Meta Q3 EPS Beats at $6.75 as Revenue Climbs 26% to $64.6B
META sits 40% above its 52-week low of $520.26.
Summary
Meta beat on both lines: adjusted EPS of $6.75 against a $5.68 consensus, and revenue up 26.1% to $64.60 billion versus $63.37 billion expected. The catch is quality — GAAP EPS was just $3.83 and net income $9.86 billion, dragged by the $9.89 billion legal charge that halved operating margin to 20%, with capex at $34.91 billion. Adjusted EPS is also down from $7.25 a year ago, and analysts had cut estimates about 19.4% over the past three months, so the bar was low. The revenue beat is the real positive here; the margin damage from legal costs and AI spend is the offset. Consensus rating stays 'buy' with a median price target of $815.
At the time of this announcement, META was trading at $729.00 on NASDAQ in the Technology sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.8T. The 52-week trading range was $520.26 to $779.82. This news item was assessed with positive market sentiment and an importance score of 8 out of 10. Source: Reuters.