Meta Platforms (META) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.83
- Estimate
- $5.46
- Surprise
- -29.9%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Meta Platforms (META) missed the $5.46 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.83 — a large 29.9% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Coverage in the report window
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Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates META Sell at 5.8/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -29.9% surprise compares with a -7.3% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.2 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: advertising
- Concentration risk — Product: mobile advertising
- Thin upside margin: 7.9%
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $697.52
- Price target
- $752.44
- Stop
- $660.62
- Upside to target
- +7.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.2:1
The stock trades at 23.8× trailing but 20.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.5× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
META at TrendMatrix's latest read
Communication and media names are subscriber-economics stories; engagement and ARPU trends behind the print drive the reaction.
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Market cap
- $1776.94B
- P/E (fwd)
- 20.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 23.8
- 52-week range
- $520.26–$779.82
- Off 52-week high
- 10.6%
- RSI (14)
- 41
- Volume vs avg
- 1.50×
- Score today
- 5.8/10