Facebook Falls On Lower Ad Revenue Growth

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Shares of Facebook are down 2.4% in aftermarket trade to $148.00 after the social media giant released positive earnings, but fell short on expectations of future advertising revenue growth.

The company reported earnings of $1.04 per share on $8.03 billion in revenue versus 60 cents per share on $5.38 billion in revenue in the same period last year.

However, CFO David Wehner repeated his comments from last quarter that advertising revenue would come down “meaningfully”, while payments and other fees revenue fell 3% to $175 million on a year-on-year basis.

Considering the stock has gained over 20% since the beginning of the year, a move back into the $135.00 handle looks like a reasonable downside target.

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Facebook Q4 Earnings

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Shares of Facebook traded to an all-time high of $137.00 just after posting better-than-expected Q4 earnings and revenue results.

The social media giant announced adjusted EPS of $1.41 per share on quarterly revenue of $8.81 billion. These numbers exceeded the street’s estimates of $1.31 per share on revenue of $8.532 billion.

In addition, Facebook announced that Daily active users increased 18% year-on-year to 1.23 billion, while monthly active users grew 17% to 1.86 billion.

However, during the earnings call, CFO, David Wehner indicated that expenses will increase in 2017.

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