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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Sanya Mansoor

Meta wows Wall Street despite spending billions on AI and facing social media addiction trial

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Mark Zuckerberg speaks in Menlo Park, California, on 17 September 2025. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

As Meta spends billions on artificial intelligence datacenters and its CEO prepares to testify in a landmark social media trial, the company is earning a pretty penny.

Meta reported strong financial results on Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations of $58.59bn with $59.89bn in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025. It reported earnings per share (EPS) of $8.88 – which also surpassed Wall Street expectations of $8.23 in EPS. Meta’s stocks jumped nearly 10% in after-hours trading after the release.

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