META Earnings - How do they make money?

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• Social Stocks - Top 15 Dividend Names

• META Earnings - How do they make money?

• Time to buy the dip? Retail's favorite stocks that are "down bad"

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META Earnings - How do they make money?

Interesting Takes:

• 74% gross margin, which is relatively high.

• 14.5% profit margins, which is being impacted by 30.5% of revenue being spent on R&D

• Meta Platforms revenue is primarily generated by their top-performing "Family of Apps": Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger

Meta's profits have been significantly impacted by their R&D expense. Here's a look at both charts: R&D Expense and Net Income.

Meta Platforms is still a cash-generating-machine, but are currently recovering from their (costly) over-investment in the Metaverse. Along with the layoffs the company is doing I wouldn't be surprised to see Meta back to doing 10B+ in net profit per quarter by 2024.

Retail's "Down Bad" List - Top 20

These stocks made it near the top of retail's favorite stocks of 2022 and have been hit the hardest in terms of share price. Is it time to buy the dip?

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