Facebook Has 1.19 Billion Active Users

The number of active users of Facebook (account activity at least once a month) by 1 October reached 1.19 billion (+18 % compared to the same date last year). In this case, 874 million people use it when communicating mobile devices (+6.7 %).

In general, the company Facebook Inc. from the United States, the owner of the world's largest social network, has completed the third quarter with the financial indicators that were better than the average forecast of the market.

According to a press release, in July -September, it posted a net profit of $ 425 million, or 17 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $ 59 million, or 2 cents a share, in the same period last year. Adjusted earnings increased to $ 621 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with $ 311 million, or 12 cents a share, in the third quarter of 2012. Revenue in last quarter was $ 2.016 billion versus $ 1.262 billion a year earlier.

Analysts polled by FactSet, on average, estimated adjusted earnings of 19 cents per share on revenue of $ 1.91 billion of revenue from advertising jumped 66 % to $ 1.8 billion, while revenue from advertising on mobile devices accounted for about 49% of the total compared with 41 % in the second quarter of this year.

Facebook Share prices rose by almost 17% in electronic trading on Wednesday after the publication of the reports, since the financial performance exceeded the expectations. Since the beginning of this year, the capitalization of the company increased by 84%. - 17D-