secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)
CIK:        0001326801
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T20:03:23+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-050596
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Meta Q2 revenue up 28% to $60.8B; net income down 14% on 55% cost surge
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- Diluted EPS $6.18, down 13% YoY; operating margin fell to 31% from 43%.
- Costs and expenses $42.03B (+55% YoY) including $2.40B legal charges and $1.18B severance.
- Ad impressions +14%, average price per ad +12%; Family DAP 3.60B (+3%).
- Capital expenditures $31.08B; free cash flow $784M; cash and securities $90.26B.
- Headcount 75,472 (-1% YoY); ~8,000 employees impacted by May 2026 reduction.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026050596/0001628280-26-050596-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026050596/meta-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-050596

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