Meta Platforms, Inc. Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Key Highlights
  • Meta reported strong quarterly performance with continued momentum across engagement, advertising, AI, and hardware initiatives.
  • Monthly active users across all Meta apps exceeded 3.96 billion, up from earlier quarters (compared to 3.88B in Q2 2023).
  • Company continued emphasizing efficiency efforts, achieving the highest operating margin in two years.
  • AI remains the top investment priority for 2024, with Meta reallocating internal talent toward AI-driven initiatives rather than expanding headcount meaningfully.
Financial Performance (Year-over-Year)
  • Total revenue: $34.1B, up 23% (vs. 11% growth last quarter).
  • Expenses: $20.4B, down 7% (reflecting layoffs, lower marketing spend, and legal costs).
  • Operating income: $13.7B; operating margin: 40% (up from 20% in Q3 2022).
  • Net income: $11.6B, up sharply vs. $4.4B in Q3 2022.
  • Free cash flow: $13.6B, supported by tax deferrals.
  • Headcount: 66,100, down 7% from Q2 2023 and reflecting near-complete layoffs.
Family of Apps (FoA)
  • Revenue: $33.9B, up 24% YoY.
  • Ad revenue: $33.6B, +24% YoY (21% constant currency).
  • Daily active people: 3.14B; monthly active people: 3.96B.
  • Facebook DAUs: 2.09B (+5%, +101M YoY); MAUs: 3.05B (+91M YoY).

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Operator: Good afternoon. My name is Dave and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Meta Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] This call will be recorded. Thank you very much. Ken Dorell, Meta's Director of Investor Relations, you may begin. Ken Dorell: Thank you. Good afternoon and welcome to Meta Platforms’ third quarter 2023 earnings conference call. Joining me today to discuss our results are Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, and Susan Li, 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 will present both GAAP and certain non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is included in today's earnings press release. The press release and an accompanying investor presentati

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