Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) just gave investors a fresh update on its financial results. During the third quarter, the social media empire reported revenue of $64.6 billion, which soared 26% year over year. This marked the third straight quarter that the top line grew by more than 25%, an impressive feat given how massive the business is. But the story continues to be how much money Meta Platforms is spending on artificial intelligence (AI) investments. Operating income fell 37%, compressing the operating margin from 40% in Q3 2025 to 20% in the latest quarter. And in what was probably an unsurprising development, the company posted negative free cash flow (FCF) of $2.1 billion in Q3. This hasn't happened since 2012, the year that Meta Platforms, then called Facebook, went public. Here's what the FCF milestone means for shareholders.
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