Meta (META) Q4 2025 earnings
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears a pair of Meta Oakley Vanguard AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
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Meta reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday and provided stronger-than-expected sales guidance that caused shares to rise more than 4% in after-hours trading.
Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:
- Earnings per share: $8.88 vs. $8.23 estimated
- Revenue: $59.89 billion vs. $58.59 billion estimated
Meta said it expects first-quarter sales to come in the range of $53.5 billion to $56.5 billion, ahead of analyst estimates of $51.41 billion.
The company said fourth-quarter sales rose 24% year-over-year.
Meta said that fourth-quarter daily active people came in at 3.58 billion, in line with Wall Street estimates.
The social media giant said it expects the total expenses for 2026 to come in between $162 billion through $169 billion.
Capital expenditures related to the company’s major artificial intelligence push are expected to be in the range of $115 billion to $135 billion for 2026, which is nearly double the amount it spent on CapEx in 2025. Meta said the CapEx spending due to “year-over-year growth driven by increased investment to support our Meta Superintelligence Labs efforts and core business.”
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