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
Kang-Xing Jin
VP of Engineering
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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 (FY, 2017) | 40.7 b |
Revenue growth (FY, 2016 - FY, 2017), % | 47.1% |
Gross profit (FY, 2017) | 35.2 b |
Gross profit margin (FY, 2017), % | 86.6% |
Net income (FY, 2017) | 15.9 b |
EBIT (FY, 2017) | 20.2 b |
Market capitalization (23-Apr-2018) | 490.2 b |
Cash (31-Dec-2017) | 8.1 b |
Facebook's current market capitalization is $490.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
Gross profit Margin, % | 77% | 77% | 75% | 74% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 74% | 75% | 82% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 86% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
| USD | Y, 2017 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 1.8 m |
Financial Leverage | 1.1 x |
Facebook Operating Metrics
Facebook's Monthly Active Users was reported to be 2.1 b in Q4, 2017. Facebook's Daily Active Users was reported to be 1.4 b in Q4, 2017.
Facebook Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Acquired Company | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Andale | ||
| Global Holdings II LLC | ||
| Global Holdings I LLC | ||
| Global Holdings I Inc | ||
| FCL Tech | ||
| Winner | ||
| Vitesse | ||
| Siculus | ||
| Runways Information Services | ||
| Pinnacle Sweden |
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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.April 25, 2018
North Korean Elite Abruptly Abandons Facebook
North Korea's elite ratchets up online anonymity
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April 25, 2018
Can AI and chatbots really transform customer support? (VB Live)
VB LIVE: Chatbots are changing the way companies and customers interact: two billion-plus customer-company conversations in Facebook messenger can’t be wrong. Join this FB Live event to find out how to create engaging human-to-AI agent experiences, and leave with actionable ideas on implementing AI-…
April 25, 2018
Facebook is launching a huge advertising blitz promising it will fix all its scandals
Facebook is launching one of its biggest-ever advertising campaigns in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The social network is promising to crack down on fake news, clickbait, and other issues that have plagued its platform recently.
It remains to be seen if this PR offensive, along wit…
April 25, 2018
This Bonkers Conspiracy Theory About A "Hillary Clinton Snuff Film" Is Getting A Big Boost On Facebook And YouTube
Claims about the video's existence are spreading even though some dedicated conspiracy theorists are skeptical of it. Hint: It doesn't exist.
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April 25, 2018
Facebook will not testify at U.S. House hearing on social media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Wednesday it has declined an invitation to testify at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Thursday on filtering practices by social media companies, a company spokesman said.
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