Snapchat maker Snap Inc. missed Wall Street’s expectations for its second quarter as a public company, sending its stock diving more than 16% in after-hours trading to an all-time low.
The number of daily Snap users only increased by 7 million from the first quarter; analysts were expecting that number to go up by 10 million. Snap also fell short of the Street’s revenue expectations. And the company’s net loss ballooned to $443 million, compared to $116 million at the same time last year.
It wasn’t all bad news: The company did manage to grow its average revenue per user for the quarter to $1.05 from $0.50 in the year-ago period, a healthy increase of 109%.
For a recap of Snap’s second quarter earnings, click here.
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