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Global producers almost never take significant equity positions in early-stage juniors – yet one of the world’s largest silver companies just acquired a 17% stake in this small cap.

Moves like this often signal conviction: conviction in the asset, conviction in the team, and conviction in what future exploration may reveal. Combined with silver’s accelerating price action and tightening supply, the timing becomes even more interesting.

This early-stage name now controls three 100%-owned projects in Mexico’s top mineral belts, including a newly acquired district-scale asset.

The question for investors: what did a major see before the market did?

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Meta Platforms Posted Its Fastest Growth Guide in Years—Now What?

Reported by Leo Miller. Publication Date: 2/3/2026. 

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What You Need to Know

  • Meta’s latest earnings report swayed many investors, as shares rose by a double-digit percentage the next day.
  • The company’s Q1 2026 guidance implies growth that the company has not seen in years, especially when adjusting for pandemic-driven abnormalities.
  • Updated price targets imply +20% upside ahead, with one particularly bullish forecast projecting +50% gains.

Overall, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META)delivered a very strong Q4 2025 earnings report. It comfortably beat estimates for sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in its Jan. 28 earnings release, and the company showed meaningful underlying improvement across its business.

The Magnificent Seven company’s outlook was particularly notable. Despite forecasting rapidly rising spending in 2026, Meta projected that sales would increase by 30%in Q1 2026 — its fastest growth rate since Q3 2021. Wall Street responded: many analysts raised their price targets. Meta’s growth outlook is striking, and analysts are lifting expectations for the stock.

Growth at Scale: Putting Meta’s 30% Guidance in Context

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As noted, Meta has not generated 30% growth since Q3 2021—more than four years ago. That alone helps explain why the company’s guidance for the next quarter drew so much attention. A closer look makes the outlook even more impressive.

Many companies’ 2021 results were boosted by an unusual variable: the COVID-19 pandemic. With the economy effectively shut down in 2020, that year was a weak one for many businesses, including Meta. Its sales rose almost 22% that year, which at the time was the company’s slowest growth rate since at least 2015.

When pent-up demand kicked in during 2021, companies posted outsized sales gains versus the depressed 2020 base. In other words, 2021’s growth rates were inflated by an unusually low comparison year. Given that abnormality, it’s reasonable to assess Meta’s guidance against pre-pandemic periods.

Excluding 2020 and 2021, Meta hasn’t achieved 30% growth since Q4 2018 — roughly seven years ago. That’s notable because as a company’s total revenue rises, maintaining high percentage growth becomes harder: each incremental dollar represents a smaller share of a larger base.

If Meta hits 30% growth next quarter, its sales would be near $55 billion. When Meta posted 30% growth in Q4 2018, revenue was just $16.9 billion. The contrast underscores how much larger Meta’s opportunity set is today: the company expects similar percentage growth from a revenue base more than three times bigger.

Meta Price Targets Rise, Most Bullish Forecast Pushed Higher

The MarketBeat consensus price target on Meta shares sits near $849, implying roughly 20% upside. Looking at updates after the Jan. 28 report improves the picture: MarketBeat tracked updates from more than 25 analysts, and all but one raised their targets. Among those updates, the average target is $870, implying about 23% upside.

Although not a large shift, it’s worth noting that analysts have generally stayed bullish on Meta even as many investors have pulled back. The average of the price targets updated one week after the company’s Q3 2025 report was $857, coming despite the stock falling more than 10% in that period.

The lowest post-Jan. 28 price target we tracked is Scotiabank’s $700, implying about 1% downside versus the stock’s Feb. 2 close near $706. The most bullish update came from Rosenblatt Securities. After the company’s Q3 report Rosenblatt had a $1,117 target — the highest MarketBeat tracked at that time — and it has now increased that target to $1,144, implying nearly 62% upside.

Historically Conservative Forecasts Provide Potential for Upward Revisions

Meta’s Q4 report helped win back many investors: shares rose 10.4% the next day. Most analysts also remain confident in the company’s prospects. Notably, Meta has beaten sales estimates in each of its last 14 earnings releases.

That track record supports the view that estimates could continue to move higher, helping the stock reach targets above its current price. Still, investors and analysts will keep a close eye on Meta’s spending and will expect the company to deliver on the ambitious growth trajectory it laid out.

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