2012-05-18 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-1.80%
7d
-7.87%
30d
+6.73%
YTD
-9.67%
1y
-16.46%
Meta Platforms (META) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.6 | -9.5 | -11.7 | 7.0 | 3.4 | -10.9 | 5.7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 17.7 | -3.0 | -13.7 | -4.8 | 17.9 | 14.1 | 4.8 | -4.5 | -0.5 | -11.7 | -0.1 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 25.8 | -0.9 | -11.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | -5.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | -0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 23.8 | 17.4 | 21.1 | 13.4 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 11.0 | -7.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | -6.9 | -32.6 | 5.4 | -9.8 | -3.4 | -16.7 | -1.3 | 2.4 | -16.7 | -31.3 | 26.8 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | -5.4 | -0.3 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 6.5 | -10.5 | -4.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | -1.6 | -4.7 | -13.3 | 22.7 | 10.0 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 15.6 | -10.7 | 0.5 | 5.3 | -1.4 |
| 2019 | 27.2 | -3.1 | 3.3 | 16.0 | -8.2 | 8.8 | 0.6 | -4.4 | -4.1 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | -4.6 | -10.4 | 7.6 | 11.5 | 1.3 | -11.2 | 1.8 | -6.4 | -7.7 | -7.4 | -6.8 |
| 2017 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 12.1 | 1.6 | -0.6 | 5.4 | -1.6 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | 7.2 | -4.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 1.1 | -3.8 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | -9.6 | -2.9 |
| 2015 | -2.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | -4.2 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 9.6 | -4.9 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 |
| 2014 | 14.5 | 9.4 | -12.0 | -0.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 5.6 | -5.1 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 2013 | 16.4 | -12.0 | -6.1 | 8.6 | -12.3 | 2.2 | 47.9 | 12.2 | 21.6 | -0.0 | -6.4 | 16.3 |
| 2012 | · | · | · | · | -22.6 | 5.1 | -30.2 | -16.8 | 19.9 | -2.5 | 32.6 | -4.9 |
| Avg | 9.1 | -1.0 | -0.6 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -2.5 | 4.3 | 1.4 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +9.2% | -1.0% | -0.6% | +4.5% | +1.6% | +2.5% | +4.9% | +1.2% | +0.8% | -2.5% | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| Win rate | 71%/14 | 36%/14 | 50%/14 | 64%/14 | 73%/15 | 73%/15 | 71%/14 | 64%/14 | 50%/14 | 43%/14 | 64%/14 | 64%/14 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-76.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±11%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+47.91%
2013-07
Worst month
-32.63%
2022-02
Longest streaks
9▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Meta Platforms
Connected three billion people, annoyed most of them at some point, renamed itself after a place that doesn't exist yet. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2012) would be about $1,920 today.
Did you know?
- Built in a Harvard dorm room in 2004.
- Its 2012 purchase of Instagram for $1B was widely mocked — it's now considered one of the great acquisitions.
- Its best month on record was July 2013 at +47.91%; its worst, February 2022 at -32.63%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.