Facebook's share falls by about 9% after the loss of numbers – Facebook – Bourse et Finance



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The social media giant has barely ignored the expectations of the result, but failed on revenue expectations and the number of daily users. It shows the new business report for the second quarter.

Facebook made a profit of $ 5.11 billion or $ 1.74 per share. The turnover was $ 13.23 billion during the quarter

. During the same period last year, the company recorded an after tax loss of $ 3.89 billion, or $ 1.32 per share. The turnover was then 9.32 billion dollars.

According to analysts interviewed by Thompson Reuters, a profit of $ 1.72 per share was anticipated. The turnover is expected to rise to $ 13.36 billion

The number of daily users was $ 1.47 billion, or less than $ 1.49 billion [19659003] The Cambridge Analytica scandal led to and entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg, among others, was grilled in the US Congress, would appear in the accounts of the company.

The numbers indicate that the social media giant has felt the effects of a number of scandals, writes The Wall Street Journal. for the way they handle personal information. On June 29, it was learned that Facebook continued to offer 61 companies access to users' personal data for half a year after they even declared that they had ended in 2015 , according to the Wall Street Journal.