Meta's meta -verse division loses almost $ 3.7 billion in the 3rd quarter
The share price of Meta fell in the post-excessive trade at 11:30 a.m. ET by about 11 % Brad Gerstner, CEO of Altimeter Capital, Meta asked in an open letter published on Monday to reduce investments in connection with METASISE METAS reality laboratories-the department that is responsible for the production of meta-verses technology-had to take serious losses again And lost almost $ 3.7 billion in the third quarter. The company's Family of apps, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, recorded a net profit of around $ 9.3 billion in the quarter, which has a decline of about 28 ...
Meta's meta -verse division loses almost $ 3.7 billion in the 3rd quarter
- The share price of Meta fell by about 11 % in post -exchange trading at 11:30 a.m.
- Brad Gerstner, CEO of Altimeter Capital, asked Meta in an open letter published on Monday to reduce investments in connection with meta -verse
Metas reality laboratories Business-The department that is responsible for the production of metaversse-related technology-had to accept serious losses again in the third quarter Billions of US dollars.
The company's Family of Apps division, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, recorded a net profit of around $ 9.3 billion in the quarter, which corresponds to a decline of around 28 % compared to the previous year.
Total, the profit per share of Meta was $ 1.64 behind the expected $ 1.89. The net profit of almost $ 5.7 billion in the third quarter has dropped by 46 % compared to the third quarter of 2021.
"We assume that the loss of business from Reality Labs will increase significantly in 2023 in the year," said David Wehner, Chief Financial Officer from Meta, in a statement. "In addition to 2023, we expect the investments of Reality Labs to accelerate so that we can achieve our goal of increasing the company's operating result in the long term."