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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) shares fell more than 8% in premarket trading on Thursday after the company issued third-quarter revenue guidance that disappointed investors, despite reporting revenue ahead of expectations for the second quarter. The social media giant also posted earnings that missed Wall Street forecasts as rising legal, restructuring and infrastructure costs weighed on profitability.
Meta can simultaneously fuel its own AI ambitions and rent out its scarce computing capacity to bolster returns, CEO Mark Zuckerberg signaled on Wednesday. The Instagram owner is splurging billions to build compute - chips, servers, energy and data centers that power AI - leaving it with free cash flow of just $784 million in the second quarter to run and grow its business. Pressed by analysts for details on Meta's plans, Zuckerberg framed compute as a scarce strategic asset that the company should keep and build around, rather than simply sell for short-term profit.
↘️ Adidas (XE:ADS): Shares of the German sportswear company tumbled 17% after it reported lower-than-expected earnings and higher marketing costs tied to the FIFA World Cup. ↗️ Microsoft (MSFT): Shares jumped more than 8% premarket after the company reported a 31% jump in profit late yesterday.
U. S. stock futures edged higher on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision alongside a fresh wave of earnings from major technology companies.
Microsoft topped earnings estimates while the Fed held rates steady, as mixed results from Meta and Qualcomm and upbeat reports from Starbucks and Chipotle shaped trading.
Traders intensely debated whether the post-earnings sell-off represents a catastrophic break of support or a bargain buying opportunity.
Microsoft reported record quarterly profit and forecast accelerating Azure growth, while Meta’s profit and margins were hit by severance costs and legal expenses.View on euronews
Bitcoin edged higher as investors digested the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision and earnings from U.S. tech giants Microsoft and Meta. The Fed left rates unchanged while Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh provided few clues about future policy.
Investing.com - European shares traded in a narrow range on Thursday, as a massive wave of solid corporate earnings led by an energetic profit beat from oil major Shell helped offset an ambiguous interest rate outlook from the Federal Reserve and fresh U.S. airstrikes in Iran.
Total costs and expenses rose 55%, driven by $2.4bn in legal charges and $1.18bn in severance expenses.
Meta whiffed on earnings, but the buying opportunity just got better.
Amazon is set to report earnings Thursday after the close. Its AWS cloud service will play an outsized role in the company’s results.
Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will continue building its own frontier AI models rather than relying on third-party open-source alternatives, saying today’s open-source models lag behind the industry’s most advanced systems and that depending on other companies’ technology carries strategic risks. Rejects an Open-Source-Only AI Strategy During the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg said the company cannot rely on third-party open-source AI
Meta Platforms has reported its Q2 2026 results, with revenue rising to about US$60.80 billion from US$47.52 billion a year earlier, while net income fell to around US$15.85 billion and diluted EPS dropped to US$6.18 amid sharply higher costs. The company also lifted the floor of its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to US$130‑145 billion and flagged heavier legal and infrastructure spending, putting renewed focus on whether its extensive AI build‑out can translate into stronger long‑term...
Meta said that it’s evaluating various approaches for its cloud business.
Meta's record revenue driven by AI-enhanced advertising and new products is offset by a 55% expense surge and a sharp drop in free cash flow to $784 million.
On Wednesday, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said personal AI agents could eventually help billions of people manage everything from their careers and finances to their health and relationships, calling the opportunity "almost inevitable." Meta Sees Personal AI Agents as the Next Big Market During Meta’s second-quarter earnings call, Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik asked whether consumer AI adoption could move beyond using chatbots as "glorified search" tools and whether a
Nearly every dollar the company generated went right back out the door. Here's what it bought.
Meta beat on revenue and Zuckerberg called AI a generational opportunity, yet the stock cratered in after-hours trading and wiped out billions from his personal fortune. The gap between the bullish pitch and the brutal numbers tells a complicated story.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Meta Platforms (META) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Meta fell and Microsoft rallied after sending very different signals on how they’re monetizing their massive AI outlays.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue growth of 28% as the company said artificial intelligence initiatives improved content recommendations, advertising performance and product development, while it continued to accelerate spending on data centers and other AI infrastruc
Then Kevin Warsh started talking. The new Federal Reserve chairman did little to ease investor concerns about the central bank’s fight with inflation, so the S&P 500 closed down 1.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 2.2% The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.7%.