Facebook is an online social networking service that allows its users to connect with friends and family as well as make new connections. The service provides its users with the ability to create a profile, update information, add images, send friend requests and accept requests from other users. Its features include status update, photo tagging and sharing, and more.
Facebook’s profile structure includes a timeline, information related to the user, images of the user, images added by friends of the user, notes, pages, groups and more. It enables its users to create pages related to entertainment, sports, business, finance, preferences, hobbies, culture, religion, causes, organizations and a number of other categories. Facebook also enables its users to join or create groups related to a vast number of categories.
Facebook was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, US
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Key People/Management at Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder & CEO
Dave Wehner
CFO
Mike Schroepfer
CTO
Sheryl Sandberg
COO
Eduardo Saverin
Co-Founder
Kenneth Chenault
Board of Directors
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Facebook Office Locations
Facebook has offices in Tokyo, Ottawa, Jakarta, Brussels and in 60 other locations
Menlo Park, US (HQ)
1 Hacker Way
New York, US
770 Broadway
Seattle, US
1101 Dexter Ave N
Seattle, US
1730 Minor Ave
Kuala Lumpur, MY
Jalan Tun Ismail
Da’an District, TW
1 Section 4, Roosevelt Rd
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Facebook Financials and Metrics
Facebook Financials
Facebook's revenue was reported to be $40.65 b in FY, 2017 which is a 47.1% increase from the previous period.
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q1, 2018) | 12 b |
Gross profit (Q1, 2018) | 10 b |
Gross profit margin (Q1, 2018), % | 83.9% |
Net income (Q1, 2018) | 5 b |
EBIT (Q1, 2018) | 5.4 b |
Market capitalization (15-Jun-2018) | 566.9 b |
Closing share price (15-Jun-2018) | 195.9 |
Cash (31-Mar-2018) | 12.1 b |
Facebook's current market capitalization is $566.9 b.
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2011 | Q2, 2011 | Q3, 2011 | Q1, 2012 | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q1, 2013 | Q2, 2013 | Q3, 2013 | Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 731 m | 895 m | 954 m | 1.1 b | 1.2 b | 1.3 b | 1.5 b | 1.8 b | 2 b | 2.5 b | 2.9 b | 3.2 b | 3.5 b | 4 b | 4.5 b | 5.4 b | 6.4 b | 7 b | 8 b | 9.3 b | 10.3 b | 12 b |
Cost of goods sold | 167 m | 210 m | 236 m | 277 m | 367 m | 322 m | 413 m | 465 m | 507 m | 462 m | 473 m | 565 m | 654 m | 668 m | 720 m | 838 m | 917 m | 987 m | 1.2 b | 1.2 b | 1.4 b | 1.9 b |
Gross profit | 564 m | 685 m | 718 m | 781 m | 817 m | 940 m | 1 b | 1.3 b | 1.5 b | 2 b | 2.4 b | 2.6 b | 2.9 b | 3.4 b | 3.8 b | 4.5 b | 5.5 b | 6 b | 6.9 b | 8.1 b | 8.9 b | 10 b |
Gross profit Margin, % | 77% | 77% | 75% | 74% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 74% | 75% | 82% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 86% | 84% |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q1, 2013 | Q2, 2013 | Q3, 2013 | Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 2.1 b | 2.5 b | 2.3 b | 3 b | 3.1 b | 3 b | 4.4 b | 9 b | 3.4 b | 5.1 b | 4.3 b | 6.5 b | 5.1 b | 6 b | 7.1 b | 6.3 b | 7.2 b | 12.1 b |
Accounts Receivable | 578 m | 635 m | 659 m | 775 m | 872 m | 1 b | 1.2 b | 1.4 b | 1.5 b | 1.8 b | 2 b | 2.3 b | 2.8 b | 3.1 b | 3.4 b | 3.9 b | 4.4 b | 5.1 b |
Prepaid Expenses | 634 m | 631 m | 485 m | 387 m | 342 m | 425 m | 411 m | 502 m | 1.1 b | 1 b | 1.3 b | 843 m | 916 m | 1.1 b | 1.2 b | 1.5 b | 1.5 b | 1.3 b |
Current Assets | 12 b | 12.3 b | 11 b | 11.4 b | 10.5 b | 14.1 b | 15.6 b | 16.1 b | 15 b | 17 b | 19.1 b | 23.8 b | 27 b | 30.3 b | 36.9 b | 40.8 b | 44.2 b | 50.4 b |
Annual
| USD | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 | FY, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 229 m | 606 m | 1 b | 53 m | 1.5 b | 2.9 b | 3.7 b | 10.2 b | 15.9 b |
Depreciation and Amortization | 78 m | 139 m | 323 m | 649 m | 1 b | 1.2 b | 1.9 b | 2.3 b | 3 b |
Accounts Payable | (7 m) | 12 m | 6 m | 1 m | 26 m | 31 m | 18 m | 14 m | 43 m |
Cash From Operating Activities | 155 m | 698 m | 1.5 b | 1.6 b | 4.2 b | 7.3 b | 10.3 b | 16.1 b | 24.2 b |
Quarterly
| USD | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q1, 2013 | Q2, 2013 | Q3, 2013 | Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 |
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Net Income | 48 m | (11 m) | 219 m | 552 m | 977 m | 642 m | 1.4 b | 2.2 b | 512 m | 1.2 b | 2.1 b | 1.7 b | 4 b | 6.6 b | 3.1 b | 7 b | 11.7 b | 5 b |
Depreciation and Amortization | 249 m | 425 m | 241 m | 463 m | 737 m | 264 m | 521 m | 810 m | 457 m | 916 m | 1.4 b | 552 m | 1.1 b | 1.7 b | 671 m | 1.4 b | 2.2 b | 949 m |
Accounts Payable | (8 m) | 20 m | 1 m | 2 m | (17 m) | (10 m) | 69 m | 12 m | (15 m) | 16 m | 7 m | 2 m | (39 m) | 20 m | (10 m) | (38 m) | (7 m) | 1 m |
Cash From Operating Activities | 683 m | 931 m | 719 m | 2 b | 3 b | 1.3 b | 2.6 b | 3.9 b | 1.7 b | 3.6 b | 5.8 b | 3.5 b | 7.1 b | 11.2 b | 5.1 b | 10.4 b | 16.5 b | 7.9 b |
| USD | Y, 2018 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 431.3 k |
Financial Leverage | 1.1 x |
Facebook Operating Metrics
Facebook's Monthly Active Users was reported to be 2.2 b in Q1, 2018. Facebook's Daily Active Users was reported to be 1.5 b in Q1, 2018.
Facebook Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Acquired Company | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| TBH (4) | October 16, 2017 | |
| Ozlo (30) | July 31, 2017 | |
| Source3 (35) | July 24, 2017 | |
| Atlas Solutions Advertiser Suite | January 04, 2017 | $100 m |
| CrowdTangle | November 11, 2016 | |
| Eyegroove (12) | August 08, 2016 | |
| Two Big Ears Ltd | May 23, 2016 | |
| Endaga | October 05, 2015 | |
| TheFind, Inc. | March 13, 2015 | |
| Teehan+Lax | January 16, 2015 |
Facebook Revenue Breakdown
Facebook revenue breakdown by business segment: 98.3% from Advertising and 1.7% from Other
Facebook revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 56.4% from Rest of the World and 43.6% from United States
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Facebook Online and Social Media Presence
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