Amazon.com Earnings Call, Second Quarter 2008
24th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Customers continue to take advantage of the firm’s low prices, free shipping and Amazon Prime as reflected in revenue growth. |
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| The online retailer reported worldwide revenues of $4.1 billion, up 41% from $2.89 billion in 2007. Income grew 103% to $158 million or 37 cents a share from $78 million or 19 cents a share in the prior year due to a $53 million non-cash gain recognized on the sale of European DVD rental assets and sales growth. The Company acquired Fabric.com, a leading online fabric store that offers custom measured and cut fabrics, as well as patterns, sewing tools and accessories. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, Fourth Quarter 2005
14th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| GAAP net income was $199 million, or 47 cents per share, compared to $347 million, or 82 cents per share. |
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| Revenue grew 17% to $2.98 billion, or 22% excluding $121 million of unfavorable year-over-year impact from foreign exchange. Worldwide unit growth was also at 22%. Marketing was $67 million, or 2.2% of sales, flat as a percentage of sales year-over-year. Third party units representing marketplace and merchandise units sold on Amazon sites were 28% of total units, up from 26%. For Q1 2006, the company expects net sales of between $2.14 billion and $2.29 billion, or growth of between 13% and 20%. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, Third Quarter 2005
14th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| GAAP net income was $30 million, or 7 cents per share, compared with $54 million, and 13 cents per share last year. |
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| Revenue grew 27% to $1.86 billion or 28% excluding the $7 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Worldwide unit growth was 28%. Third-party units, representing Marketplace and Merchandise units sold by Amazon sites, were 30% of total units, up from 28%. Gross profit grew 30% to $463 million. Marketing was $42 million, or 2.3% of sales, flat as a percentage of sales year-over-year. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, Fourth Quarter 2006
7th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Net income was $98 million, or 23 cents per share, compared to $199 million, or 47 cents per share. |
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| Revenue grew 34% to $3.99 billion or 30% excluding the $122 million favorable impact from year-over-year changes in exchange rates. Gross margin decreased 108 basis points to 21.3% from product and third-party mix, lowering prices for customers in Amazon Prime. Active seller accounts were over 1.1 million, and third-party units representing marketplace and merchants units sold on Amazon sites, or 25% of total units versus 28% in the prior year. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, Third Quarter 2006
7th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Net income was $19 million, or 5 cents per share, compared to $30 million, or 7 cents per share. |
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| Revenue grew 24% to $2.3 billion or 23%, excluding the $20 million favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Worldwide unit growth was 22% or 24%, excluding Harry Potter 6 plus attachments. Active customer accounts surpassed 61 million, up 17%. Electronics and other general merchandise, or EGM, increased to $699 million, up 43%, or 41% excluding foreign exchange rates. For Q4, the company expects net sales of between $3.625 billion and $3.95 billion. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, Second Quarter 2006
7th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Net income was $22 million, or 5 cents per share, compared to $52 million, or 12 cents per share. |
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| Revenue grew 22% to $2.14 billion, or 23% excluding the $24 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Worldwide unit growth was 25%. Third-party units representing marketplace and merchant’s units sold on Amazon sites were 29% of total units, up from 28%. Marketing was $52 million or 2.4% of sales, up 11 basis points. Technology and content was $151 million, up 63% year-over-year or 7.1% of sales, up 177 basis points. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, First Quarter 2006
7th July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Net income was $51 million, or 12 cents per share, compared to $78 million, or 18 cents per share. |
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| Revenue grew 20% to $2.28 billion or 25%, excluding the $94 million unfavorable impact in year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Worldwide unit growth was 24%. Third-party units representing marketplace and merchant''s units sold on Amazon sites were 29% of total units, up from 27%. Electronics and other general merchandise increased 33% to $639 million or 38% excluding foreign exchange rates. For Q2, the company expects net sales of between $2.03 billion and $2.18 billion. |
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Amazon Earnings Call, First Quarter 2008
12th June 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Earnings jumped 30% to $143 million thanks to strong sales growth. |
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| Worldwide revenue grew 37% to $4.13 billion, or 31% excluding the $185 million of favorable impact from year-o. Fulfillment, marketing, technology and content and G&A combined was $698 million, or 16.9% of sales, an improvement of 103 basis points year over year. Amazon expects net sales for Q2 ver-year changes in foreign exchange rates of between $3.87 billion and $4.1 billion and for fiscal 2008 expects net sales to total between $19.1 billion and $20 billion. |
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Amazon.com Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
1st February 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Earnings more than double to $207 million thanks to strong holiday sales. |
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| Amazon’s revenues rose 42% to $5.67 billion. The company reported that its international sales, which now account for 46% of total sales, went up 46%. Operating income grew 38% to $271 million. Amazon has launched several new businesses in the last year. For Q1, the company said it expects revenue to come in between $3.95 billion and $4.15 billion - ahead of the $3.92 billion predicted by analysts. |
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Amazon.com Third Quarter Earnings Call
29th October 2007 00:00 AM |
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| Earnings jumped to $80 million, or 19 cents per share, from $19 million, or 5 cents per share, during the same period a year ago. |
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| The web retailer’s revenue climbed 41% to $3.26 billion from $2.31 billion in the year-ago quarter. Sales on the U.S. and Canada sites increased 42% from a year earlier, while international sales jumped 40%. Thanks to the changes in foreign exchange rates in the latest three months sales increased by $75 million, accounting for about 3% of the overall sales growth. Gross margin dropped from 24.3% in the previous quarter to 23.4% percent in the third quarter. |
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Amazon Second Quarter Earnings Call
25th July 2007 00:00 AM |
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| Profit more than tripled to $78 million as sales grew and the level of expenses was trimmed from the previous year. |
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| The revenue of Amazon grew 35% to $2.89 billion, exceeding the analysts’ expectations of $2.81 billion. Operating income jumped to $116 million as the level of expenses, as a percentage of revenue was lower than last year''s second quarter. The release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows,” which, with worldwide advance orders of more than 2.2 million, was the company’s largest new product release. For Q3, sales are expected to be in a range of $3 billion to $3.18 billion. |
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Amazon.com First Quarter Earnings Call
26th April 2007 00:00 AM |
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| Profit more than doubled to $111 million driven by the sale of more goods through the Web site and lower tax rate. |
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| The revenue of the online shopping retailer grew to $3.02 billion, exceeding analysts’ expectations of $2.92 billion. North America sales totaled $1.62 billion, up 30%, while international sales rose 35% to $1.39 billion Amazon.com attributed overseas sales improvements to more third-party merchants that used the site to sell their own goods. The company announced a stock buy back of $500 million. In 2007, sales are expected to be between $13.40 billion and $14 billion. |
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