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Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions.
| Analyst | Firm | Questions · challengingPercentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Anmuth | JPMorgan | 13 questions · 15% challenging |
| Brian Nowak | Morgan Stanley | 13 questions · 0% challenging |
| Mark Shmulik | Bernstein | 11 questions · 9% challenging |
| Ken Gawrelski | Wells Fargo | 11 questions · 9% challenging |
| Justin Post | Bank of America | 11 questions · 18% challenging |
| Eric Sheridan | Goldman Sachs | 9 questions · 0% challenging |
| Youssef Squali | Truist Securities | 8 questions · 25% challenging |
| Ron Josey | Citigroup | 7 questions · 14% challenging |
| Ross Sandler | Barclays | 6 questions · 0% challenging |
| Mark Mahaney | Evercore ISI | 4 questions · 25% challenging |
| Firm | Analysts | Questions · challengingPercentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 1 analyst | 13 questions · 0% challenging |
| JPMorgan | 1 analyst | 13 questions · 15% challenging |
| Bank of America | 1 analyst | 11 questions · 18% challenging |
| Bernstein | 1 analyst | 11 questions · 9% challenging |
| Wells Fargo | 1 analyst | 11 questions · 9% challenging |
| Goldman Sachs | 1 analyst | 9 questions · 0% challenging |
| Truist Securities | 1 analyst | 8 questions · 25% challenging |
| Citigroup | 1 analyst | 7 questions · 14% challenging |
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A pre-earnings brief is ready for META: the setup, what peers and partners said this season, and which analysts to watch.Reading it is a Tellvest Pro feature.
Revenue accelerated to +33% at $56.3 billion, or 29% constant currency, with net income of $26.8 billion and EPS of $10.44 as AI recommendation systems drove record engagement. Business AI adoption grew 10x in one quarter while the MuSpark model launch powered Meta AI at scale. Operating margin held at 41% despite aggressive investment, with CAPEX raised to $125-$145 billion on higher component costs.
Cloud & AI | Innovation & R&D | Capex Investment | Revenue Growth | Product Launch | Capital Allocation | Competitive Dynamics | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2025Q1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025Q2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025Q3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025Q4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026Q1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| '24Q4 | '25Q1 | '25Q2 | '25Q3 | '25Q4 | '26Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud & AI | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Innovation & R&D | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Capex Investment | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Revenue Growth | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Product Launch | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Capital Allocation | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Competitive Dynamics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Margin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
What META and other companies said about each other on FY2026 Q1 earnings calls — extracted verbatim from public transcripts. Mentions from the newest quarter are a Pro feature.
“Last week, we announced that Meta is deploying millions of Blackwells and Rubin GPUs, NVIDIA CPUs and Spectrum x Ethernet for training and inference.”
Meta committing to millions of NVIDIA GPUs signals a very large AI infrastructure buildout at Meta Superintelligence Labs.
“at Meta, advancements in their GEM model drove a 3.5% increase in ad clicks on Facebook and more than 1% gain in conversations on Instagram, translating into meaningful revenue growth.”
NVIDIA cites Meta's ad-model gains as ROI evidence driving its largest customers to accelerate capex, a positive signal for Meta's ad revenue.
“Many of these open spaces will be filled with a much larger and more comprehensive assortment from Meta.”
Best Buy is dedicating expanded store space to a larger Meta product assortment, a signal on rising Meta hardware (glasses/devices) retail presence.
“We do think we have the best relationship with vendor partners, and our relationship with Meta is phenomenal.”
Best Buy frames Meta as a top vendor partner, particularly around AI glasses, a growth category Best Buy sells and merchandises.
“Meta is our lead partner and co-developer and is working with us on a multi-generation road map to support personal super intelligence for more than 3 billion users.”
Meta is Arm's lead partner and co-developer on the Arm AGI CPU for data-center AI; strong signal on Meta's custom-silicon and superintelligence infrastructure ambitions.
“We are an AI inputs company, and that fact was reflected in our recent deal with Meta, which complements our partnership with OpenAI.”
News Corp signed a content-licensing deal with Meta (complementing its OpenAI partnership), positioning its journalism and archive as an AI input.
“Messaging revenue growth also accelerated in the quarter, aided by strong growth in WhatsApp and RCS.”
Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler said strong WhatsApp growth helped accelerate Twilio's messaging revenue, a sign of rising business messaging volume on Meta's WhatsApp.
“We've also been expanding our platform through partnerships with Meta and Google and TikTok and Pinterest and The Trade Desk.”
Instacart routes brands' first-party-data campaigns onto off-platform partners including Meta, tapping incremental ad budgets that flow through Meta's ad platform.
“Meta and Oklo announced plans earlier this year to develop a 1.2-gigawatt advanced nuclear power campus in Ohio.”
Oklo and Meta are jointly developing a 1.2-gigawatt nuclear power campus in Ohio, a signal that Meta is securing large-scale firm clean power for its data-center demand.
“Meta the world's most preeminent social platform began using USDC for creator payouts.”
Meta began using USDC for creator payouts, choosing USDC rather than launching its own stablecoin, a marquee adoption signal.
“Consumers can now find licensed Yelp content on Amazon Alexa, Apple Maps, Microsoft Bing, Meta.ai and Yahoo, among many other platforms.”
Licensed Yelp content appears on Meta.ai, extending Yelp's local data into Meta's AI assistant.
“Last week, we welcomed Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce and Stripe as new members to the UCP tech Council.”
Meta joined Google's Universal Commerce Protocol tech council as a new member.
“On Manus, we're still working through the details.”
Meta indicates a deal with agentic-AI startup Manus is still being finalized, signaling ongoing interest in Manus's agent technology.
“Essilor-Luxottica owns and manages a lot more brands.”
An analyst notes Meta's AI-glasses partner Essilor-Luxottica manages many additional eyewear brands, framing headroom for further co-branded glasses launches beyond Ray-Ban and Oakley.
“to complement the new NVIDIA systems that we're rolling out as well”
Meta continues rolling out new NVIDIA systems as its CapEx forecast rises, reinforcing sustained AI-accelerator demand for NVIDIA.
“significant amount of AMD chips to complement the new NVIDIA systems that we're rolling out as well”
Meta is deploying a significant amount of AMD chips as part of its AI infrastructure buildout, a positive demand signal for AMD's data-center GPU business.
“rolling out more than 1 gigawatt of our own custom silicon that we're developing with Broadcom”
Meta is co-developing more than 1 gigawatt of custom AI silicon with Broadcom, a positive signal for Broadcom's custom-silicon franchise as Meta scales its compute efficiency initiative.
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| Quarter | Revenue | Rev YoY | EPS | EPS YoY | Op margin | Net margin | FCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Q4 | $48.38B | +20.6% | $8.02 | +50.5% | 48.3% | 43.1% | $13.56B |
| FY2025 Q1 | $42.31B | +16.1% | $6.43 | +36.5% | 41.5% | 39.3% | $11.09B |
| FY2025 Q2 | $47.52B | +21.6% | $7.14 | +38.4% | 43.0% | 38.6% | $9.02B |
| FY2025 Q3 | $51.24B | +26.2% | $1.05 | -82.6% | 40.1% | 5.3% | $11.17B |
| FY2025 Q4 | $59.89B | +23.8% | $8.87 | +10.6% | 41.3% | 38.0% | $14.83B |
| FY2026 Q1Selected | $56.31B | +33.1% | $10.44 | +62.4% | 40.6% | 47.5% | $13.23B |
| FY2026 Q2 | $60.80B | +28.0% | $6.18 | -13.4% | 30.9% | 26.1% | $1.75B |
Management’s own words, often on a non-GAAP, constant-currency, or adjusted basis — so these can differ from the GAAP figures above (e.g. constant-currency revenue growth excludes currency swings).
Calendar quarter Q1 2026Earnings call Apr 29, 2026
FY2026 Q1 in brief
Revenue accelerated to +33% at $56.3 billion, or 29% constant currency, with net income of $26.8 billion and EPS of $10.44 as AI recommendation systems drove record engagement.
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GAAP revenue YoY +33.1% → base 8. The base score is anchored to the GAAP revenue YoY band before transcript, EPS, and guidance adjustments.
Sources. Tellvest earnings-call sentiment score for Meta Platforms, Inc. (META), FY2026 Q1: 8/10. Scores: Meta Platforms, Inc.’s public earnings-call transcripts and SEC-reported results — the base band is anchored to reported GAAP revenue growth; transcript, EPS and guidance adjustments are applied separately (documented exceptions apply to a few issuers). Price: META daily closing prices for the trailing year; dots mark earnings calls, colored by that quarter’s score; the newest quarter’s score is part of Tellvest Pro. How to read a company earnings-call score.
| Company | Score | Trend | Rev YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
META Meta Platforms, Inc. | 8 | +33.1% | |
| DASH DoorDash | 7 | +33.1% | |
| EVER EverQuote, Inc. | 8 | +14.5% | |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. | 9 | +21.8% | |
| MAX MediaAlpha, Inc. | 8 | +17.3% | |
| NBIS Nebius Group N.V. | 8 | +621.5% | |
| PINS Pinterest, Inc. | 8 | +17.8% | |
| RDDT Reddit, Inc. | 9 | +69.1% | |
| SNAP Snap Inc. | 7 | +12.2% | |
| SPOT Spotify Technology S.A. | 8 | +8.2% | |
| YELP Yelp Inc. | 6 | +0.8% |