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Meta Platforms

META · Internet, media & interactive sector group
Guidance from Meta Platforms’s last 8 earnings releases. Every value links to its sentence in the filing. See something wrong? Tell us.
Current guidance
13 items
Releases tracked
8
Latest release
Jul 29, 2026
Data checked
Jul 29, 2026
On this page:Latest changes·Current guidance·Your sector group·History

What changed in the Jul 29, 2026 release

Each item compared with the same item in the previous release (Apr 29, 2026). Values in quotation marks are the company’s words.

New — first stated in this releaseRaised / Lowered / Narrowed / Widened — changed from the prior releaseRevised — wording changed, direction not determinableChanged — value changed; the comparison couldn’t be parsed to a directionReiterated — restated unchangedNot restated — stated before, absent nowRaised and lowered describe the number, not whether the change is favorable.
ChangeMetricPeriodPreviousNowSource
NewForeign currency headwind to year-over-year total revenue growthfor Q3 FY2026—“approximately 1%”Filing ↗
NewTotal revenuefor Q3 FY2026—“$61-64 billion”Filing ↗
NarrowedCapital expendituresfor FY2026“$125-145 billion”“$130-145 billion”Filing ↗
NarrowedCapital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leasesfor FY2026“$125-145 billion”“$130-145 billion”Filing ↗
RaisedTax ratefor FY2026“13-16%”“between 15-17%”Filing ↗
RaisedTax rate for the remaining quarters of 2026for FY2026“between 13-16%”“between 15-17%”Filing ↗
NarrowedTotal expensesfor FY2026“$162-169 billion”“$165-169 billion”Filing ↗
ReiteratedOperating incomefor FY2026“above 2025 operating income”“above 2025 operating income”Filing ↗
Show 1 item not restated in this release
ChangeMetricPeriodPreviousNowSource
Not restatedRevenue growthfor FY2026“continue to deliver strong revenue growth”—Filing ↗

Current guidance

Guidance for periods that have not yet ended, at its most recent value, grouped by horizon.

Current fiscal year
MetricCurrent valuePeriodMeasureFirst statedTimes statedSource
Foreign currency headwind to year-over-year total revenue growth“approximately 1%”for Q3 FY2026GAAP-tiedJul 29, 20261Filing ↗
Revenue growth“continue to deliver strong revenue growth”for FY2026GAAP-tiedOct 29, 20251Filing ↗
Total revenue“$61-64 billion”for Q3 FY2026GAAP-tiedJul 29, 20261Filing ↗
Operating income“above 2025 operating income”for FY2026GAAP-tiedJan 28, 20263Filing ↗
Capital expenditures“$130-145 billion”for FY2026Company-definedJan 28, 20263Filing ↗
Capital expenditures dollar growth“notably larger in 2026 than 2025”for FY2026Company-definedOct 29, 20251Filing ↗
Capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases“$130-145 billion”for FY2026GAAP-tiedJan 28, 20263Filing ↗
Reality Labs operating losses“remaining similar to 2025 levels”for FY2026Company-definedJan 28, 20261Filing ↗
Tax rate“between 15-17%”for FY2026Company-definedJan 28, 20263Filing ↗
Tax rate for the remaining quarters of 2026“between 15-17%”for FY2026Company-definedApr 29, 20262Filing ↗
Total expense growth rate“above the 2025 expense growth rate”for FY2026Company-definedJul 30, 20251Filing ↗
Total expenses“$165-169 billion”for FY2026Company-definedJan 28, 20263Filing ↗
Total expenses growth rate“significantly faster percentage rate in 2026 than 2025”for FY2026Company-definedOct 29, 20251Filing ↗

How one item moved

Capital expenditures, for FY2025 — every statement across the year, each linked to its filing.

Jan 29, 2025
New
“$60-65 billion”
Filing ↗
Apr 30, 2025
Raised
“$64-72 billion”
Filing ↗
Jul 30, 2025
Narrowed
“$66-72 billion”
Filing ↗
Oct 29, 2025
Narrowed
“$70-72 billion”
Filing ↗

How your Internet, media & interactive sector group guides

11 companies in Internet, media & interactive. What they guide on, and who reported this season.

Most-guided metric families
Revenue
10
Buybacks
6
Adjusted EBITDA
5
GAAP EPS
4
Capex
4
Free cash flow
3
Tax rate
3
Production volumes
2
This season’s releases
Take-Two InteractiveAug 7, 202614 changes
The Trade DeskAug 6, 20262 changes
AppLovinAug 5, 20263 changes
Warner Music GroupAug 5, 20261 change
Match GroupAug 4, 20267 changes
PinterestAug 4, 20265 changes
Live Nation EntertainmentJul 30, 202625 changes
RedditJul 30, 20262 changes
Get this for your own peer set — Peer Guidance Briefing, $3,000.

Full history

Every metric, every release, eight quarters — the complete record as one table.

MetricFY2026FY2025FY2024
Foreign currency headwind to year-over-year total revenue growth1 statement——
Foreign currency impact on revenue growth1 statement1 statement—
Foreign currency impact on total revenue growth1 statement2 statements1 statement
Revenue growth1 statement——
Total revenue3 statements4 statements1 statement
The full record for Meta Platforms and its Internet, media & interactive peers, delivered as a Peer Guidance Briefing — PDF and Excel, every value linked to its filing.

Filings

The 8 earnings releases this page is built from.

FiledFiscal periodAccessionGuidance items
Jul 29, 2026FY2026 Q20001628280-26-0505968Open filing ↗
Apr 29, 2026FY2026 Q10001628280-26-0283648Open filing ↗
Jan 28, 2026FY2025 Q40001628280-26-0038328Open filing ↗
Oct 29, 2025FY2025 Q30001628280-25-04711410Open filing ↗
Jul 30, 2025FY2025 Q20001628280-25-0367197Open filing ↗
Apr 30, 2025FY2025 Q10001326801-25-0000506Open filing ↗
Jan 29, 2025FY2024 Q40001326801-25-0000148Open filing ↗
Oct 30, 2024FY2024 Q30001326801-24-0000777Open filing ↗

Not located in filing

1 value was detected in these releases but could not be matched to an exact sentence in the filing body, so it is not shown as guidance. We surface the count rather than drop it silently.

Show the 1 unmatched span
SpanWhyFiled
operating income = expected to be above 2025 operating incomespan gate: value not verbatim in filingJan 28, 2026
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