5 Best Extremely Profitable Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts

4. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), featuring a net income margin of 39.36% and upside potential of 35.26%, secures a spot on our list of the best extremely profitable stocks to buy according to Wall Street analysts. The company reported net income of $60.46 billion for the recently completed fiscal year (FY25).

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is moving to formalize what may be its most consequential internal shift in years.

On May 18, 2026, Chief People Officer Janelle Gale told employees in a memo that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) would lay off roughly 10% of its global workforce on May 20, while simultaneously moving 7,000 people into new AI-focused teams. The changes, she said, would also eliminate managerial layers in favor of a flatter structure built around smaller, faster-moving teams.

In total, the layoffs and transfers will impact about 20% of the company. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) had 77,986 employees at the end of March.

The transfers are headed to units including Applied AI Engineering and Agent Transformation Accelerator. Both are designed to build AI agents capable of taking over tasks currently handled by human staff. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has also closed 6,000 open roles as part of the process.

That restructuring follows the first-quarter earnings report on April 29, 2026, in which revenue climbed 33% year-over-year to $56.3 billion, surpassing analyst estimates of $55.5 billion. The company’s revenue growth also topped its peers: it came in better than Alphabet’s and was almost twice as fast as Microsoft’s and Amazon’s.

However, management’s rigorous capital spending plans made investors react. Shares fell 10% after Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) lifted its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to between $125 billion and $145 billion, up from $115 billion to $135 billion previously.

Meanwhile, Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney responded by raising the firm’s price target to $930 from $900, keeping an “Outperform” rating and describing Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) as the best ad revenue growth story in the space.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) develops products that allow people to share and connect with their family and friends using PCs, mobile devices, virtual reality (VR) headsets, and AI glasses. Some of its well-known apps include Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsAPp. It operates in the Reality Labs (RL) and Family of Apps (FoA) segments.