Meta reports earnings miss and forecasts second consecutive quarter of declining revenue

Meta reports earnings miss and forecasts second consecutive quarter of declining revenue


People take photos of the new “Meta” sign at the One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, as Facebook changes its company name to Meta in California, on October 28, 2021.

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Facebook parent Meta reported a steeper-than-expected drop in revenue, missed on earnings and issued a surprisingly weak forecast pointing to a second consecutive decline in sales. The shares slipped in extended trading.

  • Earnings: $2.46 per share vs. $2.59 per share expected, according to Refinitiv
  • Revenue: $28.82 billion vs. $28.94 billion expected, according to Refinitiv
  • Daily Active Users (DAUs): 1.97 billion vs 1.96 billion expected, according to StreetAccount
  • Monthly Active Users (MAUs): 2.93 vs 2.94 billion expected, according to StreetAccount
  • Average Revenue per User (ARPU): $9.82 vs. $9.83 expected, according to StreetAccount

Meta shares have lost about half their value since the beginning of the year, underscoring investor concern about the health of the company’s core online advertising business. That unit has been hurt by Apple’s iOS privacy update last year, limiting Meta’s ability to track users, and by a weakening economy that’s led some companies to slash their ad budgets.

Chief Financial Officer David Wehner is taking on a new role of chief strategy officer, overseeing corporate development, the company said. Meta is promoting Susan Li, the company’s current vice president of finance, to be CFO.

Revenue in the second quarter fell almost 1% from a year earlier.

In addition to the second-quarter miss, Meta issued a disappointing third-quarter forecast, citing a “continuation of the weak advertising demand environment we experienced throughout the second quarter, which we believe is being driven by broader macroeconomic uncertainty.”

The company said sales in the quarter will be in the range of $26 billion to $28.5 billion, trailing the $30.5 billion average analyst estimate, according to Refinitiv.

Meta also said that its Reality Labs business unit, responsible for developing the metaverse and related virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, brought in $452 million in sales, but recorded a $2.8 billion loss in its second quarter. That business unit is also projected to generate less money in the third quarter compared to the second, Meta added.

Executives will discuss the results with analysts on a webcast starting at 5:00 p.m. ET.

This story is developing.

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