Both META and GOOGL have demonstrated strong and accelerating revenue growth over the periods covered by the evidence. META grew revenue from $116.6B in FY2022 [META:Q0] to $134.9B in FY2023 [META:Q1], $164.5B in FY2024 [META:Q2], and $201.0B in FY2025 [META:Q3], representing a cumulative ~72% increase over three years and an FY2024-to-FY2025 step-up of roughly 22%. GOOGL, operating at a larger absolute scale, expanded from $307.4B in FY2023 [GOOGL:Q1] to $350.0B in FY2024 [GOOGL:Q2] and $402.8B in FY2025 [GOOGL:Q3], a ~31% cumulative gain over two years and a ~15% year-over-year increase into FY2025. While GOOGL's absolute revenue base is roughly twice META's, META's percentage growth rate has been meaningfully higher, suggesting faster relative expansion. Both companies show consistent upward momentum with no visible deceleration in the most recent periods.
META: META has delivered exceptional percentage revenue growth, rising from $116.6B in FY2022 [META:Q0] to $201.0B in FY2025 [META:Q3]—a ~72% cumulative increase over three years—with the FY2024-to-FY2025 acceleration to roughly 22% year-over-year [META:Q2, META:Q3] suggesting the growth trajectory is strengthening rather than fading.
GOOGL: GOOGL has grown steadily from $307.4B in FY2023 [GOOGL:Q1] to $402.8B in FY2025 [GOOGL:Q3], a ~31% cumulative gain, with the FY2024-to-FY2025 step of roughly 15% [GOOGL:Q2, GOOGL:Q3] reflecting solid but more moderate percentage growth compared to META, consistent with the natural deceleration expected at its larger revenue base.
Both META and GOOGL have demonstrated strong and accelerating profitability over the 2022–2025 period, though GOOGL operates at a materially larger absolute scale while META has shown more dramatic margin expansion. META grew revenue from $116.6B in FY2022 [META:Q0] to $201.0B in FY2025 [META:Q3], with operating income surging from $28.9B [META:Q8] to $83.3B [META:Q11], implying an operating margin improvement from roughly 25% to ~41%. Net income followed a similar trajectory, rising from $23.2B [META:Q4] to a peak of $62.4B in FY2024 [META:Q6] before edging slightly lower to $60.5B in FY2025 [META:Q7], likely reflecting increased investment spending. GOOGL, by contrast, generated $402.8B in revenue in FY2025 [GOOGL:Q2] versus META's $201.0B, with operating income of $129.0B [GOOGL:Q10] and net income of $132.2B [GOOGL:Q6]—the latter exceeding operating income, suggesting significant non-operating income contributions. GOOGL's operating margin in FY2025 stands at approximately 32%, below META's ~41%, but its net income margin (~33%) benefits from investment income and other items. Both companies show robust multi-year profit growth, but META's margin expansion trajectory is notably steeper, while GOOGL leads on absolute dollar profitability, with net income more than doubling from $59.97B in FY2022 [GOOGL:Q3] to $132.2B in FY2025 [GOOGL:Q6].
META: META has undergone a remarkable profitability transformation, with operating income growing from $28.9B in FY2022 [META:Q8] to $83.3B in FY2025 [META:Q11] on revenues of $201.0B [META:Q3], pushing its operating margin to approximately 41%. Net income reached $62.4B in FY2024 [META:Q6] before edging down to $60.5B in FY2025 [META:Q7], reflecting heavier capital and AI-related investment, but the overall profitability trend remains strongly positive.
GOOGL: GOOGL is a profitability powerhouse at scale, generating $402.8B in revenue [GOOGL:Q2] and $129.0B in operating income [GOOGL:Q10] in FY2025, with net income of $132.2B [GOOGL:Q6] that actually exceeds operating income—indicative of substantial non-operating income contributions. Net income has more than doubled from $59.97B in FY2022 [GOOGL:Q3] to $132.2B in FY2025 [GOOGL:Q6], underscoring consistent and accelerating earnings power across its diversified business.
Both META and GOOGL have historically carried modest leverage relative to their massive equity bases, but both companies made a notable step-up in long-term debt in FY2025. META's long-term debt grew from $9.9B in FY2022 [META:Q0] to $18.4B in FY2023 [META:Q1], $28.8B in FY2024 [META:Q2], and then surged to $58.7B in FY2025 [META:Q3], while stockholders' equity expanded to $217.2B [META:Q7], keeping the gross debt-to-equity ratio at roughly 0.27x even after the debt build. GOOGL's total debt was approximately $14.7B in FY2022 [GOOGL:Q0], fell to $12.9B in FY2023 ($11.9B noncurrent [GOOGL:Q1] + $1.0B current [GOOGL:Q5]), rose slightly to $14.2B in FY2024 ($10.9B noncurrent [GOOGL:Q2] + $1.0B current [GOOGL:Q6] + $2.3B commercial paper [GOOGL:Q10]), and then jumped to $48.5B in FY2025 ($46.5B noncurrent [GOOGL:Q3] + $2.0B current [GOOGL:Q7], with no commercial paper [GOOGL:Q11]), against equity of $415.3B [GOOGL:Q15], implying a gross debt-to-equity ratio of roughly 0.12x. Both companies remain in a net-cash-positive position on a gross basis—META held $35.9B in cash at FY2025 year-end [META:Q11] versus $58.7B in debt, while GOOGL held $30.7B [GOOGL:Q19] versus $48.5B in total debt—so gross leverage is rising but net leverage remains contained. GOOGL's larger absolute equity base and lower gross debt-to-equity ratio give it a structurally lighter leverage profile than META, though both are well within investment-grade territory.
META: META has been on an aggressive debt-issuance path, with long-term debt climbing from $9.9B in FY2022 [META:Q0] to $58.7B by FY2025 [META:Q3], likely funding AI infrastructure and capital return programs. Despite this rapid build, equity has grown in parallel to $217.2B [META:Q7], and the company's $35.9B cash position [META:Q11] partially offsets gross debt, leaving net leverage still manageable but meaningfully higher than a few years ago.
GOOGL: GOOGL maintained a very conservative leverage posture through FY2024, with total debt hovering around $12–14B, but executed a large debt raise in FY2025 that pushed noncurrent long-term debt alone to $46.5B [GOOGL:Q3] plus $2.0B in current maturities [GOOGL:Q7], for a total of roughly $48.5B. Even so, against $415.3B in equity [GOOGL:Q15] and $30.7B in cash [GOOGL:Q19], GOOGL's gross debt-to-equity ratio of ~0.12x remains among the lowest of mega-cap tech peers.
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