Since then, Haugen has released documents to several more news outlets, leading to additional news stories. The reports show that Facebook is aware of many of the harms its apps and services cause, particularly to teenage girls, but either doesn't rectify the issues or struggles to address them. More documents are expected to be shared daily over the coming weeks. Zuckerberg rebutted the claims and referred to the latest news cycle as "a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company.
He touted Facebook's investments in research and said the rest of the industry should follow its lead. Facebook is priming investors for a company that could look very different than the advertising-based business of today.
The company announced its plans to break out Facebook Reality Labs into its own reporting segment starting in the fourth quarter. That unit focuses on hardware, augmented reality and virtual reality products. The other revenue segment will come from its family of apps, which include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and other services.
Facebook's shares have provided a total return of Facebook reported Q2 FY earnings that beat analysts' estimates. EPS rose Revenue grew The company said in its earnings report that it expects third and fourth quarter results to decelerate significantly on a sequential basis. In Q1 FY , Facebook reported earnings and revenue that beat consensus estimates.
EPS increased Revenue expanded In its earnings report, the company highlighted its strong ad revenue growth, which was driven by increases in the average price per ad as well as the total number of ads delivered.
Analysts expect Facebook's earnings and revenue to continue growing in Q3 FY , albeit at a decelerating pace compared to recent quarters. EPS is expected to rise And revenue is expected to rise Annual revenue is expected to expand As mentioned above, investors will also be focused on Facebook's MAUs, a key metric providing a measure of the size of the company's global active user base. Facebook defines a MAU as a registered and logged-in user who visited Facebook through its website or a mobile device, or used its Messenger app sometime during the 30 days of the measurement period.
Facebook derives the majority of its revenue through selling advertising space on its social media sites and apps to marketers. The bigger its user base, the more attractive its platform is to advertisers.
A bigger user base also makes it easier to attract new users as people want to be on Facebook because their friends are on it, a classic example of the network effect. Another related metric is Facebook's average revenue per user ARPU , a gauge of how well the company is monetizing its user base. Facebook's MAUs have continued to grow over the past several years, but the pace has gradually slowed. Select basic ads.
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Source: Predictions based on analysts' consensus from Visible Alpha. On October 28, , Facebook Inc. Facebook, Inc. Earnings per share EPS beat consensus estimates, up Revenue missed analyst forecasts, increasing The platform's monthly active users MAUs just matched expectations. Over the past year, Facebook's shares have provided a total return of MAUs are a key metric Facebook uses to gauge the size of its global active user base.
Facebook defines MAUs as registered and logged-in users who visited Facebook through its website or a mobile device, or used its Messenger app, sometime during the 30 days of the measurement period. The company derives nearly all of its revenue through selling advertising space, based largely on the strength of MAUs, on its social media sites and apps. The bigger its user base, the more attractive its platform is to advertisers. A bigger user base also makes it easier to attract new users, as people want to be on Facebook because their friends are on it—a classic example of the network effect.
This segment will be focused on the company's augmented and virtual reality products and services. Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are also under the Facebook umbrella. For the September quarter, the street has projected 2. Jon Swartz is a senior reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco, covering many of the biggest players in tech, including Netflix, Facebook and Google.
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