Eine Wachstumsaktie ohne Wachstum, aber massiv steigenden Kosten. Im Vergleich zum Vorjahr hat man das Personal um 32% aufgestockt, die bezahlt werden wollen.
Die Anzeigenpreise sind in Q2/22 um 14% zurückgegangen, Preisdruck dürfte m.E. anhalten und Nachfrage weiter rückläufig sein bzw. zumindest stagnieren.
Aktienrückkauf: Bisher nur 5 Mrd USD ausgegeben - wieso übt man sich hier in Zurückhaltung, befürchtet man etwa einen weiteren massiven Kursverfall?
Übrigens interessant hierzu folgender Artikel: seekingalpha.com/article/...rms-avoid-this-value-trap-in-2022
Auszug hieraus:
"Meta Platforms: The Company In Which Rewards Staff, Not Shareholders
Through the years 2012-2021, Meta Platforms had bought a total of $91 billion worth of stock. Despite this massive figure being spent on buying back stock, the company's total shares outstanding during that same period had increased at a CAGR of 3%."
Ein paar Auszüge aus dem Q-Bericht
... - price per ad – the average price per ad decreased by 14% year over-year.
... Share repurchases – repurchased $5.08 billion of our Class A common stock in the second quarter
of 2022. As of June 30, 2022, we had $24.32 billion available and authorized for repurchases.
[We repurchased $9.39 billion of our Class A common stock in the first quarter of 2022. As of March 31, 2022, we had $29.41 billion available and authorized for repurchases.]
... - Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $40.49 billion as of June 30, 2022.
... - Headcount 83,553 as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 32% year-over-year