Why Facebook Stock Popped Today

Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) have popped today, up by 5% as of 12:20 p.m. EDT, after the social networking juggernaut reported first-quarter results. Facebook modestly beat revenue expectations and provided some encouraging commentary about the ad industry.

Revenue in the first quarter increased 18% to $17.74 billion, topping the consensus estimate of $17.25 billion. That led to net income of $4.9 billion, or $1.71 per share, which was right on target with expectations. Family daily active people (DAP) increased to 2.36 billion, while family monthly active people (MAP) grew to 2.99 billion.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Image source: Facebook.

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