Facebook

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Facebook is an online social networking service that allows its users to connect with friends and family as well as make new connections. It 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.

Revenue(FY, 2017)

$40.7 B

Market capitalization(2018-12-04)

$396.4 B

Monthly Active Users(Q2, 2018)

2.2 B

Employee Rating

4.4More

Type	Public
HQ	Menlo Park, US
Founded	2004
Size (employees)	30,275 (est)-9%
Website	facebook.com

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

Chris Cox

CPO

Eduardo Saverin

Co-Founder

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Facebook Office Locations

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Facebook has offices in Menlo Park, Vancouver, Toronto, Tōkyō and in 51 other locations

Menlo Park, (HQ)

MPK 15 1 Hacker Way

Austin,

300 W 6th St

Cambridge,

100 Binney St

Chicago,

191 North Wacker 191 N Upper Wacker Dr

Los Angeles,

12777 W Jefferson Blvd

New York,

770 Broadway

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Facebook Financials and Metrics

Facebook Revenue

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Facebook's revenue was reported to be $40.65 b in FY, 2017 which is a 47.1% increase from the previous period.

Summary

USD
Revenue (Q3, 2018)	13.7b
Gross profit (Q3, 2018)	11.3b
Gross profit margin (Q3, 2018), %	82.4%
Net income (Q3, 2018)	5.1b
EBIT (Q3, 2018)	5.8b
Market capitalization (4-Dec-2018)	396.4b
Closing stock price (4-Dec-2018)	137.9
Cash (30-Sep-2018)	9.6b

Facebook's current market capitalization is $396.4 b.

Source: SEC Filings

Income Statement

Annual

USD	FY, 2009	FY, 2010	FY, 2011	FY, 2012	FY, 2013	FY, 2014	FY, 2015	FY, 2016	FY, 2017
Revenue	777.0m	2.0b	3.7b	5.1b	7.9b	12.5b	17.9b	27.6b	40.7b
Revenue growth, %		154%	88%	37%	55%	58%	44%	54%	47%
Cost of goods sold	223.0m	493.0m	860.0m	1.4b	1.9b	2.2b	2.9b	3.8b	5.5b
Gross profit	554.0m	1.5b	2.9b	3.7b	6.0b	10.3b	15.1b	23.8b	35.2b

Quarterly

USD	Q1, 2011	Q2, 2011	Q3, 2011	Q4, 2011	Q1, 2012	Q2, 2012	Q3, 2012	Q4, 2012	Q1, 2013	Q2, 2013	Q3, 2013	Q4, 2013	Q1, 2014	Q2, 2014	Q3, 2014	Q4, 2014	Q1, 2015	Q2, 2015	Q3, 2015	Q4, 2015	Q1, 2016	Q2, 2016	Q3, 2016	Q4, 2016	Q1, 2017	Q2, 2017	Q3, 2017	Q4, 2017	Q1, 2018	Q2, 2018	Q3, 2018
Revenue	731.0m	895.0m	954.0m	1.1b	1.1b	1.2b	1.3b	1.6b	1.5b	1.8b	2.0b	2.6b	2.5b wdxefcqufszuzezftuxetqsqxt	2.9b	3.2b	3.9b	3.5b	4.0b	4.5b	5.8b	5.4b	6.4b	7.0b	8.8b	8.0b	9.3b	10.3b	13.0b	12.0b	13.2b	13.7b
Cost of goods sold	167.0m	210.0m	236.0m	247.0m	277.0m	367.0m	322.0m	398.0m	413.0m	465.0m	507.0m	491.0m	462.0m	473.0m	565.0m	653.0m	654.0m	668.0m	720.0m	824.0m	838.0m	917.0m	987.0m	1.0b	1.2b	1.2b	1.4b	1.6b	1.9b	2.2b	2.4b
Gross profit	564.0m	685.0m	718.0m	884.0m	781.0m	817.0m	940.0m	1.2b	1.0b	1.3b	1.5b	2.1b	2.0b	2.4b	2.6b	3.2b	2.9b	3.4b	3.8b	5.0b	4.5b	5.5b	6.0b	7.8b	6.9b	8.1b	8.9b	11.4b	10.0b	11.0b	11.3b
Gross profit Margin, %	77%	77%	75%	78%	74%	69%	74%	75%	72%	74%	75%	81%	82%	84%	82%	83%	82%	83%	84%	86%	84%	86%	86%	88%	86%	87%	86%	88%	84%	83%	82%

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Balance Sheet

Annual

USD	FY, 2010	FY, 2011	FY, 2012	FY, 2013	FY, 2014	FY, 2015	FY, 2016	FY, 2017
Cash	1.5b	1.8b	2.4b	3.3b	4.3b	4.9b	8.9b	8.1b
Accounts Receivable	547.0m	373.0m	719.0m	1.1b	1.7b	2.6b	4.0b	5.8b
Prepaid Expenses	149.0m	88.0m	471.0m	461.0m	513.0m	659.0m	959.0m	1.0b
Current Assets	4.6b	2.2b	11.3b	13.1b	13.4b	21.7b	34.4b	48.6b

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	Q2, 2018	Q3, 2018
Cash	2.1b	2.5b	2.3b	3.0b	3.1b	3.0b	4.4b	9.0b	3.4b	5.1b	4.3b	6.5b	5.1b	6.0b	7.1b	6.3b	7.2b	12.1b	11.6b	9.6b
Accounts Receivable	578.0m	635.0m	659.0m	775.0m	872.0m	1.0b	1.2b	1.4b	1.5b	1.8b	2.0b	2.3b	2.8b	3.1b	3.4b	3.9b	4.4b	5.1b	5.6b	6.1b
Prepaid Expenses	634.0m	631.0m	485.0m	387.0m	342.0m	425.0m	411.0m	502.0m	1.1b	1.0b	1.3b	843.0m	916.0m	1.1b	1.2b	1.5b	1.5b	1.3b	1.9b	1.9b
Current Assets	12.0b	12.3b	11.0b	11.4b	10.5b	14.1b	15.6b	16.1b	15.0b	17.0b	19.1b	23.8b	27.0b	30.3b	36.9b	40.8b	44.2b	50.4b	49.8b	49.1b

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Cash Flow

Annual

USD	FY, 2009	FY, 2010	FY, 2011	FY, 2012	FY, 2013	FY, 2014	FY, 2015	FY, 2016	FY, 2017
Net Income	229.0m	606.0m	1.0b	53.0m	1.5b	2.9b	3.7b	10.2b	15.9b
Depreciation and Amortization	78.0m	139.0m	323.0m	649.0m	1.0b	1.2b	1.9b	2.3b	3.0b
Accounts Payable	(7.0m)	12.0m	6.0m	1.0m	26.0m	31.0m	18.0m	14.0m	43.0m
Cash From Operating Activities	155.0m	698.0m	1.5b	1.6b	4.2b	7.3b	10.3b	16.1b	24.2b

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	Q2, 2018	Q3, 2018
Net Income	48.0m	(11.0m)	219.0m	552.0m	977.0m	642.0m	1.4b	2.2b	512.0m	1.2b	2.1b	1.7b	4.0b	6.6b	3.1b	7.0b	11.7b	5.0b	10.1b	15.2b
Depreciation and Amortization	249.0m	425.0m	241.0m	463.0m	737.0m	264.0m	521.0m	810.0m	457.0m	916.0m	1.4b	552.0m	1.1b	1.7b	671.0m	1.4b	2.2b	949.0m	2.0b	3.1b
Accounts Payable	(8.0m)	20.0m	1.0m	2.0m	(17.0m)	(10.0m)	69.0m	12.0m	(15.0m)	16.0m	7.0m	2.0m	(39.0m)	20.0m	(10.0m)	(38.0m)	(7.0m)	1.0m	50.0m	88.0m
Cash From Operating Activities	683.0m	931.0m	719.0m	2.0b	3.0b	1.3b	2.6b	3.9b	1.7b	3.6b	5.8b	3.5b	7.1b	11.2b	5.1b	10.4b	16.5b	7.9b	14.2b	21.7b

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Ratios

USD	Y, 2018
Revenue/Employee	408.5k
Financial Leverage	1.2 x

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Facebook Operating Metrics

Facebook's Monthly Active Users was reported to be 2.2 b in Q2, 2018. Facebook's Daily Active Users was reported to be 1.5 b in Q2, 2018.

	Q4, 2004	Q4, 2005	Q4, 2006	Q4, 2007	Q4, 2008	Q1, 2009	Q2, 2009	Q3, 2009	Q4, 2009	Q1, 2010	Q2, 2010	Q3, 2010	Q4, 2010	Q1, 2011	Q2, 2011	Q3, 2011	Q4, 2011	Q1, 2012	Q2, 2012	Q3, 2012	Q4, 2012	FY, 2012	Q1, 2013	Q2, 2013	Q3, 2013	Q4, 2013	FY, 2013	Q1, 2014	Q2, 2014	Q3, 2014	Q4, 2014	FY, 2014	Q1, 2015	Q2, 2015	Q3, 2015	Q4, 2015	FY, 2015	Q1, 2016	Q2, 2016	Q3, 2016	Q4, 2016	FY, 2016	Q1, 2017	Q2, 2017	Q3, 2017	Q4, 2017	FY, 2017	Q1, 2018	Q2, 2018
Monthly Active Users	1 m	6 m	12 m	58 m	145 m	197 m	242 m	305 m	360 m	431 m	482 m	550 m	608 m	680 m	739 m	800 m	845 m	901 m	955 m	1.01 b	1.06 b		1.11 b	1.16 b	1.19 b	1.23 b		1.28 b	1.32 b	1.35 b	1.39 b		1.44 b	1.49 b	1.55 b	1.59 b		1.65 b	1.71 b	1.79 b	1.86 b		1.94 b	2.01 b	2.07 b	2.13 b		2.20 b	2.23 b
Daily Active Users						92 m	108 m	144 m	185 m	234 m	257 m	293 m	327 m	372 m	417 m	457 m	483 m	526 m	552 m	584 m	618 m		665 m	699 m	728 m	757 m		802 m	829 m	864 m	890 m		936 m	968 m	1.01 b	1.04 b		1.09 b	1.13 b	1.18 b	1.23 b		1.28 b	1.33 b	1.37 b	1.40 b		1.45 b	1.47 b
ARPU																						$5.32					$6.81					$9.45					$11.96					$15.98					$20.21
Quarterly ARPU										$0.87	$0.94	$0.90	$1.26	$1.14	$1.26	$1.24	$1.38	$1.21	$1.28	$1.29	$1.54		$1.35	$1.60	$1.72	$2.14		$2	$2.24	$2.40	$2.81		$2.50	$2.76	$2.97	$3.73		$3.32	$3.82	$4.01	$4.83		$4.23	$4.73	$5.07	$6.18		$5.53	$5.97

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Facebook Acquisitions / Subsidiaries

Acquired Company	Date	Deal Size
Vidpresso	August 14, 2018
RedKix	July 26, 2018	$100 m
Bloomsbury AI	July 03, 2018	$25 m
Confirm.io	January 23, 2018
Dreambit	January 11, 2018
TBH	October 16, 2017
Fayteq AG	August 11, 2017
Ozlo	July 31, 2017
Source3	July 24, 2017
Atlas Solutions Advertiser Suite	January 04, 2017	$100 m

Facebook Revenue Breakdown

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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

Human Capital Metrics

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Competitors

Snapchat (Snap)

Technology - Public

Twitter

Mobile & Telecommunications - Public

Human Resources & Recruiting - Subsidiary

Technology - Private

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Facebook Online and Social Media Presence

13.48m Twitter followers

6 Months

Facebook has 13.48m Twitter Followers. The number of followers has decreased 0.4% month over month and decreased 0.4% quarter over quarter

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Facebook News and Updates

February 02, 2012

Facebook Sets Historic IPO

Facebook Inc. filed for an initial public offering Wednesday that could value the social network between $75 billion and $100 billion, putting the company on track for one of the biggest U.S. stock-market debuts of all time.

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Facebook Frequently Asked Questions

When was Facebook founded?
Facebook was founded in 2004.
Who are Facebook key executives?
Facebook's key executives are Mark Zuckerberg, Dave Wehner and Mike Schroepfer.
How many employees does Facebook have?
Facebook has 30,275 employees.
What is Facebook revenue?
Latest Facebook annual revenue is $40.7 b.
What is Facebook revenue per employee?
Latest Facebook revenue per employee is $1.3 m.
Who are Facebook competitors?
Competitors of Facebook include Snapchat (Snap), Twitter and LinkedIn.
Where is Facebook headquarters?
Facebook headquarters is located at MPK 15 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park.
Where are Facebook offices?
Facebook has offices in Menlo Park, Vancouver, Toronto, Tōkyō and in 51 other locations.
How many offices does Facebook have?
Facebook has 55 offices.

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Dave Wehner

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Sheryl Sandberg

Chris Cox

Eduardo Saverin

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Facebook Revenue

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13.48m Twitter followers

Facebook News and Updates

Facebook Sets Historic IPO

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