Meta Platforms, Inc. Q2 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview
  • Q2 2020 was stronger than expected despite global COVID‑19 disruptions.
  • Total revenue: $18.7B, up 11% year-over-year (compared to Q2 2019).
  • Ad revenue: $18.3B, up 10% year-over-year; a recovery from flat growth in early April.
  • Daily Active Users (DAUs): 1.79B, up 12% year-over-year.
  • Monthly Active Users (MAUs): 2.7B, up 12% year-over-year.
  • Family monthly active people: 3.1B; family daily active people: 2.5B.
Key Business & Product Highlights
  • Strong shift toward digital due to COVID‑19 is accelerating adoption of Facebook tools by businesses.
  • More than 180M businesses use Facebook’s free tools monthly.
  • More than 9M businesses advertised on Facebook in Q2.
  • Facebook Shops launched and is scaling; positioned for long‑term e‑commerce strategy.
  • Messaging commerce and click‑to‑message ads showing strong traction, especially in developing markets.
  • WhatsApp Business has grown rapidly to 50M users from 5M previously reported.
  • Strong growth in AR/VR hardware (Portal, Oculus Quest); other revenue up 40% year-over-year.
Operational & Financial Metrics
  • Ad impressions increased 40% year-over-year; average price per ad declined 21% due to economic pressures.

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Operator: Good afternoon. My name is Mike and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Facebook Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] This call will be recorded. Thanks very much. Ms. Deborah Crawford, Facebook’s Vice President of Investor Relations, you may begin. Deborah Crawford: Thank you. Good afternoon and welcome to Facebook’s second quarter 2020 earnings conference call. Joining me today to discuss our results are Mark Zuckerberg, CEO; Sheryl Sandberg, COO; and Dave Wehner, CFO. Before we get started, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that our remarks today will include forward‐looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward‐looking statements. Factors that could cause these results to differ materially are set forth in today’s press release, and in our quarterly report on Form 10‐Q filed with the SEC. Any forward‐looking statements that we make on this call are based on assumptions as of today and we undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events. During this call we may present both GAAP and non‐GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of GAAP to non‐GAAP measures is included in today’s earnings press release. The press re

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