Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock has been in fine form on the market over the past three years, delivering healthy gains of 116% to investors and outperforming the 37% increase in the Nasdaq Composite index during the same period.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) will release its fourth-quarter financial results after the closing bell on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Analysts expect the Menlo Park, California-based company to report quarterly earnings at $6.

Shares of Meta Platforms ( META 1.33%) were among the winners last month. The social media stock took off after the inauguration, benefiting from a potential TikTok ban, the company's increasingly cozy relationship with President Donald Trump, news of increased investment in artificial intelligence (AI), and even the DeepSeek revelation.