Meta Platforms — Jan 29, 2025 release
Fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001326801-25-000014
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Total revenue
“$39.5-41.8 billion”
Period
Q1 FY2025
Measure
GAAP-tied
Source
Prose
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Total revenue for Q1 FY2025
“$39.5-41.8 billion”
Total revenue year-over-year growth for Q1 FY2025
“8-15%”
Total revenue growth on a constant currency … for Q1 FY2025
“11-18%”
Total expenses for FY2025
“$114-119 billion”
Capital expenditures for FY2025
“$60-65 billion”
Tax rate for FY2025
“12-15%”
Depreciation expense reduction from change i… for FY2025
“approximately $2.9 billion”
Depreciation expense reduction from change i… for FY2025
“approximately $2.9 billion”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
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• Long-term debt – Long-term debt was $28.83 billion as of December 31, 2024. • Headcount – Headcount was 74,067 as of December 31, 2024, an increase of 10% year-over-year. 1 CFO Outlook Commentary We expect first quarter 2025 total revenue to be in the range of $39.5-41.8 billion. This reflects 8-15% year-over-year growth, or 11-18% growth on a constant currency basis as our guidance assumes foreign currency is an approximately 3% headwind to year-over-year total revenue growth, based on current exchange rates. This also reflects the effect of lapping leap day in the first quarter of 2024. While we are not providing a full year 2025 revenue outlook, we expect the investments we are making in our core business this year will give us an opportunity to continue delivering strong revenue growth throughout 2025. We expect full year 2025 total expenses to be in the range of $114-119 billion. We expect the single largest driver of expense growth in 2025 to be infrastructure costs, driven by higher operating expenses and depreciation (1) . We expect employee compensation to be the second-largest factor as we add technical talent in the priority areas of infrastructure, monetization, Reality Labs, generative artificial intelligence (AI), as well as regulation and compliance. We anticipate our full year 2025 capital expenditures will be in the range of $60-65 billion. We expect capital expenditures growth in 2025 will be driven by increased investment to support bot
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