Showing how the company finished the year strong, this is a higher growth rate than its full-year 2025 revenue growth of 22%. Soaring costsWith all of this said, accompanying Meta's soaring growth is even faster spending growth. In fact, we're already seeing the deleveraging in Meta's earnings profile caused by its big spending. The company's 11% year-over-year earnings-per-share growth in its fourth quarter lagged its 24% revenue growth by a wide margin. The big question on investors' minds, therefore, is whether or not this big spending will eventually pay off for Meta.