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Meta reports $2.1B free cash flow, first negative quarter

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 2:02 AM UTC · How we work

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Meta Posts Negative Cashflow

Meta reported a $-2.1 billion free cash flow in Q3, its first negative quarter since 2012.
Meta’s shares fell 7.5% in late trading after the earnings beat and AI-spending outlook.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned AI-infrastructure capital is becoming intensely constrained, heightening investor anxiety.
U.S. 10-year Treasury yield dropped 18.5 basis points to 4.961%, the sharpest one-day fall since March 2023.

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A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for the Cambridge Analytica data-privacy scandal.
Meta agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 52 state attorneys general over alleged Instagram addiction and youth mental-health harms.
The company plans to issue new Class C non-voting shares, potentially diluting shareholders by about 0.567% per $10 billion raised.
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The EU’s antitrust campaign began with a €497 million Microsoft fine in 2004 and grew to record penalties on tech giants, such as the €2.42 billion fine imposed on Google in June 2017 for abusing its Shopping service. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s office continued the trend, upholding a €4.34 billion Android fine in 2018, signaling sustained regulatory pressure on Big Tech.

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Meta Posts Negative Cashflow

Meta reported a $-2.1 billion free cash flow in Q3, its first negative quarter since 2012.
Meta’s shares fell 7.5% in late trading after the earnings beat and AI-spending outlook.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned AI-infrastructure capital is becoming intensely constrained, heightening investor anxiety.
U.S. 10-year Treasury yield dropped 18.5 basis points to 4.961%, the sharpest one-day fall since March 2023.

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