Facebook's Third Quarter Earnings

facebook Third Quarter Earnings In Q3 2012, Facebook generated $1.26 billion in revenue. Advertising revenue grew 36 percent to $1.08 billion, of which 14 percent or $139 million were generated on mobile devices. REVENUE in million U.S. dollars |Advertising Mobile Advertising |Payments 1,500 1,262 1,200 900 600 300 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2010 2011 2012 Thanks to a strong advertising performance, Facebook has finally stopped the deceleration of its revenue growth. If the company manages to carry the momentum through the fourth quarter, it could rebuild some of the trust it lost since the IPO desaster. REVENUE GROWTH in % (year-over-year) | Advertising |Payments Total 120 100 80 60 40 20 Q1 Q2 Оз Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2011 2012 Facebook posted a GAAP net loss of $59 million. The loss was caused by a provision for income taxes driven by share-based compensation expenses. Non-GAAP net income was $311 million, a 14 percent increase over last year's third quarter. GAAP NET INCOME/LOSS in million U.S. dollars 400 300 ш1 200 100 - 59 -100 -200 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2010 2011 2012 Facebook now has more than one billion active users, 60 percent of which regularly access the social network on mobile devices. MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS in millions Monthly Active Users Total- -Mobile 1,007 800 550 305 75 196 376 604 Q3 2009 Q3 2010 Q3 2011 Q3 2012 Since the company's IPO in May, Facebook's stock price nearly halved. After yesterday's earnings call, the stock jumped almost 13 percent in after-hours trading, indicating that investors were happy with the results. STOCK PRICE in U.S. dollars 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 May 18, 2012 October 23, 2012 statista OEommons Oe creative Sources: Facebook, Yahoo! Finance The Statistics Portal