Earnings Preview | Meta (META.US) Faces a "Major AI Monetization Test": Can Muse's Explosive Success Ease "Cash-Burning" Concerns?

Zhito Finance App has learned that Meta (META.US) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial report after the U.S. market closes on October 21. The market has already repriced Meta from an "AI cash burner" to an "AI monetizer," and what this earnings report needs to do is prove that this shift is real. Since its July earnings report, Meta has risen about 37% cumulatively, clearly outperforming the Nasdaq 100's 6.7% and the S&P 500's 4.4% over the same periodwhile analysts cut profit forecasts by about 4% during the same period. After the recent wave of sharp gains, the valuation appears to have fully reflected optimistic expectations.