Meta Platforms, Inc. Q4 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Quarter & Full-Year Performance Highlights

  • Q4 revenue reached $28.1B, up 33% year-over-year, marking the fastest growth rate in more than two years (compared to Q4 2019).
  • Full-year 2020 revenue grew 22% to $86B (vs. full-year 2019).
  • Q4 net income was $11.2B, up from $7.3B in Q4 2019.
  • Advertising revenue grew 31% year-over-year to $27.2B, driven by strong online commerce trends and retail demand.
  • Other revenue (mainly Oculus/Quest) grew 156% year-over-year to $885M, fueled by strong Quest 2 sales.
  • Operating margin improved to 46% (from 42% in Q4 2019).
  • Free cash flow reached $9.2B for the quarter; cash and marketable securities totaled $62B.

Key User Metrics

  • Daily Active Users (DAUs): 1.84B, up 11% year-over-year (188M increase).
  • Monthly Active Users (MAUs): 2.8B, up 12% year-over-year (299M increase).
  • Family of Apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger) reached:
    • 2.6B daily active people (DAP), compared to 2.3B in early 2020.
    • 3.3B monthly active people (MAP).
  • U.S. & Canada DAUs declined by 1M sequentially, normalizing after COVID-19 peaks.

Business Trends & Strategic Themes Highlighted by Leadership

1. Communities

  • 600M+ people are now members of meaningful Facebook Groups (steady growth vs. prior years).

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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 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there’ll be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] This call will be recorded. Thank you 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 fourth quarter and full-year 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 earni

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