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title: "META Stock Braces for an 8% Post-Earnings Move. Here's What Analysts and the Options Market Expect"
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description: "Meta Platforms (META) reports Q2 2026 earnings on July 29. The options market anticipates an 8.21% post-earnings move, lower than the recent average of 10.4%. Wall Street remains bullish, with Meta beating estimates for eight consecutive quarters."
datetime: "2026-07-28T13:07:34.000Z"
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# META Stock Braces for an 8% Post-Earnings Move. Here's What Analysts and the Options Market Expect

Meta Platforms (META) is set to report its Q2 2026 earnings after the market closes tomorrow, July 29. Wall Street remains bullish on the social media company, while the options market is pricing in an 8% move after the results. Meta has beaten Wall Street's earnings and revenue estimates for eight straight quarters, which has raised expectations for another solid earnings report. Here's what analysts and options traders expect ahead of the closely watched earnings report.

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## **What the Options Market Expects for META Stock**

According to TipRanks' Options Tool, the options market is pricing in an 8.21% move in META stock, either up or down, after the earnings report. That is smaller than the stock's average post-earnings move of 10.4% over the last four quarters.

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