---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-047114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "META"
cik: "0001326801"
company_name: "Meta Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:36:08.617744+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meta Q3 revenue $51.2B (+26% YoY); adjusted EPS $7.25 vs $6.03, but reported EPS hit by $15.9B tax charge

## Summary
- Revenue $51.2B (+26% YoY); operating income $20.5B (+18%); ad impressions +14%, avg price +10%.
- Reported net income $2.7B ($1.05 EPS) down 83% YoY due to $15.9B non-cash tax valuation allowance from new U.S. tax law.
- Excluding one-time tax charge, adjusted net income $18.6B and adjusted EPS $7.25, up from $6.03 YoY.
- Family daily active people 3.54B (+8% YoY); capital expenditures $19.4B; free cash flow $10.6B.
- Headcount 78,450 (+8% YoY); returned $4.5B to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-047114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: META
- cik: 0001326801
- company_name: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828025047114/0001628280-25-047114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828025047114/meta-20251029.htm

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