As earnings season continues to trudge along, investors still have a few marquee releases to look forward to, including the first-quarter report of Facebook, Inc. (FB – Free Report) , the world’s largest social media platform.

Facebook has revolutionized the way we interact with the internet, and from an investor’s perspective, it has done so while consistently delivering impressive growth and value to its shareholders. Now, as the world stands ready to enter the next stage in our digital transformation, Facebook stands poised to be a major leader.

Interestingly, Facebook seems acutely aware of the changing dynamics of our world, and the company is acting upon those changes now. Facebook has already warned investors that its growth rates will begin to face tougher year-over-year comparisons, but it has also said that this year will be one of aggressive investment in new employees and projects.

But what’s in store for Facebook this quarter? Well, our Zacks Consensus Estimates call for earnings of $0.88 per share and revenue of $7.85 billion. These results would represent year-over-year growth of 54% and 45.9%, respectively.

Of course, earnings and revenue are just two of the many things investors will be looking at when Facebook reports. Check out these three additional things to expect.

These important stock drivers are from our exclusive non-financial metrics consensus estimate file. These estimates are updated daily and are based on the independent research of expert stock analysts. Learn more here>>>

1.  Monthly active users will touch 1.9 billion

There’s a scene in the Facebook biopic The Social Network where the relatively-small company headquarters celebrates crossing the one million users threshold. Oh how the times have changed. Mark Zuckerberg and friends better have a nice bottle of champagne on hand for the 2 billion monthly active users (MAUs) celebration, because it’s coming soon. According to our consensus estimate, Facebook will report MAUs of about 1.9 billion this quarter—an increase of nearly 16% year-over-year. How’s that for consistent growth?

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