Meta Platforms (META) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is projected to issue its Q4 2025 results after the market closes on Wednesday, January 28th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $8.16 per share and revenue of $58.3301 billion for the quarter. Parties may review the information on the company’s upcoming Q4 2025 earning report for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The social networking company reported $7.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.74 by $0.51. Meta Platforms had a net margin of 30.89% and a return on equity of 39.35%. The business had revenue of $51.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $49.34 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $6.03 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 26.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Meta Platforms to post $27 EPS for the current fiscal year and $30 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Meta Platforms Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of META opened at $604.12 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.98. Meta Platforms has a 1-year low of $479.80 and a 1-year high of $796.25. The stock has a market cap of $1.52 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.29. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $640.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $698.52.

Meta Platforms Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Meta Platforms’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9.28%.

Key Stories Impacting Meta Platforms

Here are the key news stories impacting Meta Platforms this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Threads’ mobile daily users have reportedly passed X, indicating stronger engagement that could help ad monetization and user-growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Instagram is shifting most ad inventory into Reels (over half of Instagram ads in 2025), supporting the company’s short‑form video monetization strategy. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

META has been the topic of several recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $1,117.00 price objective on shares of Meta Platforms in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of Meta Platforms from $802.00 to $795.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 12th. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $900.00 price target (up from $750.00) on shares of Meta Platforms in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Roth Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Meta Platforms in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Meta Platforms from $820.00 to $815.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, December 23rd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $821.07.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Meta Platforms news, COO Javier Olivan sold 517 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $653.00, for a total value of $337,601.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 11,166 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,291,398. This represents a 4.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Robert M. Kimmitt sold 580 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $618.28, for a total transaction of $358,602.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,587 shares in the company, valued at $3,454,330.36. This represents a 9.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 40,115 shares of company stock valued at $24,741,055 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 13.61% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Meta Platforms

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of META. CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new position in Meta Platforms during the 2nd quarter worth $101,000. Sagard Holdings Management Inc. bought a new stake in Meta Platforms in the second quarter valued at $106,000. Basso Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the third quarter valued at $147,000. Hara Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Meta Platforms during the second quarter worth about $158,000. Finally, Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD. acquired a new stake in shares of Meta Platforms in the 2nd quarter worth about $213,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.91% of the company’s stock.

Meta Platforms Company Profile

Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ: META), formerly Facebook, Inc, is a global technology company best known for building social networking services and immersive computing platforms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company operates a family of consumer-facing products and services that connect users, creators and businesses. In October 2021 the company rebranded as Meta to reflect an expanded strategic focus on augmented and virtual reality technologies alongside its social media businesses.

Meta’s core consumer products include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, which enable social networking, messaging, content sharing and community building across mobile and desktop devices.