Facebook Overview

  • Founded
  • 2004
Founded
  • Status
  • Public
  • Employees
  • 56,653
Employees
  • Stock Symbol
  • FB
Stock Symbol
  • Investments
  • 150
  • Share Price
  • $267.48
  • (As of Wednesday Closing)

Facebook General Information

Description

Facebook is the world's largest online social network, with 2.5 billion monthly active users. Users engage with each other in different ways, exchanging messages and sharing news events, photos, and videos. On the video side, the firm is in the process of building a library of premium content and monetizing it via ads or subscription revenue. Facebook refers to this as Facebook Watch. The firm's ecosystem consists mainly of the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and many features surrounding these products. Users can access Facebook on mobile devices and desktops. Advertising revenue represents more than 90% of the firm's total revenue, with 50% coming from the U.S. and Canada and 25% from Europe. With gross margins above 80%, Facebook operates at a 30%-plus margin.

Contact Information

Website
www.facebook.com
Formerly Known As
The Facebook
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Social/Platform Software
Other Industries
Social Content
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Stock Exchange
NAS
Primary Office
  • 1 Hacker Way
  • Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • United States

Facebook Timeline

2018201920202021
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Facebook Stock Performance

(As of Wednesday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$267.48 $261.10 $137.10 - $304.67 $762B 2.85B 19.1M $8.87

Facebook Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 30-Sep-2020 FY 2019 31-Dec-2019 FY 2018 31-Dec-2018 FY 2017 31-Dec-2017
EV 698,396,863 542,183,975 335,518,818 474,470,012
Revenue 78,975,000 70,697,000 55,838,000 40,653,000
EBITDA 33,716,000 29,649,000 29,024,000 23,227,000
Net Income 25,276,000 18,485,000 22,112,000 15,934,000
Total Assets 146,437,000 133,376,000 97,334,000 84,524,000
Total Debt 10,616,000 10,601,000 500,000 0
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

Facebook Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Facebook Comparisons

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Facebook Competitors (13)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Twitter Formerly VC-backed San Francisco, CA 0000 00.000 000000000 00.000
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0000000 00000000 Formerly VC-backed Shenzhen, China 00000 00000 000000000 00000
000000 Formerly VC-backed New York, NY 000 00000 000000&0
00 00000 00 Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY 00 000.00 0000000000 0 000.00
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Facebook Executive Team (146)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Mark Zuckerberg Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
David Wehner Chief Financial Officer, Finance
Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer, Operations & Board Member
Michael Schroepfer Chief Technology Officer, Technology
William Easton Managing Director
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Facebook Board Members (24)

Name Representing Role Since
Andrew Houston Self Board Member 000 0000
Erskine Bowles Facebook Board Member 000 0000
Marc Andreessen Self Board Member 000 0000
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman 000 0000
Nancy Killefer Facebook Board Member 000 0000
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Facebook Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Facebook Investments & Acquisitions (150)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
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000 (00 00 0000000 14-Sep-2020 000000000 00000 00 00000 Buildings and Property
000000000 02-Sep-2020 00000 00000 00 00000 Educational and Training Services (B2C)
Jio 24-Jun-2020 Corporate 00.000 Telecommunications Service Providers 00000 0000000
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Facebook Subsidiaries (33)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Chainspace Business/Productivity Software Gibraltar, Gibraltar 2017
00000 (000000 0000 Application Software London, United Kingdom 0000
0000000 (000000000 Information Services (B2C) Menlo Park, CA 0000
0000000000 Application Software Minsk, Belarus 0000
0000000000000 Business/Productivity Software Tel Aviv, Israel 0000
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Facebook Exits (9)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000 (00000000000 0 17-Oct-2017 000000000000000000 00000 Completed
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00000000 17-May-2016 0000 00000 Completed
  • 5 buyers
00000 24-Apr-2014 000000000000000000 Completed
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0000 00000 0000000 28-Jan-2013 00000 00000 00 000 Completed
  • 14 buyers
Visual.ly 27-Sep-2011 Seed Round 000 Completed
  • 30 buyers
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