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CLAIM #42007 · Meta Platforms Inc. (META) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 29, 2026 · due Jun 30, 2026

Our guidance assumes foreign currency is an approximately 2% tailwind to year-over-year total revenue growth based on current exchange rates.

Susan Li · CFO

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graded after results covering Jun 30, 2026 are reported

In context

ments drove a $107 billion step up in our contractual commitments this quarter. Our investments will support our training needs for future models and, most importantly, provide us the inference capacity necessary to deliver personal and business agents to billions of people around the world, along with several other AI product experiences we are developing. As we grow our infrastructure spend, we remain committed to operating efficiently, and we recently shared internally that we plan to reduce the size of our employee base in May. We believe a leaner operating model will allow us to move more quickly while also helping to offset the substantial investments we are making. Moving to our financial outlook. We expect second quarter 2026 total revenue to be in the range of $58 to $61 billion. Our guidance assumes foreign currency is an approximately 2% tailwind to year-over-year total revenue growth based on current exchange rates. Turning to the expense and CapEx outlooks. We expect full year 2026 total expenses to be in the range of $162 to $169 billion, unchanged from our prior outlook. We continue to expect to deliver operating income this year that is above 2025 operating income. We anticipate 2026 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $125 to $145 billion, increased from our prior range of $120 to $135 billion. This reflects our expectations for higher component pricing this year and, to a lesser extent, additional data center costs to support future-year capacity. Absent any changes to our tax landscape, we expect our tax rate for the remaining quarters of 2026 to be between 13%–16%. Finally, we continue to monitor active legal and regulatory matters, incl

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SEC filings for META · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2026Q1 earnings call.