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by danpalmer 2620 days ago
They are fairly high margin relative to most industries, so probably less than 2 months of profit would be my guess.
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If only there was a way to find out how much profit a public company makes, instead of going three-deep in a threat with “would be my guess” numbers...

FWIW, FB quarterly profits Q1, Q2, and Q3 2018 were 5.1, 5.1, and 6.9 billion, respectively: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223289/facebooks-quarter...

There’s a place for estimates with reasoning. My intention was not to give the exact answer, which is often no that’s needed, but to help (in some small way) someone who doesn’t know how to get there build the reasoning that might get them enough of an answer.