Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Facebook Q4 2013 earnings beat big, mobile now makes up more than half of ad revenues


Facebook has released its results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the numbers are strong. It posted $2.59 billion in revenue and earnings of 31 cents a share. Analysts were looking for Facebook to pull in $2.33 billion in revenue with earnings of 27 cents a share. That compares to $1.59 billion and 17 cents a share for the same period last year. It's also a touch above the $2.02 billion and 25 cents a share Facebook notched last quarter. The stock is currently up slightly in after-hours trading.


Most notably, the company reported that 53 percent of its revenues now come from mobile advertising. That is a big milestone for Facebook, which stumbled badly during its IPO over concerns that it was struggling to migrate its ad business...


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