Facebook Stock Soars On Q2 Earnings, Revenue Up 61%
International Business Times
Published Jul 23, 2014 05:04PM ET
Updated Jul 23, 2014 05:30PM ET
Facebook Stock Soars On Q2 Earnings, Revenue Up 61%
By Thomas Halleck - Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) announced Wednesday afternoon that its second-quarter earnings results had beat Wall Street expectations, sending the social network’s stock soaring in after-market trading.
Facebook increased its revenue 61 percent in the second quarter of 2014 to $2.81 billion, from $1.81 billion in the same period a year prior, as a number of new advertising methods met demands for its mobile advertising business. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters Eikon had expected gains of a "mere" 55 percent.
The Facebook user count now stands at 1.32 billion monthly, a far cry from Twitter Inc's (NYSE:TWTR) 250 million, making it easily the world’s most popular social network. While other Silicon Valley giants like Google Inc. NASDAQ:GOOGL struggle with mobile advertising, Facebook has led the way, with enormous success.
According to its reported earnings, mobile ads represented 62 percent of Facebook’s ad revenue in the second quarter, up in the second quarter from 41 percent in 2013 and 59 percent for the first three months of 2014.
The Menlo Park, California-based company reported profits of $791 million, or earnings per share of $0.30 from April to June, more than double its 2013 earnings of $333 million, or $0.13 EPS.
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