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Meta Platforms stock cratered Thursday after a quarterly report that beat on revenue but raised serious questions about where billions in AI spending actually leads, and Wall Street's response was swift and brutal.
Meta Platforms stock (META) continues to drop since coming out with second quarter earnings on Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley breaks down how investors are reacting to the Facebook parent company's vague guidance on full-year AI capex.
Meta stock takes another plunge.
Stocks kicked off Thursday’s trading session higher, reemerging from the carnage of Wednesday’s selloff. The S&P 500 was up 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6%. Rosenberg Research’s Dave Rosenberg described the moves as “a weak stock-market bound on shaky ground,” nodding to the major averages’ “precarious technical positions,” yesterday’s rise in bond yields, and oil price spikes.
The social media giant reported its second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, missing on earnings per share but beating on revenue.
The social media giant reported its second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, missing on earnings per share but beating on revenue.
Uncharacteristically, the company missed the consensus analyst estimate for profitability.
July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures steadied on Thursday after a sharp selloff driven by uncertainty around the Federal Reserve's policy outlook, while Microsoft's forecast-beating results
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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.
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.
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.
Meta whiffed on earnings, but the buying opportunity just got better.
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.
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.
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%.
Ygal Arounian, Wedbush Managing Director of Internet Equity Research, reacts to the latest Meta earnings and highlights potential concerns on ROIC from investors with the company's various forays into the AI space. He speaks to Romaine Bostick and Emily Graffeo on Bloomberg's 'The Close.'
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