Meta’s third-quarter profit surges 35%, reflecting strong ad revenue and its AI push
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta’s third-quarter profit surges 35%, reflecting strong ad revenue and its AI push

LA Times  

Mark Zuckerberg wears a pair of Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. Meta Platforms Inc. posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results on Wednesday, fueled by its advertising revenue growth and its push to incorporate artificial intelligence. Meta said it’s “family daily active people” — the number of users who signed into at least one of its apps in a day — was 3.29 billion, on average, for September. “The miss in its user metric, daily active people, is concerning, as Meta will need to squeeze more revenue out of its existing users as growth slows,” said Emarketer analyst Jasmine Enberg. She added, though, that the company is in a good position to do so “as its AI-powered tools are boosting engagement by helping show users more of what they like and making its ads, particularly on Reels, more effective.” For the three months that ended Sept. 30, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company earned $15.69 billion, or $6.03 per share, up 35% from $11.58 billion, or $4.39 per share, in the same period last year. Cohen added that although AI is “clearly driving growth” at Meta, “investors appear to be disappointed over the company’s forward guidance and rising costs needed to develop AI features.” Meta said it expects that 2024 operating losses at its Reality Labs division — which includes its virtual- and augmented-reality glasses — will “increase meaningfully” due to product development costs and other investments.

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Meta Reports Strong Q3 Results with Record Revenue and Net Income
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta Reports Strong Q3 Results with Record Revenue and Net Income

China Daily  

Meta Platforms reports strong financial results for the third quarter, with revenue and net income increasing year-on-year. The company's family daily active people (DAP) also increased, indicating strong user growth. Meta expects fourth quarter 2024 revenue to be in the range of $45 billion to $48 billion, with full-year 2024 expenses in the range of $96 billion to $98 billion. …

Meta shares surge after tech giant reports $13.5bn profit
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta shares surge after tech giant reports $13.5bn profit

Al Jazeera  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI is on track to be the most used AI assistant worldwide by the year’s end. “We had a strong quarter, and Meta AI is on track to be the most used AI assistant in the world by the end of the year,” Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. “We’ve released the first frontier-level …

Facebook parent Meta posts stronger-than-expected Q2 results, sending shares higher after hours
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Facebook parent Meta posts stronger-than-expected Q2 results, sending shares higher after hours

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Investments in artificial intelligence will account for a significant increase in Facebook parent company Meta’s expenses in the coming year, but stronger-than-expected revenue from its advertising business was enough to reassure investors that its business is on the right track. “And unlike Google, which is grappling with making changes that will impact its core ad business, most …

Meta Q2 ad sales expected to rise; focus on AI roadmap, costs
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta Q2 ad sales expected to rise; focus on AI roadmap, costs

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms is expected to report a 20% rise in quarterly revenue, helped by strong ad sales driven by the Olympics and elections in several countries, but investors will want to see if its spending on AI is starting to yield returns. The company released its mostly free Llama 3.1 artificial intelligence model last week, and said developers can use …

Meta’s advertising business keeps rolling as AI aspirations rise
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Meta’s advertising business keeps rolling as AI aspirations rise

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms on Wednesday reported record first-quarter sales as the company continued to build on AI-powered momentum in its advertising business. Those advancements in AI have helped Meta overcome challenges posed by privacy changes implemented by Apple that erased $10 billion of revenue for the social media company in 2022. In April, Meta released its latest large language model, Llama …

Meta reports revenue jump as Zuckerberg sees stock volatility over AI plans
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Meta reports revenue jump as Zuckerberg sees stock volatility over AI plans

The Hindu  

Meta on Wednesday reported quarterly revenue of $36.46 billion, up by 27%, when compared to last year, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg hailed the company’s AI product releases and stressed on his aim to share them with more customers and begin monetising the offerings. Zuckerberg pointed out that the new Meta AI chatbot, powered by the company’s open source and most …

Mark Zuckerberg's wealth plunges after Meta shares sink 13% in one day
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg's wealth plunges after Meta shares sink 13% in one day

Daily Mail  

Meta shares crashed in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company warned profits will slip over the summer. Meta says it will see second quarter revenue between $36.5 and $39 billion. Shares were also hit after Meta said it expects overall expenses this year to be higher than it previously forecast - as the Facebook parent spends heavily to roll out …

Meta more than doubles Q1 profit but revenue guidance pulls shares down after-hours
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Meta more than doubles Q1 profit but revenue guidance pulls shares down after-hours

Associated Press  

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta said Wednesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms. The company has been investing heavily in AI and earlier this month unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls …

Meta adds $196 billion to stock market value as shares see biggest one-day high
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta adds $196 billion to stock market value as shares see biggest one-day high

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms added $196 billion in stock market value on Friday, marking the biggest one-day gain by any company in Wall Street history after the Facebook parent declared its first dividend and posted robust results. Meta shares see their biggest single-day high Meta's stock surged 20.3% for the session, also recording its biggest one-day percentage increase in a year and …

Amazon and Meta—Nothing Artificial About These Results
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Amazon and Meta—Nothing Artificial About These Results

Live Mint  

The e-commerce titan and social networking giant both posted strong fourth-quarter results late Thursday. The two beat Wall Street’s consensus targets for both revenue and operating income by wider margins than Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet did with their respective December quarter reports earlier in the week. The company did manage to beat Wall Street’s projections for its all-important iPhone revenue, …

Facebook parent Meta declares first dividend, shares jump 12%
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Facebook parent Meta declares first dividend, shares jump 12%

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms issued its first ever dividend days ahead of flagship social network Facebook's 20th anniversary, while reporting revenue that beat expectations as a result of robust ad and device sales in the holiday shopping period. Meta forecast first quarter revenue of $34.5 billion to $37 billion, above Wall Street expectations of $33.8 billion. Improvements to the social media business …

Meta posts sharp profit, revenue increase in Q4 thanks to cost cuts and advertising rebound
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta posts sharp profit, revenue increase in Q4 thanks to cost cuts and advertising rebound

Associated Press  

Meta Platforms Inc. tripled its profit and posted sharply higher revenue in the final quarter of 2023, boosted by a rebound in digital advertising as well cost cutting and layoffs in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the “year of efficiency.” “The company can talk all it wants to about AI and the metaverse, but it’s still a social media company …

Zuckerberg announces $50bn payout for Meta shareholders amid child safety concerns
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Zuckerberg announces $50bn payout for Meta shareholders amid child safety concerns

The Telegraph  

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta will pay up to $50bn to shareholders after it posted record revenues, sending profits soaring by 200pc. Quarterly profits climbed threefold to $14bn as Meta’s advertising sales staged a marked recovery after it implemented sweeping layoffs last year in a drastic effort to cut costs. Mr Zuckerberg also announced the social network giant, which turns 20 this …

Meta ramps up AI efforts by building chip arsenal, consolidating teams
11 months ago

Meta ramps up AI efforts by building chip arsenal, consolidating teams

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that the company was bringing its AI research team "closer together" with a more business-focused generative AI team launched last year, doubling down on a push to get the technology into products. The social media giant was building out its infrastructure to accommodate the push and planned to have about 350,000 H100 GPUs …

Meta reports “good” quarter after revenue growth, launch of Threads and AI products
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta reports “good” quarter after revenue growth, launch of Threads and AI products

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted a “good quarter” for the company’s community and business as the social media giant reported revenue growth of 23% year-over-year to reach $34.15 billion. Zuckerberg earlier announced that 2023 would be Meta’s year of “efficiency” and the company proceeded to lay off hundreds of workers across its tech and business divisions. “I’m proud of the …

Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue
1 year, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers. “With its sustained upward trajectory, robust user engagement, and strategic cost optimizations, Meta is not only navigating choppy waters but also setting the course for uncharted territories of growth.” Meta, …

Meta posts higher profit, revenue for Q2 as advertising rebounds
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta posts higher profit, revenue for Q2 as advertising rebounds

The Hindu  

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, buoyed by a rebound in online advertising after a post-pandemic slump. Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $2.91 per share on revenue of $31.08 billion, according to a poll by FactSet Research. Squeezed by a slump in online advertising and uncertainty around the global economy, …

Facebook parent Meta posts higher profit, revenue for Q2 as advertising rebounds
1 year, 4 months ago

Facebook parent Meta posts higher profit, revenue for Q2 as advertising rebounds

Associated Press  

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, buoyed by a rebound in online advertising after a post-pandemic slump. Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $2.91 per share on revenue of $31.08 billion, according to a poll by FactSet Research. Squeezed by a slump in online advertising and uncertainty around the global economy, …

Meta's Threads could lure ads from Twitter but it's early days, analysts say
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta's Threads could lure ads from Twitter but it's early days, analysts say

The Hindu  

Threads, Meta Platform's broadside to Twitter, is seen by some advertisers as less contentious and more predictable than Elon Musk's platform, and analysts say it could lure away marketing budgets - eventually. If the app manages to retain users, Threads could achieve $5 billion in annual ad revenue, equaling what Twitter earned in 2021, Bernstein said in a note on …

Facebook owner Meta touts AI might as digital ads boost outlook, shares
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook owner Meta touts AI might as digital ads boost outlook, shares

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that AI was helping the company boost traffic to Facebook and Instagram and earn more in ad sales, as it forecast quarterly revenue well above analyst expectations. "I think similar to Alphabet, a lot of Meta's AI investments have gone into the advertiser side," said James Cordwell, analyst at Atlantic Equities. …

Facebook parent Meta posts solid 1Q results, stock soars
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook parent Meta posts solid 1Q results, stock soars

Associated Press  

Facebook parent company Meta’s first-quarter results surpassed Wall Street’s modest expectations on both profit and revenue, sending its stock soaring in after-hours trading. “We’re also becoming more efficient so we can build better products faster and put ourselves in a stronger position to deliver our long term vision.” Meta Platforms Inc. said Wednesday it earned $5.71 billion, or $2.20 per …

Meta Shares Its Plans For AR And VR Glasses In The Next Four Years
1 year, 9 months ago

Meta Shares Its Plans For AR And VR Glasses In The Next Four Years

News 18  

Meta has some ambitious plans for its Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality gear in the next few years. Meta plans to have not one, not two but four different devices in the next four years to build its repertoire for this revolution. It is surprising to hear these plans, especially after Meta had worldwide layoffs and budget cuts were done …

Meta plans fresh layoffs, delays setting team budgets: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta plans fresh layoffs, delays setting team budgets: Report

Hindustan Times  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has delayed finalizing the budgets of multiple teams as it prepares a fresh round of job cuts, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Earlier this month, Meta announced that it expects its 2023 expenses at between $89 billion and $95 billion, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling the period a "Year of Efficiency." In recent weeks …

Meta posts upbeat outlook, plans $40 billion buyback
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta posts upbeat outlook, plans $40 billion buyback

Live Mint  

BY SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ | UPDATED 2月 01, 2023 06:12 晚上 EST Social-media giant plans to buy back additional $40 billion in shares, says its costs are set to decline and its global users increased Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. reported improving conditions in its underlying business and said it would buy back an added $40 billion in shares, a turnabout …

Meta posts lower Q4 profit, announces huge stock buyback
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta posts lower Q4 profit, announces huge stock buyback

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok. But the company’s stock soared in extended trading, as its revenue beat Wall Street’s muted expectations and the Menlo Park, California-based company announced a $40 billion stock buyback. Meta’s …

After Elon Musk's Twitter, Meta To Slash Thousands of Jobs: All You Need To Know
2 years, 1 month ago

After Elon Musk's Twitter, Meta To Slash Thousands of Jobs: All You Need To Know

The Quint  

The possible layoffs have been triggered for two reasons – Meta’s growth stagnancy in its core social media business, and a lack of returns in its “metaverse” technology, focussing on augmented reality. The Hitch: Investors have expressed displeasure with increased spending on the “metaverse” through the company’s Reality Labs, which made a $3.7 billion loss over the last three months. …

Meta’s Calamitous Week Won’t Stop Mark Zuckerberg’s Plans
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta’s Calamitous Week Won’t Stop Mark Zuckerberg’s Plans

Slate  

This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. “It’s some of the most historic work that we’re doing.” Apple’s anti-tracking iOS changes are hampering Meta, having been projected to deliver a $10 billion revenue hit this year, but they haven’t destroyed the business. “Deceleration was inevitable, and that’s mostly what we are seeing.” The biggest threat to …

Meta investors call Zuckerberg's metaverse project 'terrifying': Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta investors call Zuckerberg's metaverse project 'terrifying': Report

Hindustan Times  

Wall Street is losing patience over Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg's enormous and experimental bets on his metaverse project that helped drive up the company's overall costs by a fifth in the third quarter. Investors rushed to dump Meta Platforms Inc's stock after hours, pushing it down 20% and wiping $67 billion off its market value after the company posted its …

Facebook parent Meta’s revenue, profit decline amid ad slump
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta’s revenue, profit decline amid ad slump

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday reported that its revenue declined for a second consecutive quarter, hurt by falling advertising sales as it faces competition from TikTok’s wildly popular video app. “We’re approaching 2023 with a focus on prioritization and efficiency that will help us navigate the current environment and emerge an even stronger company.” Meta said it expects staffing levels …

Meta reports another drop in revenue, in a rough week for tech companies
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta reports another drop in revenue, in a rough week for tech companies

NPR  

Meta reports another drop in revenue, in a rough week for tech companies Enlarge this image toggle caption Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images It's gotten tougher for Big Tech. Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta said revenue fell 4% in the three months from July through September compared to a year earlier, from $29 billion …

Facebook Owner Meta Reports Revenue Decline For The First Time In Q2 Earnings
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Owner Meta Reports Revenue Decline For The First Time In Q2 Earnings

ABP News  

Meta Platforms clocked its first ever quarterly decline in revenue on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Citing Refinitiv, Reuters mentioned total revenue, which consists almost entirely of ad sales, fell 1 per cent to $28.8 billion in the second quarter ended June 30, from $29.1 billion last year. Monthly active users on Facebook came in slightly under analyst expectations at 293 crore …

Meta posts first-ever revenue drop as inflation throttles ad sales
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta posts first-ever revenue drop as inflation throttles ad sales

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc issued a gloomy forecast after recording its first-ever quarterly drop in revenue on Wednesday, with a global recession looming and competitive pressures weighing on its digital ads sales. Total revenue, which consists almost entirely of ad sales, fell 1% to $28.8 billion in the second quarter ended June 30, from $29.1 billion last year. Still, the Meta …

Meta sees first ever quarterly drop, misses estimates
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta sees first ever quarterly drop, misses estimates

Al Jazeera  

Recession fears and competitive pressures are weighing on the digital ads sales of the social media giant. Meta Platforms Inc has issued a gloomy forecast after recording its first-ever quarterly drop in revenue, with recession fears and competitive pressures weighing on its digital Shares of the Menlo Park, California-based company were down about 4.6 percent in extended trading. “The situation …

Facebook parent Meta posts first revenue decline in history
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook parent Meta posts first revenue decline in history

Associated Press  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, posted its first revenue decline in history Thursday, dragged down by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta is slowing its pace of investments and plans to “steadily reduce” employee growth after a hiring blitz earlier this …

As Zuckerberg bets on TikTok-style videos, Meta heads for first-ever revenue drop
2 years, 4 months ago

As Zuckerberg bets on TikTok-style videos, Meta heads for first-ever revenue drop

The Hindu  

Meta's future may lie in the metaverse, but when the company reports results on Wednesday, investors will be focused on two more immediate bets: pumping up short-video offering Reels to compete with TikTok and rebuilding its ads system after Apple throttled access to user data. Meta is also investing heavily to rebuild its ads system around its own user data, …

Facebook’s parent company Meta tells hardware staffers to prepare for cutbacks
2 years, 7 months ago

Facebook’s parent company Meta tells hardware staffers to prepare for cutbacks

The Hindu  

Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division, a unit at the centre of the company's strategy to refocus on hardware products and the "metaverse," a spokesperson confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. The world's biggest social media company last month told investors that it would scale back costs in 2022, following a drop in Facebook users …

Meta shares surge after Facebook ekes out user growth
2 years, 7 months ago

Meta shares surge after Facebook ekes out user growth

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc surprised Wall Street with a profit beat and Facebook returning to user growth, although Meta forecast a conservative revenue outlook for the current quarter. Meta's profit soundly beat Wall Street targets at $2.72 per share, compared with an analyst consensus of $2.56, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Facebook daily active users, a key metric for advertisers …

Shares of Facebook parent Meta soar despite growth slowdown
2 years, 7 months ago

Shares of Facebook parent Meta soar despite growth slowdown

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago. Google also reported a revenue growth slowdown, but for Meta this appeared to have been mitigated by an increase in daily active users that “was enough to send the shorts covering …

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks

Hindustan Times  

Shares in Facebook parent company Meta are in the midst of their worst day ever Thursday after the social media giant reported a rare decline in profit due to a sharp increase in expenses as it invests heavily in its transformation into a virtual reality-based company. In addition, recent privacy changes by Apple make it harder for companies like Meta …

Meta’s market value just dropped by more than most companies are worth
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta’s market value just dropped by more than most companies are worth

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, just had itsworst trading day in its history as a public company. The company’s shares closed down more than 26% Thursday, shaving off nearly $240 billion from its market value, after a rough earnings report released after trading hours on Wednesday. Meta’s lost market value is more …

Meta shares plummet 20% after posting rare profit decline
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta shares plummet 20% after posting rare profit decline

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Facebook rattled investors on Wednesday by posting a rare profit decline, driven by the company’s heavy spending on its vision for a so-called metaverse while simultaneously confronting advertising challenges on its existing services. CFO Dave Wehner had previously warned that investments in Reality Labs would reduce the company’s overall operating profit in 2021 by about …

Facebook owner Meta to lift veil off its metaverse business
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook owner Meta to lift veil off its metaverse business

The Hindu  

Since October, Facebook has renamed the company, articulated a vision of the internet where people can digitally connect through virtual-reality avatars or teleport to see places like ancient Rome, and helped trigger the metaverse investment craze. Meta plans to break out the results of its augmented and virtual-reality hardware unit, Reality Labs, for the first time,an investment the company previously …

Apple teases metaverse AR plans
2 years, 10 months ago

Apple teases metaverse AR plans

The Hindu  

Apple Inc teased its metaverse ambitions on Thursday as CEO Tim Cook talked expansion of the company's augmented reality apps, prompting strong investor response. Cook's comments on Thursday, and quarterly profit and sales topping estimates, helped drive Apple stock up nearly 5% in after-hours trade. Apple's services revenue jumped by 24% to $19.5 billion in the just-ended holiday quarter, topping …

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