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%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $64.60B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
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.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates META Hold at 6.7/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -29.9% surprise compares with a -7.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-27.
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
- Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8
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
- $612.49
- Price target
- $780.51
- Stop
- $590.73
- Upside to target
- +27.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.3:1
The stock trades at 20.9× trailing but 17.4× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 23 — a level conventionally read as oversold; trading volume is running 1.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — 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
- $1594.21B
- P/E (fwd)
- 17.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 20.9
- 52-week range
- $520.26–$779.82
- Off 52-week high
- 21.5%
- RSI (14)
- 23
- Volume vs avg
- 1.63×
- Score today
- 6.7/10