Meta Shares Surge as Quarterly Earnings and Revenue Beat Expectations

Meta Platforms reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2025, exceeding Wall Street forecasts on both earnings and revenue. The company's shares rose between 8% and 10% following the news.

Meta's revenue grew by 22% to $47.5 billion for the quarter ending June 30, while net income increased by 36% to $18.3 billion. Earnings per share came in at $7.14, higher than what analysts had expected. The number of daily active users climbed to 3.48 billion across Meta's family of apps.

The company's core advertising business remained robust, providing the main source of growth as Meta continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence. Despite these investments, Meta narrowed its annual capital expenditures forecast, reflecting more focused spending as it pursues advancements in 'superintelligence' technology.

Meta's Reality Labs division, which works on virtual and augmented reality products, reported a $4.53 billion operating loss during the quarter. Sales in this segment reached $370 million.

Meta's stock increased because the company reported higher-than-expected earnings, revenue, and user growth for the second quarter of 2025.

The main driver is Meta's strong advertising business, which continues to attract users and generate revenue.

Reality Labs is Meta's division for virtual and augmented reality products. It is currently losing money as Meta invests heavily in developing new technologies in this area.

'Superintelligence' refers to developing advanced artificial intelligence. Meta is investing in AI research to improve its products and services.

CNBC

Meta shares jumped 8% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat on revenue.

PRNewsWire

MENLO PARK, Calif. , July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Proactive Investors

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) reported quarterly results that blew past Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, sending its shares up nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Strong advertising sales and continued momentum across its apps boosted growth, the tech stalwart's results ind...

NYTimes

The Silicon Valley giant, which has been on a spending spree to hire A.I. researchers, also posted a 36 percent quarterly increase in profit and a 22 percent jump in revenue.

Deadline

Meta posted nice numbers for the June quarter with revenue surging 22% to $47.5 billion and net income up 36% to $18.3 billion. Earnings per share of $7.14 was also beat Wall Street's expectations, as did daily active users rose to 3.48 billion.

Forbes

Meta will host a call with investors at 5 p.m. EDT, with an option to listen in on its investor relations website.

CNBC

Meta reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and revealed that Reality Labs logged an operating loss of $4.53 billion while recording $370 million in sales during the period. Analysts were projecting that unit to post a second-quarter operating loss of $4.99 billion while generating $381 m...

WSJ

The second-quarter results showed the Facebook parent's core ad business remains strong at a time when the company is investing billions of dollars into artificial intellilgence.

Reuters

Meta Platforms narrowed its annual capital expenditures forecast on Wednesday, driven by the social media giant's high-stakes push for "superintelligence" in the heated AI race, sending its shares up nearly 9% in extended trading.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Meta Platforms topped projections for second-quarter sales and gave a stronger-than-expected forecast for the current period. Dave Lee has more on "Bloomberg The Close.

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CNBC's Julia Boorstin joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' with Meta quarterly results.

Bloomberg Technology

Harding Loevner Portfolio Manager Uday Cheruvu discusses AI capital expenditure and what he is hoping to see from tech earnings. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.

Investors Business Daily

Meta stock surged after the Facebook parent reported Q2 results that easily beat expectations, with 22% revenue growth.

TechCrunch

Meta is pouring money into the physical and technical infrastructure needed to scale its AI ambitions. The company said Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report that it plans to more than double its spend on building AI infrastructure, like data centers and servers.

TechCrunch

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg credited AI with driving up the time users spent on the company's apps in the second quarter. While consumers are increasingly complaining about the prevalence of “AI slop” — or low-quality AI-generated content flooding social apps — Meta says that AI systems are getting bet...

New York Post

Meta has tried to revitalize its AI push by sparking a high-stakes talent war that has seen it dole out more than $100 million pay packages to researchers from rival firms.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Meta's third-quarter earnings topped estimates. The tech giant posted beats across the board for 2Q from revenues to EPS and operating income.

ETF Trends

Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META) were two of the biggest names reporting earnings on Wednesday. With the expectation that AI would be a prime revenue generator for both, it was estimated they would beat earnings estimates, and they did just that.

Zacks Investment Research

Meta Platforms continues to demonstrate exceptional financial performance, driven by its robust ad business and signficant AI investments.

CNBC

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to continue his company's artificial intelligence spending blitz well into the next year as rival tech giants do the same. While Meta is still planning out next year, the company said its AI initiatives will "result in a 2026 year-over-year expense growth rate that is...

Market Watch

Meta's heavy AI spending is boosting ad revenue — and the company is only getting more profitable in the process.

Seeking Alpha

Meta delivered strong Q2 results, beating earnings and revenue estimates, due to robust digital ad market growth and user expansion. Meta's free cash flow remained exceptional, despite a temporary dip, due to aggressive AI and Data Center CapEx investments, positioning Meta for future growth. The co...

Invezz

Meta Platforms Inc. delivered robust second-quarter results late Wednesday, sending its stock up nearly 12% in early Thursday premarket trading. The Facebook and Instagram parent beat Wall Street estimates on both revenue and profit, underlining the strength of its core advertising business and grow...

Skynews

Shares in Meta, the tech firm behind Facebook and Instagram, have surged in extended trading after posting a bumper set of financial results that eased concerns it was lagging rivals in the artificial intelligence (AI) race.

Seeking Alpha

Meta delivered record Q2 results, with revenue up 22%, expanding margins, and robust free cash flow driven by AI-powered ad optimization. Zuckerberg's bold vision is to build AGI, with Meta Superintelligence Labs and a next-gen supercomputer launching in 2026 to power future AI advances. Meta's aggr...

Proactive Investors

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) delivered a blockbuster earnings report overnight, sending its shares more than 10% higher in after-hours trading on Wall Street. For UK investors, this is worth noting: Meta is a core holding for many tech-focused investment trusts and exchange-tra...

Finbold

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is up 12.05% at press time after delivering second-quarter results Wednesday, after the bell that blew past Wall Street's expectations and triggered a wave of analyst upgrades.

Forbes

Meta stock (NASDAQ:META) has already achieved remarkable gains, growing 2x from $370 levels in early 2024 to approximately $780 at present. But what could drive the stock to double from its current levels over the coming years?

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Key Points in This Article: Meta Platforms‘ (META) Q2 revenue reached $47.5 billion, with ad revenue up 21% to $46.5 billion, driving a 36% net income increase to $18.3 billion.

Market Watch

If the company's core business continues growing at the current rate and its Superintelligence efforts gain traction, “there's no telling what the ceiling is for Meta,” Bernstein analysts said.

Seeking Alpha

Meta Platforms, Inc. crushed its Q2 earnings, and what it said about AI might matter even more than the revenue headline. The company's AI capex plan isn't just ambitious — it's a bet that could redefine how personal tech works. User engagement and ad revenue are both climbing fast. Coincidence? Or...

Seeking Alpha

I don't expect to see Meta Platforms, Inc. trading below $750 anytime soon. Any pullback to this level could be a decent entry point for institutional funds that are uninvested. Meta's growth is relentless. Q2 DAUs hit 3.4 billion, and the family of apps' ad revenue is up 21% YOY, driven by improvem...

Benzinga

Meta Platforms Inc META just dropped a blowout second quarter — but the real headline isn't the numbers, it's the algorithm. According to JPMorgan's Doug Anmuth, Meta's AI isn't just writing code or generating Llama buzz.

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