In its first earnings report as a public company, Facebook on Thursday posted a second-quarter loss of $157 million, or 8
cents a share. On an adjusted basis, the company reported a profit of 12 cents a share.
Revenue was $1.18 billion, up 32% from a year ago. The quarterly earnings met Wall Street analysts
consensus estimate of 12 cents a share, while slightly beating the revenue forecast of $1.15 billion.
Among other revenue highlights:
-Revenue from advertising was $992 million,
representing 84% of total revenue, and a 28% increase from the same quarter last year.
-Payments and other fees revenue for the second quarter was $192 million.
Audience
highlights:
-Monthly active users (MAUs) were 955 million as of June 30, 2012, an increase of 29% year-over-year.
-Daily active users (DAUs) were 552 million on average for June 2012,
an increase of 32% year-over-year.
-Mobile MAUs were 543 million as of June 30, 2012, an increase of 67% year-over-year.
"Our goal is to help every person stay connected and every
product they use be a great social experience," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in the earnings statement. "That's why we're so focused on investing in our priorities of mobile,
platform and social ads to help people have these experiences with their friends."
Facebook did not provide an outlook in its earnings release. More to come after the analyst conference
call.