Facebook’s Big Numbers: $1 Billion In Profits, $3.7 Billion In Revenues

Posted on Feb 2 2012 - 12:07am by Editorial Staff

The world’s largest social networking giant, Facebook has recently filed its Initial Public Offering filling and as we even earlier reported too in the leaked revenue figures – the social giant’s number hit the mark with the “big numbers”. The company did $3.7 billion in revenues in 2011 with $1 billion in profits. Profits grew 65% last year from previous $606 million in 2010 – revenues grew 88%.

Revenues come from multiple sources – advertising constitutes 85%, virtual goods make 15% and platform development fees are not define. The company made an extreme 27% net profit margin – with 47% operating profit margin. Net operating cash was $1.5 billion in 2011 – up 122% from 2010, Free cash flow was $470 million in 2011 – all results in constituting $3.9 billion in cash at the end of the year.

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