=Facebook (FB) reported earnings on Wed 30 Jan 2019 (a/h)

Facebook beats by $0.20, beats on revs

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $2.38 per share, $0.20 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $2.18; revenues rose 30.4% year/year to $16.91 bln vs the $16.4 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus; expenses +62%; operating margins -9% to 46%.
• Daily active users (DAUs) -- DAUs were 1.52 billion on average for December 2018, an increase of 9% year-over-year.
• Monthly active users (MAUs) -- MAUs were 2.32 billion as of December 31, 2018, an increase of 9% year-over-year.
• "we estimate that around 2.7 billion people now use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger each month, and more than 2 billion people use at least one of our Family of services every day on average... We've fundamentally changed how we run our company to focus on the biggest social issues, and we're investing more to build new and inspiring ways for people to connect."