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Earnings To Watch: Meta (FB) Reports Q1 Results Tomorrow


Adam Hejl /
2022/04/26 7:13 am EDT

Social network operator Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market hours. Here's what to expect.

Last quarter Meta reported revenues of $33.6 billion, up 19.9% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with an underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter. The company reported 3.59 billion monthly active users, up 8.78% year on year.

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This quarter analysts are expecting Meta's revenue to grow 7.83% year on year to $28.2 billion, slowing down from the 47.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.51 per share.

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The analysts covering the company have been growing increasingly bearish about the business heading into the earnings, with revenue estimates seeing two upward and twelve downward revisions over the last thirty days. The company only missed Wall St's revenue estimates once over the last two years, and has on average exceeded top-line expectations by 4.87%.

Looking at Meta's peers in the consumer internet segment, only Snap has so far reported results, delivering top-line growth of 38% year on year, missing analyst estimates by 0.58%. The stock traded up 8.2% on the results. Read our full analysis of Snap's earnings results here.

The fears around rising interest rates have been putting pressure on tech stocks and while some of the consumer internet stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 14.3% over the last month. Meta is down 17.1% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $315.5, compared to share price of $185.35.

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The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.