On the night between July 29 and July 30, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) property followed one of the very common among the largest economies in 2026: it fell sharply after going to press his quarterly salary.
Notably, after falling 1.31% from $593.41 to $585.61 per share before the filing, META shares were down 9.24% to $531.50 in late Thursday morning trading.
all, Biography of Mark Zuckerberg the company is down 18.28% year-to-date (YTD), with a fall in total market capitalization to about $320 billion following a drop from $1.67 trillion at the end of 2025 to $1.35 trillion in the pre-July 30 market.
Looking at the document about the performance of Meta Platforms in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, the earnings per share (EPS) seems to be the reason for the fall. Indeed, Q2 EPS came in at $6.18 – below the $7.22 expected.
Digging a little deeper reveals some of the factors that cause shareholders to lose confidence. Specifically, Meta’s financial guidance was lighter than the $63.15 billion expected, as it came in between $61 billion and $64 billion against the median estimate of $62.5 billion.
Meanwhile, the company’s free cash flow fell from $8.5 billion a year earlier to $784 million, and capital expenditures (CapEx) rose slightly to between $130 billion and $145 billion from between $125 billion and $145 billion.
In particular, Investors have been punish blue-chip tech companies in expanding their CapEx plans because of their free flow approach, the amount of capital already spent, and the constant effort to hide real returns.
In recent years, major technology companies have made significant efforts to predict the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) report that they are seeing high returns, but few actual numbers have been published.
Finally, the saving grace in the records of Meta Platforms came in the form of Q2 earnings, which, at $ 60.80 billion, came in above $ 60.17 billion.
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