Meta Platforms (META) Stock Inflation-Adjusted

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) is a social technology company that builds products to connect people, find communities and grow businesses, most notably through its Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp platforms.

How much has an investment in Meta truly grown over the years? Nominal stock prices alone don't answer this, because they fail to account for the impact of inflation on purchasing power. To provide a more accurate measure, this page adjusts Meta's entire stock history using the US Consumer Price Index. The data and charts below let you compare the standard price with its real value, offering a clearer view of the company's long-term performance.

Nominal prices are adjusted for stock splits and assume reinvestment of any dividends to reflect total return. Inflation-adjusted prices use March 2026 as the baseline (latest available CPI).

The current value of Meta stock is 608.74 (as of the close of May 1, 2026), 22.77% lower than the all-time high of 788.18 (Aug 12, 2025).

Since May 18, 2012, the inflation-adjusted total return for the stock has been 1,017%, which is equivalent to an annual growth rate of 18.88%.

In nominal values, the total return since this date has been 1,505%, or an annualized rate of 22.01%.

Inflation-Adjusted Values by Month

This data presents Meta's end-of-month closing levels over time. Inflation-adjusted figures show what past levels would be worth using roughly today's purchasing power based on the latest CPI data, the same present-value method used by the US Inflation Calculator to compare dollar amounts across different years. The latest entry in the table will have equal nominal and adjusted values until the next CPI figures are released.

Date	Inflation-Adjusted	Nominal value
May 2026	608.74	608.74
Apr 2026	611.91	611.91
Mar 2026	572.13	572.13
Feb 2026	654.44	647.65
Jan 2026	726.83	715.91
Dec 2025	672.08	659.55
Nov 2025	659.06	646.9
Oct 2025	647.3	647.3
Sep 2025	745.41	733.19
Aug 2025	751.19	737
Jul 2025	788.77	771.66
Jun 2025	753.86	736.39
May 2025	663.06	645.49
Apr 2025	563.38	547.31
Mar 2025	593.29	574.58
Feb 2025	688.77	665.55
Jan 2025	713.55	686.44
Dec 2024	610.18	583.19
Nov 2024	598.25	571.58
Oct 2024	590.91	564.87
Sep 2024	596.65	569.71
Aug 2024	543.71	518.33
Jul 2024	495.64	472.11
Jun 2024	526.93	501.34
May 2024	487.54	463.7
Apr 2024	450	427.29
Mar 2024	509.94	482.32
Feb 2024	518.04	486.84
Jan 2024	414.47	387.11
Dec 2023	378.08	351.21
Nov 2023	349.1	324.61
Oct 2023	320.84	298.93
Sep 2023	319.58	297.88
Aug 2023	315.77	293.6
Jul 2023	341.49	316.13
Jun 2023	308.18	284.75
May 2023	285.2	262.67
Apr 2023	259.56	238.46
Mar 2023	230.07	210.3
Feb 2023	190.53	173.58
Jan 2023	163.15	147.81
Dec 2022	132.85	119.41
Nov 2022	129.98	117.18
Oct 2022	102.43	92.44
Sep 2022	149.78	134.63
Aug 2022	180.25	161.67
Jul 2022	175.95	157.87
Jun 2022	178.31	160
May 2022	217.06	192.14
Apr 2022	227.2	198.92
Mar 2022	253.41	220.64
Feb 2022	243.71	209.39
Jan 2022	365.08	310.83
Dec 2021	395.28	333.74
Nov 2021	382.48	321.94
Oct 2021	383.31	321.06
Sep 2021	405.39	336.76
Aug 2021	454.38	376.44
Jul 2021	427.62	353.54
Jun 2021	419.32	345.01
May 2021	400.12	326.18
Apr 2021	398.84	322.56
Mar 2021	364.33	292.25
Feb 2021	320.93	255.62
Jan 2021	323.58	256.33
Dec 2020	343.61	271.04
Nov 2020	348.73	274.82
Oct 2020	331.08	261.07
Sep 2020	329.69	259.87
Aug 2020	369.61	290.93
Jul 2020	320.78	251.7
Jun 2020	288.6	225.31
May 2020	287.65	223.34
Apr 2020	261.61	203.12
Mar 2020	211.74	165.51
Feb 2020	243.79	190.98
Jan 2020	256.45	200.34
Dec 2019	261.7	203.66
Nov 2019	256.87	200.08
Oct 2019	244.01	190.16
Sep 2019	227.25	176.7
Aug 2019	237.12	184.23
Jul 2019	248.04	192.72
Jun 2019	246.88	191.5
May 2019	227.06	176.09
Apr 2019	247.97	191.9
Mar 2019	214.85	165.4
Feb 2019	209.27	160.2
Jan 2019	216.98	165.4
Dec 2018	170.96	130.07
Nov 2018	182.79	139.52
Oct 2018	196.67	150.61
Sep 2018	213.46	163.18
Aug 2018	228.35	174.37
Jul 2018	224.38	171.24
Jun 2018	252.67	192.81
May 2018	249.76	190.29
Apr 2018	224.93	170.67
Mar 2018	209.8	158.55
Feb 2018	234.65	176.94
Jan 2018	247.05	185.44
Dec 2017	234.53	175.09
Nov 2017	235.35	175.81
Oct 2017	239.18	178.66
Sep 2017	226.83	169.54
Aug 2017	229.5	170.64
Jul 2017	226.55	167.94
Jun 2017	201.95	149.81
May 2017	202.78	150.29
Apr 2017	201.33	149.08
Mar 2017	190.91	140.95
Feb 2017	182.3	134.49
Jan 2017	175.84	129.31
Dec 2016	156.14	114.16
Nov 2016	160.76	117.5
Oct 2016	177.55	129.97
Sep 2016	174.08	127.28
Aug 2016	171.57	125.14
Jul 2016	168.76	122.98
Jun 2016	155.36	113.39
May 2016	162.05	117.89
Apr 2016	161.02	116.67
Mar 2016	156.99	113.22
Feb 2016	147.75	106.09
Jan 2016	155.19	111.34
Dec 2015	144.98	103.85
Nov 2015	143.91	103.43
Oct 2015	140.48	101.18
Sep 2015	123.79	89.2
Aug 2015	122.95	88.74
Jul 2015	129.07	93.28
Jun 2015	117.76	85.1
May 2015	109.11	78.58
Apr 2015	109.08	78.16
Mar 2015	114.09	81.58
Feb 2015	110.24	78.36
Jan 2015	106.42	75.32
Dec 2014	108.87	77.41
Nov 2014	107.81	77.1
Oct 2014	103.48	74.41
Sep 2014	108.8	78.43
Aug 2014	103.07	74.24
Jul 2014	99.91	72.09
Jun 2014	92.5	66.77
May 2014	87.18	62.81
Apr 2014	82.62	59.32
Mar 2014	83.53	59.77
Feb 2014	95.54	67.93
Jan 2014	87.64	62.08
Dec 2013	76.83	54.23
Nov 2013	66.09	46.65
Oct 2013	70.44	49.82
Sep 2013	70.29	49.84
Aug 2013	57.85	40.97
Jul 2013	51.62	36.51
Jun 2013	34.91	24.69
May 2013	34.25	24.16
Apr 2013	39.13	27.55
Mar 2013	36.01	25.38
Feb 2013	38.46	27.04
Jan 2013	44.08	30.74
Dec 2012	37.99	26.41
Nov 2012	39.85	27.78
Oct 2012	29.9	20.95
Sep 2012	30.67	21.49
Aug 2012	25.69	17.92
Jul 2012	31.05	21.54
Jun 2012	44.41	30.86
May 2012	42.2	29.37

Returns from Investing in Meta stock

How much did an investment in Meta really grow each year after accounting for inflation? The following chart contains the inflation-adjusted real annual percentage returns.

Detailed Annual Returns (Adjusted vs. Nominal)

The table below shows the returns for Meta stock by year, both inflation-adjusted and nominal. You can sort any column by clicking on the header.

Year	Inflation-Adjusted Return	Nominal Return
2024	61.39%	66.05%
2023	184.59%	194.13%
2022	-66.39%	-64.22%
2021	15.04%	23.13%
2020	31.3%	33.09%
2019	53.07%	56.57%
2018	-27.1%	-25.71%
2017	50.21%	53.38%
2016	7.69%	9.93%
2015	33.17%	34.15%
2014	41.69%	42.76%
2013	102.26%	105.3%

Meta Stock: Average Annualized Returns

Annualized returns show the average rate of growth per year, making it easier to compare performance across different time periods. While nominal returns indicate the headline growth, adjusting for inflation reveals the actual change in purchasing power.

This table presents both nominal and inflation-adjusted average annual returns for Meta over various trailing periods ending March 31, 2026, offering a clearer view of long-term, real investment performance.

Period	Avg. Annual Return (Inflation-Adjusted)	Avg. Annual Return (Nominal)
Last 1 year	-3.57%	-0.43%
Last 3 years	35.48%	39.6%
Last 5 years	9.45%	14.38%
Last 10 years	13.81%	17.59%

Real Returns of Investing in the Meta

The chart and table below show the nominal and inflation-adjusted value of a hypothetical $100 investment over various long-term historical periods, ending in September 2025.

The inflation-adjusted line, in green, represents the real increase in purchasing power for the initial investment. Observe the gap between both lines, which illustrates the cumulative effect of inflation over time.

Even over just five years, inflation takes a noticeable bite out of investments. Investing $100 in the Meta five years ago yielded an 186.83% nominal gain, but the real return (the actual increase in buying power) was 132.26%.

As investment periods get longer, the difference between reported nominal returns and the inflation-adjusted gains usually becomes much greater due to the compounding effect of inflation over time.

Investment Period	What $100 Grew To (Nominal)	Total Nominal Return (%)	Total Inflation-Adjusted Return (%)
Last 5 years Feb 2021 - Sep 2025	$286.83	186.83%	132.26%
Last 10 years Feb 2016 - Sep 2025	$691.1	591.1%	404.52%

Inflation and Meta's Business

Meta's business model, primarily based on digital advertising, has a mixed but generally moderate sensitivity to inflation.

Advertising Budgets: During inflationary periods, some businesses may cut their advertising spending to control costs, which could negatively impact Meta's primary revenue stream.
Talent Costs: The competition for top talent in software engineering and AI research is fierce, and wage inflation can significantly increase Meta's operating expenses.
Reality Labs Investment: The development of the metaverse requires substantial long-term investment in research, development and hardware. Inflation increases the costs of these ambitious projects.

Meta's vast user base and the central role of its platforms in digital advertising provide a degree of resilience. The company's strong financial position allows it to continue investing in growth areas like AI and the metaverse even as operational costs rise.

About Meta

Led by primary founder Mark Zuckerberg and established with several co-founders, including Eduardo Saverin, Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a global technology company that builds products to connect people and businesses.

Its main products include Facebook, a social networking site; Instagram, a photo and video sharing app; WhatsApp, a messaging service; and Messenger. The company is also heavily invested in developing the metaverse through its Reality Labs segment.

Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Meta's stock (META) is a major holding in many technology-focused investment portfolios.

Last Close May 1, 2026	608.74
Highest Aug 12, 2025	788.18
Highest, Inflation-Adjusted Aug 12, 2025	803.35
Annualized return Since May 18, 2012	22.01%
Annualized return, Inflation-Adjusted Since May 18, 2012	18.88%