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== Management guidance and analysts estimate ==
=== Management guidance ===
Below is the management guidance for third-quarter and full year 2023 given during second-quarter earnings<ref>https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2023/Meta-Reports-Second-Quarter-2023-Results/default.aspx#:~:text=Revenue%20%E2%80%93%20Revenue%20was%20%2432.0%20billion,%25%20year%2Dover%2Dyear.</ref>;
* Number of shares outstanding at the end of Q1 2023: 2.568 billion.
* Management expects FX tailwind of about 3% year-over-year revenue in Q3.
* 2023 total expenses includes around $4 billion of restructuring costs associated with severance and other personnel costs and facilities consolidation charges.
* Management expects Reality Labs operating losses to increase year-over-year in 2023.
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!Key Items
! colspan="6" |Q3 2023
! colspan="6" |2023
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!Lower-point
!Y/Y Growth
!Mid-Point
!Y/Y Growth
!Upper-point
!Y/Y Growth
!Lower-point
!Y/Y Growth
!Mid-Point
!Y/Y Growth
!Upper-point
!Y/Y Growth
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|Revenue
|$32 billion
|15.5%
|$33.25 billion
|20.0%
|$34.5 billion
|24.5%
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|Total expenses
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|$88 billion
|0.4%
|$89.5 billion
|2.1%
|$91 billion
|3.8%
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|Capex
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|$27 billion
| -15.7%
|$28.5 billion
| -11.0%
|$30 billion
| -6.4%
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* For 2024; management expects higher infrastructure-related costs, growth in payroll expenses, and Reality Labs operating losses to increase meaningfully year-over-year.


== Small Competitor Earnings Expectations and Results ==
== Small Competitor Earnings Expectations and Results ==