Is Meta Stock a Buy Headed Into 2026?

Revenue and profits are soaring, but so are the social media company's capital expenditures.Meta Platforms (META 0.78%) stock has lagged in 2025. Shares of the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads parent are up about 13% for the year, while the S&P 500 has climbed about 17%.The gap looks odd given how the business has performed. The company has kept pushing faster growth out of its ad platform across its social media properties -- and it has continued to invest aggressively in AI (artificial intellige ...