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Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue

Facebook parent Meta has posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Published - Oct 25, 2023, 04:44 PM ET
Last Updated - Oct 25, 2023, 04:44 PM EDT

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers.

The company based in Menlo Park, California, said that it earned $11.58 billion, or $4.39 per share, in the July-September quarter. That's up from $4.4 billion, or $1.64 per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 23% to $34.15 billion from $27.71 billion.

Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $3.64 per share on revenue of $33.58 billion, according to a poll by FactSet.

Meta, which on Tuesday was sued by 41 states plus the the District of Columbia for harming young people's mental health, said the number of active users on Facebook was 3.05 billion as of Sept. 30, an increase of 3% from a year earlier.

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