Meta delivered fantastic results for Q4 2024. The company increased earnings per share for the quarter by 50% year over year, reaching $8.02. The figure well exceeded Wall Street's expectations of $6.76 per share. Sales for the company hit $48.4 billion, beating the expected $47 billion.

Meta stock is gaining ground Thursday after the social media giant reported strong earnings, but what does Wall Street have to say? We take a look here.

Meta said earnings per share were up annually by 50% to $8.02, versus Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $6.76.

Meta will pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit after the tech giant banned him from Facebook and Instagram following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news.

The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it has agreed to pay about $25 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the company's suspension of his accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.