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Meta Platforms Posted Its Fastest Growth Guide in Years—Now What?
By Leo Miller. Article Published: 2/3/2026.
Key Points
- Meta’s latest earnings report swayed many investors, as shares rose by a double-digit percentage the next day.
- The company’s Q1 2026 guidance implies growth that the company has not seen in years, especially when adjusting for pandemic-driven abnormalities.
- Updated price targets imply +20% upside ahead, with one particularly bullish forecast projecting +50% gains.
All things considered, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) delivered a very strong Q4 2025 earnings report. It comfortably beat estimates on sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in its Jan. 28 release, and showed impressive underlying improvements across the business.
The Magnificent Seven company’s outlook was particularly intriguing. Despite forecasting rapidly rising spending in 2026, Meta projected that sales would increase by 30% in Q1 2026 — its fastest growth rate since Q3 2021. Wall Street analysts have taken notice, with many raising their price targets. Meta’s growth outlook is striking, and analysts are lifting expectations for the stock.
Growth at Scale: Putting Meta’s 30% Guidance in Context
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As noted, Meta has not generated 30% growth since Q3 2021—more than four years ago. That alone helps explain why the company’s guidance for the next quarter is so notable. A closer look makes the outlook even more impressive.
Results in 2021 were influenced by an unusual factor outside companies’ control: the COVID-19 pandemic. As the economy shut down, 2020 was a weak year for many businesses, including Meta. Its sales rose almost 22% that year, which at the time was the company’s slowest growth rate since at least 2015.
When pent-up demand released in 2021, many companies saw a spike in sales, creating easy year-over-year comparisons to 2020. Given that abnormality, it’s reasonable to compare Meta’s guidance to pre-pandemic performance.
Excluding 2020 and 2021, Meta hasn’t achieved a 30% growth rate since Q4 2018—roughly seven years ago. That’s particularly noteworthy given how much the business has grown since then. As total revenues rise, sustaining very high growth rates becomes harder because each incremental dollar represents a smaller portion of the larger base.
Achieving 30% growth next quarter would put the firm’s quarterly revenue near $55 billion. When Meta generated 30% growth in Q4 2018, its revenue was just $16.9 billion. The contrast highlights how sizable Meta’s opportunities are today: the company is projecting similar growth off a revenue base more than three times larger than in 2018.
Meta Price Targets Rise, Most Bullish Forecast Pushed Higher
The MarketBeat consensus price target on Meta shares sits near $849, implying roughly 20% upside. Looking at targets updated after the Jan. 28 release paints an even brighter picture: MarketBeat tracked more than 25 analysts who updated their Meta price targets after the earnings release, with all but one raising. Among those updates, the average target is $870, implying about 23% upside.
Although not a dramatic shift, analysts have generally stayed bullish on Meta even as many investors retreated. The average of the price targets updated one week after the company’s Q3 2025 earnings was $857, despite the stock dropping more than 10% during that period.
The lowest post-Jan. 28 updated target tracked by MarketBeat comes from Scotiabank at $700, implying roughly 1% downside versus the stock’s Feb. 2 close near $706. The most bullish updated target comes from Rosenblatt Securities. After the company’s Q3 report, Rosenblatt had a $1,117 target on Meta; it has now reset that high-water mark with a $1,144 forecast, implying almost 62% upside.
Historically Conservative Forecasts Provide Potential for Upward Revisions
Meta’s Q4 report helped win back many investors: shares rose 10.4% the next day. Most analysts remain steadfast in their conviction. Notably, the company has beaten sales estimates in each of its last 14 earnings releases.
That track record supports the possibility of further upward revisions to price targets, but investors will keep a close eye on Meta’s spending and expect the company to deliver on its ambitious growth projections.
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Hello –
Want to know what separates the folks who retire early from the ones who keep working just to keep up with inflation?
They get in early on boring companies that make stupid amounts of money.
That’s exactly what you’ll find on our exclusive 7 Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever list—updated with fresh data to help you meet your retirement goals sooner.
Here’s the thing…
Most people scroll past these companies because they’re not flashy.
But while the crowd chases crypto crashes and meme stock madness…these 7 companies quietly rake in billions in cold, hard profit, year after year.
If you’re serious about building wealth over the next 5, 10, even 20 years, you owe it to yourself to at least peek at these names.
Click here to see the list now. (PDF)
Here’s to more beach days and fewer workdays,
Matthew Paulson
MarketBeat
P.S. There’s absolutely no cost to receive our list of 7 Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever—and this isn’t some dusty list we’ve been sending around for a decade. We update it constantly based on earnings, performance, and new data. It’s fast, it’s free, and it may just change the trajectory of your portfolio.
Grab the report now before it gets buried in your inbox.
More Reading from MarketBeat.com
Meta Platforms Posted Its Fastest Growth Guide in Years—Now What?
By Leo Miller. Article Published: 2/3/2026.
Key Points
- Meta’s latest earnings report swayed many investors, as shares rose by a double-digit percentage the next day.
- The company’s Q1 2026 guidance implies growth that the company has not seen in years, especially when adjusting for pandemic-driven abnormalities.
- Updated price targets imply +20% upside ahead, with one particularly bullish forecast projecting +50% gains.
All things considered, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) delivered a very strong Q4 2025 earnings report. It comfortably beat estimates on sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in its Jan. 28 release, and showed impressive underlying improvements across the business.
The Magnificent Seven company’s outlook was particularly intriguing. Despite forecasting rapidly rising spending in 2026, Meta projected that sales would increase by 30% in Q1 2026 — its fastest growth rate since Q3 2021. Wall Street analysts have taken notice, with many raising their price targets. Meta’s growth outlook is striking, and analysts are lifting expectations for the stock.
Growth at Scale: Putting Meta’s 30% Guidance in Context
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As noted, Meta has not generated 30% growth since Q3 2021—more than four years ago. That alone helps explain why the company’s guidance for the next quarter is so notable. A closer look makes the outlook even more impressive.
Results in 2021 were influenced by an unusual factor outside companies’ control: the COVID-19 pandemic. As the economy shut down, 2020 was a weak year for many businesses, including Meta. Its sales rose almost 22% that year, which at the time was the company’s slowest growth rate since at least 2015.
When pent-up demand released in 2021, many companies saw a spike in sales, creating easy year-over-year comparisons to 2020. Given that abnormality, it’s reasonable to compare Meta’s guidance to pre-pandemic performance.
Excluding 2020 and 2021, Meta hasn’t achieved a 30% growth rate since Q4 2018—roughly seven years ago. That’s particularly noteworthy given how much the business has grown since then. As total revenues rise, sustaining very high growth rates becomes harder because each incremental dollar represents a smaller portion of the larger base.
Achieving 30% growth next quarter would put the firm’s quarterly revenue near $55 billion. When Meta generated 30% growth in Q4 2018, its revenue was just $16.9 billion. The contrast highlights how sizable Meta’s opportunities are today: the company is projecting similar growth off a revenue base more than three times larger than in 2018.
Meta Price Targets Rise, Most Bullish Forecast Pushed Higher
The MarketBeat consensus price target on Meta shares sits near $849, implying roughly 20% upside. Looking at targets updated after the Jan. 28 release paints an even brighter picture: MarketBeat tracked more than 25 analysts who updated their Meta price targets after the earnings release, with all but one raising. Among those updates, the average target is $870, implying about 23% upside.
Although not a dramatic shift, analysts have generally stayed bullish on Meta even as many investors retreated. The average of the price targets updated one week after the company’s Q3 2025 earnings was $857, despite the stock dropping more than 10% during that period.
The lowest post-Jan. 28 updated target tracked by MarketBeat comes from Scotiabank at $700, implying roughly 1% downside versus the stock’s Feb. 2 close near $706. The most bullish updated target comes from Rosenblatt Securities. After the company’s Q3 report, Rosenblatt had a $1,117 target on Meta; it has now reset that high-water mark with a $1,144 forecast, implying almost 62% upside.
Historically Conservative Forecasts Provide Potential for Upward Revisions
Meta’s Q4 report helped win back many investors: shares rose 10.4% the next day. Most analysts remain steadfast in their conviction. Notably, the company has beaten sales estimates in each of its last 14 earnings releases.
That track record supports the possibility of further upward revisions to price targets, but investors will keep a close eye on Meta’s spending and expect the company to deliver on its ambitious growth projections.
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