US Stock Market Move | Release strong Q4 earnings report Meta Platforms (META.US) rose nearly 10% in pre-market trading.

On Thursday, Meta Platforms (META.US) rose before the market opened, with the stock up nearly 10% to $734.5 per share at the time of writing. The financial report released after the close of trading yesterday showed that the company's revenue for the fourth quarter of last year and revenue guidance for the first quarter of this year both exceeded analysts' expectations; the full-year capital expenditure guidance range also exceeded analysts' expectations. Meta's fourth quarter revenue was $59.893 billion, above analysts' expectations of $58.42 billion; for the full year 2025, revenue was $48.385 billion, a 24% increase year-over-year. The company expects total revenue for the first quarter of 2026 to be between $53 billion and $56.5 billion, higher than analysts' expectations of $51.27 billion. Meta forecasts capital expenditures for the full year 2026 to be between $115 billion and $135 billion, higher than analysts' average expectation of $110.6 billion.