Meta Platforms reported earnings per share of $7.40 for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, 23.3% above the $6.00 forecast, while revenue of $64.6 billion came in slightly below the $64.7 billion forecast. The company’s own filing, released on 21 October 2026, gave the figures.
Earnings and revenue against forecast
The earnings figure exceeded the forecast by $1.40 per share. Revenue, by contrast, was $90.7 million below forecast, a gap of 0.1%. The two comparisons therefore point in different directions: profit per share was well above the forecast, while the top line was marginally under it.
The company’s filing did not state a figure for the previous period, so no comparison with earlier quarters is drawn here.
Market backdrop
In markets the same day, the Nasdaq Composite stood at 26,742.96 points, up 1.20% from the previous close, according to MacroHerald’s own measurement at 20:39 GMT.
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