Meta Platforms Inc Class A (META)
Meta Is Playing The Long Game, And It's Paying Off
Meta Platforms has rebounded with strong AI-driven ad growth, robust execution, and a $1.7T market cap. META's ad business, powered by AI, delivers mid-20% revenue growth and 41% operating margins, with free cash flow of $14.1B last quarter. The company's forward P/E of 19.08 and five-year annual growth estimate of 19% highlight attractive valuation and sustained momentum.
Meta Platforms: Follow The Numbers
Meta Platforms is aggressively investing in AI, positioning itself for long-term revenue and earnings growth despite near-term margin compression. META's revenue is expected to grow 22–31% year-over-year in the next four quarters, with the potential for sustained high double-digit growth thereafter. The company's robust balance sheet and cash flow generation enable over $70 billion in capex and continued buybacks, absorbing spending shocks without financial strain.
Thatcher: META "Best" in Using AI, Mag 7 Outlook & What's Next for Software
Ted Thatcher says the market is struggling to find firm footing as we go through the largest technological buildout in human history. Markets have to digest the huge price tags, he continues, but the Street has reason to question that spend.
Meta and YouTube Created ‘Digital Casinos,' Lawyers Argue in Landmark Trial
Opening statements began in a trial claiming social media companies design addictive products that cause personal injury.
META Pops 10% on $135b Capex Announcement While Retail Traders Wave The Red Flag
Shares of Meta Platforms ( NASDAQ:META ) surged 10.4% on January 29, 2026, the day after the company announced plans to spend up to $135 billion on capital expenditures in 2026.
EU Tells Meta to Allow Room for Rival AI Assistants
European competition regulators say Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) assistant policy violates antitrust regulations. The European Commission (EC) announced Monday (Feb. 9) that it sent a statement of objections to the tech giant, stating the watchdog's “preliminary view” that Meta breached EU antitrust rules by preventing third-party AI assistants from accessing WhatsApp.
EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
The EU executive on Monday told Meta to give rival chatbots access to WhatsApp after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules.
Meta researcher warned execs that 500K kids ‘per DAY' were targeted by creeps on Instagram, Facebook: bombshell docs
A top Meta researcher warned executives that there could be as many as 500,000 cases of online sexual exploitation per day on Facebook and Instagram, according to unsealed documents that surfaced on the eve of a landmark jury trial in New Mexico state court.
Meta criticises EU antitrust move against WhatsApp block on AI rivals
Meta Platforms on Monday criticised EU regulators after they charged the U.S. tech giant with breaching antitrust rules and threaten to halt its block on AI rivals on its messaging service WhatsApp.
EU threatens Meta with interim measure for blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp
EU competition regulators on Monday charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking artificial intelligence rivals from its messaging service WhatsApp and threatened to impose interim measures against the U.S. tech giant.
Meta CTO says cuts to Reality Labs are 'real cause for sadness' — but the company is still 'bullish' on VR
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said that cuts to the company's VR efforts were "a real loss." Bosworth said Meta was still "bullish" on VR, but that the company's investment had to "match the size of growth.
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