Saturday, February 2, 2013

FB: Another Iffy Quarter For Facebook When It Needed A Win

Another Iffy Quarter For Facebook When It Needed A Win
by Insider Monkey

By Matt Doiron
Facebook Inc (FB) is currently down slightly from its close on January 30th before the company issued its quarterly earnings report, recovering from a plunge below $30 in after hours trading on that day. Facebook reported a 40% increase in revenue last quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, which was actually a slightly higher growth rate than it had experienced earlier in 2012. However, the social networking company piled up higher costs. To be sure, much of the increased expenses came in the form of share-based compensation, but even excluding that sales and marketing costs were up 55% and R&D expenses more than doubled. As a result, operating income was down slightly (it did rise 13% if we add back share-based compensation in Q4 2012 and Q4 2011). read more »

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