Meta Platforms Inc.
Revenue
$61B
Net Income
$16B
Meta Platforms Inc.
Revenue
$61B
Net Income
$16B
Meta Platforms Inc.
CIK: 0001326801
Earnings Analysis
Analyzed 8 of 9 reports
Performance Summary - Q2 2026bullish (65)not_provided
Reality-Based Sentiment Analysisbullish65/100
Based on actual market data, not just management spin. Weighted score: 10% management tone + 40% earnings beat/miss + 30% price action + 20% guidance accuracy.
Financial Performance Trend
Overall Analysis & Outlook
Over the past 5 quarters, Meta Platforms Inc. has been consistently bullish with stable guidance. Revenue has grown 55.6% during this period. The latest quarter shows neutral sentiment with neutral tone from management.
Latest Quarter Highlights:
Meta reported Q2 2026 revenue of $60.8B (28% YoY growth) with net income of $15.8B, demonstrating strong advertising monetization and pricing power across all geographic segments. The company is aggressively investing in AI infrastructure with record capex of $49.1B (67% YoY increase) and substantial future commitments ($349.3B in non-cancelable contractual commitments), signaling confidence in long-term AI opportunities. However, significant regulatory headwinds persist across multiple jurisdictions with pending litigation, substantial fines, and compliance challenges that could materially impact operations and European revenue.
Detailed Quarterly Reports
In-depth analysis of each quarter's earnings filing
Q2 2026
10-Q • Filed 7/30/2026
Summary
Meta reported Q2 2026 revenue of $60.8B (28% YoY growth) with net income of $15.8B, demonstrating strong advertising monetization and pricing power across all geographic segments. The company is aggressively investing in AI infrastructure with record capex of $49.1B (67% YoY increase) and substantial future commitments ($349.3B in non-cancelable contractual commitments), signaling confidence in long-term AI opportunities. However, significant regulatory headwinds persist across multiple jurisdictions with pending litigation, substantial fines, and compliance challenges that could materially impact operations and European revenue.
Revenue
$60.80B
Net Income
$15.85B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$49.11B(+66.7% YoY)
Partnerships
Key Quotes
"Our lease agreements with the Venture, which cover the right to use properties on the data center campus, will commence in 2029 and have an aggregate initial lease commitment of approximately $12.31 billion."
"As of June 30, 2026, we had $349.31 billion of non-cancelable contractual commitments, comprising both short-term and long-term arrangements. These commitments mostly relate to third-party cloud capacity arrangements and investments in servers and network infrastructure."
"We have accrued significant amounts for loss contingencies related to these inquiries and investigations in Europe, and we believe there is a reasonable possibility that additional accruals for losses related to these matters could be material individually or in the aggregate."
Q1 2026
10-Q • Filed 4/30/2026
Summary
Meta delivered strong Q1 2026 results with revenue of $56.3B (+33% YoY) and net income of $26.8B (+61% YoY), demonstrating robust advertising demand and pricing power across all geographies. The company is making substantial infrastructure investments with $19B in capex (+47% YoY) to support AI development and future growth, including a $27B Louisiana data center venture. However, significant regulatory headwinds persist, including ongoing FTC consent order modifications, DMA compliance issues, youth-related litigation with substantial damages sought, and copyright claims related to AI training data.
Revenue
$56.31B
Net Income
$26.77B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$19.00B(+46.8% YoY)
Partnerships
Key Quotes
"Our lease agreements with the Venture, which cover the right to use properties on the data center campus, will commence in 2029 and have an aggregate initial lease commitment of approximately $12.31 billion."
"We have contingent obligations to purchase up to $14.72 billion of cloud capacity over a five-year period."
"In April 2026, we entered into additional multi-year infrastructure contracts, related to which our non-cancelable contractual commitments increased by approximately $24 billion."
Q4 2025
10-K • Filed 1/29/2026
Summary
Meta reported full-year 2025 revenue of $114.9 billion and net income of $40.9 billion, demonstrating strong profitability. The company faces significant regulatory headwinds globally, particularly from FTC consent order modifications, EU data protection and competition regulations, and youth-focused legislation. Management acknowledges substantial investments in AI and Reality Labs (which reduced 2025 operating profit by ~$19.2 billion) as strategic priorities, but maintains a defensive posture regarding litigation, regulatory compliance costs, and competitive pressures from emerging platforms.
Revenue
$59.89B
Net Income
$22.77B
Guidance
Tone
Key Quotes
"Our investments in Reality Labs reduced our 2025 overall operating profit by approximately $19.19 billion, and we expect our 2026 Reality Labs operating losses to remain similar to 2025."
"We believe that some users, particularly younger users, are aware of and actively engaging with other products and services similar to, or as a substitute for, our products and services, and we believe that some users have reduced their use of and engagement with our products and services in favor of these other products and services."
"The maximum aggregate monetary damages or penalties sought across our various legal proceedings could amount to an aggregate of up to hundreds of billions of dollars and, as a result, could be material to the financial condition of the company."
Q3 2025
10-Q • Filed 10/30/2025
Summary
Meta reported Q3 2025 revenue of $51.2 billion (26% YoY growth) with net income of only $2.7 billion due to a significant $19.0 billion tax provision, compared to $15.7 billion net income in Q3 2024. The company demonstrated strong operational performance with $79.6 billion in operating cash flow and massive capital expenditure of $48.3 billion (111% YoY increase), reflecting aggressive AI and data center investments, but faces substantial regulatory headwinds including ongoing FTC, EU, and antitrust litigation that create material uncertainty for European operations.
Revenue
$51.24B
Net Income
$2.71B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$48.31B(+111.5% YoY)
Partnerships
Key Quotes
"In October 2025, we entered into multi-year third-party cloud capacity arrangements for an aggregate amount of approximately $40 billion."
"We extended the estimated useful lives of most servers and network assets to 5.5 years, effective January 1, 2025...resulted in a reduction in depreciation expense of $2.29 billion and an increase in net income of $1.96 billion, or $0.76 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025."
"Based on feedback from the European Commission in connection with the DMA...further fines or modifications to our model may be imposed during the appeal process, which could result in a materially worse user experience for European users and a significant impact to our European business and revenue as early as later in the fourth quarter of 2025."
Q2 2025
10-Q • Filed 7/31/2025
Summary
Meta delivered strong Q2 2025 results with revenue of $47.5 billion (up 22% YoY) and net income of $18.3 billion (up 36% YoY), demonstrating robust advertising demand and operational leverage. The company significantly increased capex to $29.5 billion (up 102% YoY), primarily for AI infrastructure and data centers, and made a substantial $13.79 billion investment in Scale AI, signaling aggressive positioning in the AI race. However, mounting regulatory pressures from the FTC, European Commission, and state attorneys general across privacy, competition, youth protection, and copyright issues create material uncertainty about future profitability and European operations.
Revenue
$47.52B
Net Income
$18.34B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$29.48B(+102.3% YoY)
Partnerships
Key Quotes
"In June 2025, we completed an investment in Scale AI by acquiring a non-voting minority of its outstanding equity...Our non-marketable equity investments are in privately-held companies without readily determinable fair values."
"We extended the estimated useful lives of most servers and network assets to 5.5 years, effective January 1, 2025. Based on the servers and network assets placed in service as of December 31, 2024, the financial impact of this change in estimate included a reduction in depreciation expense of $1.58 billion."
"We cannot rule out that further fines or modifications to our model may be imposed during the appeal process, which could result in a materially worse user experience for European users and a significant impact to our European business and revenue as early as later in the third quarter of 2025."
Q1 2025
10-Q • Filed 5/1/2025
Summary
Meta delivered strong Q1 2025 results with revenue of $42.3B (16% YoY growth) and net income of $16.6B (35% YoY growth), driven by solid advertising performance across all geographies and improved operating efficiency. However, the company faces substantial regulatory headwinds, most notably a EUR 200M fine and required modifications to its European subscription model that could materially impact European revenue in Q3 2025, and ongoing FTC consent order proceedings with uncertain outcomes.
Revenue
$42.31B
Net Income
$16.64B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$12.94B(+102.1% YoY)
Key Quotes
"Based on feedback from the European Commission in connection with the DMA, we expect we will need to make some modifications to our model, which could result in a materially worse user experience for European users and a significant impact to our European business and revenue as early as the third quarter of 2025."
"In January 2025, we completed an assessment of the useful lives of property and equipment, which resulted in an increase in the estimated useful lives of most servers and network assets to 5.5 years, effective January 1, 2025...an increase in net income of $695 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2025."
"We have accrued significant amounts for loss contingencies related to these inquiries and investigations in Europe, and we believe there is a reasonable possibility that additional accruals for losses related to these matters could be material individually or in the aggregate."
Q3 2024
10-Q • Filed 10/31/2024
Summary
Meta delivered strong Q3 2024 results with revenue of $40.6B (+18.8% YoY) and net income of $15.7B (+35.4% YoY), demonstrating robust advertising demand and operational efficiency. Operating cash flow remained healthy at $63.3B for the nine-month period, though significant capital expenditure of $22.8B reflects aggressive infrastructure investment. The company faces substantial regulatory headwinds from FTC, European authorities, and youth-related litigation, with meaningful financial accruals already recorded.
Revenue
$40.59B
Net Income
$15.69B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$22.83B(+17.4% YoY)
Key Quotes
"We have accrued significant amounts for loss contingencies related to these inquiries and investigations in Europe, and we believe there is a reasonable possibility that additional accruals for losses related to these matters could be material individually or in the aggregate."
"We operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time."
"The ultimate outcome of the legal and related matters described in this section...is inherently uncertain."
Q2 2024
10-Q • Filed 8/1/2024
Summary
Meta delivered strong Q2 2024 results with revenue of $39.1 billion (up 22% YoY) and net income of $13.5 billion (up 73% YoY), demonstrating robust advertising demand and operational efficiency improvements. The company generated $38.6 billion in operating cash flow and invested $14.6 billion in capex, primarily for AI infrastructure and data centers, while returning $20.9 billion to shareholders through buybacks. However, significant regulatory headwinds persist across multiple jurisdictions, including FTC consent order modifications, European antitrust investigations, and substantial legal accruals that present material execution risk.
Revenue
$39.07B
Net Income
$13.46B
Guidance
Tone
Capex
$14.57B(+12.5% YoY)
Key Quotes
"Our estimated annual effective tax rate is subject to significant volatility due to several factors, including our ability to accurately predict the proportion of our income before provision for income taxes in multiple jurisdictions"
"We believe there is a reasonable possibility that we may incur a loss in some of these matters and the ultimate outcome is inherently uncertain"
"We have accrued significant amounts for loss contingencies related to these inquiries and investigations in Europe, and we believe there is a reasonable possibility that additional accruals for losses related to these matters could be material individually or in the aggregate"
Sector Comparison
How META performs vs Technology sector and Social Media peers
Sector Ranking (Technology)
Category Ranking (Social Media)
Key Metrics vs Averages
META
$60,801M
Social Media Avg
$60,801M
Technology Avg
$34,494.1M
META
66.7%
Social Media Avg
66.7%
Technology Avg
40.7%
Guidance: not_provided • Tone: neutral