Meta announced that the operating revenue in the first fiscal quarter reached 36.46 billion US dollars, higher than the 36.12 billion US dollars expected by analysts. It increased by 27% annually, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of accelerated growth and also achieving the fastest expansion rate within three years since 2021. However, the group expects the operating revenue in the second quarter to range between 36.5 billion and 39 billion US dollars, with the median lower than the market’s expected 38.24 billion US dollars, equivalent to an annual growth of 18%.
First-quarter performance beats expectations
Affected by the news, Meta’s stock price plunged by more than 18% during the extended trading session after the market. If the decline continues at the opening on Thursday, the market value will evaporate by 220 billion US dollars.
During this period, the operating profit in the first quarter increased by 91% annually to 13.82 billion US dollars, and the operating profit margin increased from 25% in the same period last year to 38%; the net profit increased by 117% annually to 12.37 billion US dollars; the earnings per share reported was 4.71 US dollars, which was higher than the expected 4.32 US dollars, an increase of 114% compared to 2.2 US dollars in the same period last year.
The operating revenue of the core advertising business in the first quarter was recorded at 35.64 billion US dollars, slightly better than the expected 35.57 billion US dollars, with an annual increase of 26.8%, which was faster than the 24% growth rate in the previous quarter. The proportion in the total operating revenue has slightly increased to about 98%.
Metaverse business incurs a loss of 3.85 billion US dollars
The Reality Labs responsible for developing metaverse and other virtual reality software and hardware technologies has experienced huge losses for several consecutive quarters. The operating loss in the first quarter was reported at 3.85 billion US dollars, which was better than the expected loss of 4.31 billion US dollars. Since the end of 2020, the operating loss of this department has accumulated to 42 billion US dollars; during this period, the sales were recorded at 440 million US dollars, which was weaker than the expected 513 million US dollars, with an annual increase of about 30%.
The daily active users (DAP) of Meta’s various application families averaged 3.24 billion in March, an increase of 7% annually; the number of ad displays placed in the application family increased by 20% compared to the same period last year; the average price of individual ads increased by 6% annually, indicating that these indicators are continuously improving quarter by quarter.
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