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META is in focus after a quarterly print that combined an earnings miss with a revenue forecast that came in weaker than analysts expected. Management also narrowed the full-year capital expenditure range.
Shares fell in the session, and the setup now turns on where consensus lands after models are revised against the new guidance band. The guidance and what moves the tape A light revenue forecast is the primary catalyst.
When a company at Meta's scale guides below where analysts were positioned, the conversation shifts from what the quarter produced to what the guidance range implies about the trajectory of the advertising business.
The market cannot hold the prior consensus once management has marked its own ceiling lower. The narrowed capex range is the second variable.
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