Tax on Share Settlement
Meta Platforms, Inc. Tax on Share Settlement decreased by 16.8% to $4.27B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 10.8%, from $3.86B to $4.27B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Tax on Share Settlement shows an upward trend with a 35.2% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Increases generally track with rising stock prices or larger employee equity grants, reflecting the cost of maintaining a share-based incentive program.
Detailed definition
Cash outflows related to the withholding of taxes on behalf of employees during the settlement of share-based compensati...
Peer comparison
Common in Silicon Valley and high-growth tech firms where equity is a primary component of total compensation.
taxes_paid_for_sharesHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.36B | $1.58B | $1.51B | $925.00M | $1.00B | $1.01B | $657.00M | $1.01B | $1.69B | $2.09B | $2.22B | $3.16B | $3.21B | $3.54B | $3.86B | $4.88B | $4.11B | $5.14B | $4.27B |
| QoQ Change | — | +16.2% | -4.3% | -38.7% | +8.3% | +0.9% | -35.0% | +53.6% | +67.7% | +23.4% | +6.5% | +42.2% | +1.5% | +10.4% | +8.9% | +26.6% | -15.8% | +24.9% | -16.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -26.1% | -35.8% | -56.4% | +9.1% | +68.9% | +106.5% | +238.4% | +213.4% | +89.6% | +69.7% | +73.5% | +54.4% | +28.1% | +44.9% | +10.8% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Meta Platforms, Inc.'s tax on share settlement?
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) reported tax on share settlement of $4.27B in Q4 2025.
- How has Meta Platforms, Inc.'s tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?
- Meta Platforms, Inc.'s tax on share settlement increased by 10.8% year-over-year, from $3.86B to $4.27B.
- What is the long-term trend for Meta Platforms, Inc.'s tax on share settlement?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Meta Platforms, Inc.'s tax on share settlement has grown at a 35.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.52B to $18.40B.
- What does tax on share settlement mean?
- The cash a company pays to the government to cover taxes on employee stock bonuses.