Meta will report fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with analysts polled by LSEG forecasting EPS of $8.21 and revenue of $58.35 billion. Investors will watch the company’s 2025 AI overhaul — including a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, a planned Avocado model release in H1 2026, a up-to-$6 billion Corning fiber deal, and Reality Labs' sizeable operating losses.
Key Points
- 1Reports expect Q4 EPS $8.21 and revenue $58.35 billion, indicating core ad business resilience
- 2Invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI to acquire talent and accelerate frontier-model (Avocado) development
- 3Increases data-center capex and Corning $6 billion deal, implying heavier infrastructure costs and scalability focus
Scoring Rationale
Major industry impact from large AI investments and model roadmap, tempered by moderately shallow coverage depth.
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- 06Meta to nearly double its investment in AI in 2026 as Mark Zuckerberg looks to build a 'personal superintelligence'livemint.com
- 07Big Tech’s AI bet intensifies as earnings expose gapsgulfbusiness.com
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