Meta Platforms, Inc. · NASDAQ:META

Meta Platforms — Q3 2019 Earnings Presentation

24 slides from Meta Platforms's earnings presentation, Oct 30, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Facebook Q4 2019 Results

    Facebook Q4 2019 Results investor.fb.com

  2. Slide 2: Facebook Daily Active Users (DAUs)

    Facebook Daily Active Users (DAUs) In Millions 1,495 Rest of World Asia-Pacific Europe US & Canada DAUs/MAUs Q4'17 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 Q2'19 Q3'19 Q4'19 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% Please see Facebook's most recent quarterly or annual report filed with the SEC for definitions of us

  3. Slide 3: Facebook Monthly Active Users (MAUs)

    Facebook Monthly Active Users (MAUs) In Millions 2,498 2,375 2,271 Rest of World Asia-Pacific Europe US & Canada Please see Facebook's most recent quarterly or annual report filed with the SEC for definitions of user activity used to determine the number of our Facebook DAUs and MAUs. The numbers fo

  4. Slide 4: Facebook Average Revenue per User (ARPU)

    Facebook Average Revenue per User (ARPU) $41.41 $13.21 $10.98 $10.70 $9.55 Worldwide US & Canada Europe $2.11 Other Advertising Asia-Pacific Rest of World Please see Facebook's most recent quarterly or annual report filed with the SEC for the definition of ARPU. Revenue by Facebook user geography is

  5. Slide 5: Family Daily Active People (DAP)

    Family Daily Active People (DAP) In Billions DAP/MAP Q4'18 Q1'19 Q2'19 Q3'19 Q4'19 77% 78% 78% 78% 78% We define a daily active person (DAP) as a registered and logged-in user of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and/or WhatsApp (collectively, our “Family” of products) who visited at least one of thes

  6. Slide 6: Family Monthly Active People (MAP)

    Family Monthly Active People (MAP) In Billions We define a monthly active person (MAP) as a registered and logged-in user of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and/or WhatsApp (collectively, our “Family” of products) who visited at least one of these Family products through a mobile device application

  7. Slide 7: Family Average Revenue per Person (ARPP)

    Family Average Revenue per Person (ARPP) Other Advertising We define average revenue per person (ARPP) as our total revenue during a given quarter, divided by the average of the number of MAP at the beginning and end of the quarter. While ARPP includes all sources of revenue, the number of MAP used

  8. Slide 8: Revenue

    Revenue In Millions Other Advertising 8 8

  9. Slide 9: Revenue by Facebook User Geography

    Revenue by Facebook User Geography In Millions Rest of World Asia-Pacific Europe US & Canada Revenue by Facebook user geography is geographically apportioned based on our estimation of the geographic location of our users when they perform a revenue-generating activity. This allocation differs from

  10. Slide 10: Advertising Revenue by Facebook User Geography

    Advertising Revenue by Facebook User Geography In Millions Rest of World Asia-Pacific Europe US & Canada Revenue by Facebook user geography is geographically apportioned based on our estimation of the geographic location of our users when they perform a revenue-generating activity. This allocation d

  11. Slide 11: Other Revenue by Facebook User Geography

    Other Revenue by Facebook User Geography In Millions Rest of World Asia-Pacific Europe US & Canada Revenue by Facebook user geography is geographically apportioned based on our estimation of the geographic location of our users when they perform a revenue-generating activity. This allocation differs

  12. Slide 12: Expenses as a Percentage of Revenue

    Expenses as a Percentage of Revenue 27% 19% General & Administrative Marketing & Sales Research & Development Cost of Revenue *Includes $3.0 billion and $2.0 billion in legal expenses accrued in the first quarter and second quarter of 2019, respectively, related to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission

  13. Slide 13: Income from Operations

    Income from Operations In Millions *Includes $3.0 billion and $2.0 billion in legal expenses accrued in the first quarter and second quarter of 2019, respectively, related to the FTC settlement as discussed in our Q1 2019 and Q2 2019 Press Releases. 13 13

  14. Slide 14: Operating Margin

    Operating Margin *Includes $3.0 billion and $2.0 billion in legal expenses accrued in the first quarter and second quarter of 2019, respectively, related to the FTC settlement as discussed in our Q1 2019 and Q2 2019 Press Releases. Excluding these expenses, our operating margin would have been 20 pe

  15. Slide 15: Effective Tax Rate

    Effective Tax Rate In Millions, Except for Percentages Q4’17* Q1’18 Q2’18 Q3’18 Q4’18 Q1’19** Q2’19*** Q3’19 Q4’19 Income before provision for income taxes $ 7,462 $ 5,610 $ 5,868 $ 5,912 $ 7,971 $ 3,482 $ 4,832 $ 7,329 $ 9,169 Provision for income taxes 3,194 622 762 775 1,089 1,053 2,216 1,238 1,8

  16. Slide 16: Net Income

    Net Income In Millions *In December 2017, the Tax Act was enacted and significantly impacted the U.S. tax law. As a result of this legislation, our fourth quarter and full year 2017 provision for income taxes increased by $2.27 billion, which impacted our net income. **Includes a $3.0 billion legal

  17. Slide 17: Diluted Earnings Per Share

    Diluted Earnings Per Share *In December 2017, the Tax Act was enacted and significantly impacted the U.S. tax law. As a result of this legislation, our fourth quarter and full year 2017 provision for income taxes increased by $2.27 billion, which impacted our diluted earnings per share (EPS) for suc

  18. Slide 18: Capital Expenditures

    Capital Expenditures In Millions Quarterly Annual Capital expenditures for periods presented were related to net purchases of property and equipment and principal payments on finance leases. 18 18

  19. Slide 19: Appendix

    Appendix FACEBOOK

  20. Slide 20: Free Cash Flow Reconciliation

    Free Cash Flow Reconciliation In Millions Q4’17 Q1’18 Q2’18 Q3’18 Q4’18 Q1’19 Q2’19 Q3’19 Q4’19 Net cash provided by operating activities $ 7,670 $ 7,860 $ 6,299 $ 7,496 $ 7,684 $ 9,308 $ 8,615 $ 9,307 $ 9,083 Less: Purchases of property and equipment, net 2,262 2,812 3,459 3,343 4,366 3,837 3,633 3

  21. Slide 21: Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data

    Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data The numbers for our key metrics are calculated using internal company data based on the activity of user accounts. We have historically reported the numbers of our daily active users (DAUs), monthly active users (MAUs), and average revenue per user (ARPU) (c

  22. Slide 22: Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data (Cont'd)

    Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data (Cont'd) Family Metrics Many people in our community have user accounts on more than one of our products, and some people have multiple user accounts within an individual product. Accordingly, for our Family metrics, we do not seek to count the total number

  23. Slide 23: Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data (Cont'd)

    Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data (Cont'd) User Geography Our data regarding the geographic location of our users is estimated based on a number of factors, such as the user's IP address and self-disclosed location. These factors may not always accurately reflect the user's actual location.

  24. Slide 24: Facebook Q4 2019 Results

    Facebook Q4 2019 Results investor.fb.com

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