Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Meta Platforms and Alphabet

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – August 14, 2025– Zacks Director of Research Sheraz Mian says, "For the current period (2025 Q3), total S&P 500 earnings are expected to increase +4.8% on +5.4% higher revenues, with estimates modestly going up."

Earnings Outlook Remains Strong & Improving: A Closer Look

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Here are the key points:

• The overall earnings picture remains strong and steadily improving. We saw an above-average proportion of companies beat Q2 estimates, with expectations for the current and upcoming periods also increasing.
• For the 457 S&P 500 companies that have already reported Q2 results, total earnings are up +11.6% from the same period last year on +5.8% higher revenues, with 80.5% beating EPS estimates and 78.8% beating revenue estimates.
• Looking at Q2 as a whole, combining the actual results that have come out with estimates for the still-to-come companies, total S&P 500 earnings are expected to be up +12.0% from the same period last year on +6.0% higher revenues.
• For the current period (2025 Q3), total S&P 500 earnings are expected to increase +4.8% on +5.4% higher revenues, with estimates modestly going up since the quarter got underway.

A Favorable Estimate Revisions Trend

The revisions trend continues to remain favorable, as we have consistently been flagging in recent weeks. We see this in estimates for the current period (2025 Q3) as well as for the last quarter of the year.

For 2025 Q3, the expectation is for earnings growth of +4.8% on +5.4% revenue gains.

Since the start of Q3 this month, estimates have modestly increased for five of the 16 Zacks sectors, including Finance, Tech, Energy, Retail, and others.

On the negative side, Q3 estimates remain under pressure for the remaining 11 Zacks sectors, with significant declines to estimates for the Medical, Basic Materials, Construction, Transportation, and other sectors.

For the Tech sector, Q3 earnings are expected to be up +10.5% from the same period last year on +11.6% higher revenues.

You can look at Q3 estimates for Tech players like Meta Platforms META, Alphabet GOOGL and others.

Meta, which reported Q2 results on July 30^th, is currently expected to bring in $6.69 per share in earnings in Q3. Estimates for Meta have been on a steady upward trend, with the current $6.69 EPS estimate increasing by 14.4% over the past month and 17.4% over the past two months. Alphabet, which reported Q2 results on July 23^rd, is expected to earn $2.32 per share in Q3, with the estimate up +5.9% over the past month and +7.4% over the past two months.

This positive revisions trend is even more notable for the big banks and brokers like JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and others in the Finance sector.

Earnings Expectations for 2025 Q2 & Beyond

The positive results from more than 90% of S&P 500 members have helped push the Q2 earnings growth expectation higher, with earnings for the S&P 500 index now expected to increase by +12.0% from the same period last year on +6.0% higher revenues.

We have been pleasantly surprised by the aforementioned favorable revisions trend, which validates the market's rebound from the April lows. Given the positive run of Q2 results, it will make sense for this trend to remain in place over the coming weeks as we go through this reporting cycle.

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