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Sohini Mondal

Meta Platforms Earnings Preview: What to Expect

With a market cap of $1.8 trillion, Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) is a global technology company enabling people to connect and share through its extensive family of apps and devices. Operating through its Family of Apps and Reality Labs segments, Meta serves billions of users across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, while also advancing in virtual and augmented reality technologies.

The Menlo Park, California-based company is set to unveil its fiscal Q3 2026 results after the market closes on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Before the event, analysts expect the advertising company to report an EPS of $5.86, down 19.2% from $7.25 in the same quarter last year. It has surpassed Wall Street's earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters while missing on another occasion.

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