Amazon enters elite $2tn club as AI optimism fuels rally.
Amazon up ~27% this year, driven by improving growth trends as AI re-accelerates its cloud-computing business. The milestone puts Amazon into an exclusive club of comps worth $2tn or more: Alphabet crossed the level in April, while Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple are all worth north of $3tn. (via BBG)
Amazon Web Services launched in 2006.
Sales that year were $21 million. Today, it’s $21 million in LESS THAN TWO HOURS... Source: Jon Erlichman
Amazon beats on top and bottom lines. Guidance is mixed.
Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter, driven by growth in advertising and cloud computing. The stock was volatile in extended trading. Amazon expects a continued jump in profitability for the second quarter but at a more measured pace. The company said operating income will be $10 billion to $14 billion, up from $7.7 billion a year earlier. $AMZN Amazon Q1 FY24: • Revenue +13% Y/Y to $143B ($0.7B beat). • Operating margin 11% (+7pp Y/Y). • FCF $50B TTM. • Earnings per share: 98 cents vs. 83 cents expected by LSEG AWS: • Revenue +17% Y/Y to $25.0B. • Operating margin 38% (+14pp Y/Y). Q2 FY24 Guidance: • Revenue ~$144-$149B ($150B expected), representing growth of 7% to 11%. Source: App Economy Insights
Jeff Bezos just passed Elon Musk to retake the position as the richest person in the world
source : Bloomberg Billionaire Index
As the stock market opens today, Amazon will officially become a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Alphabet $GOOGL and Amazon $AMZN likely to follow Meta's lead by announcing their first ever dividend payments this year
Source: Goldman Sachs, Barchart
Bezos Sells $2 Billion of Amazon Shares in First Major Stock Sale Since 2021
Jeff Bezos unloaded 12 million shares of Amazon.com Inc. this week, the first time the billionaire has sold the company’s stock since 2021. The Amazon founder has sold over $30 billion in shares since records going back to 2002, including about $20 billion combined in 2020 and 2021. He has primarily been gifting stock, including shares worth roughly $230 million that were given to nonprofit organizations in November. source : yahoo!finance, bloomberg
Amazon on Thursday reported fourth-quarter results that sailed past analysts’ estimates, and gave strong guidance for the current quarter.
The stock climbed more than 8% in extended trading. $AMZN Amazon Q4 FY23: • Revenue +14% Y/Y to $170B ($3.7B beat). • Operating margin 8% (+2pp Y/Y). • FCF $37B TTM. AWS: • Revenue +13% Y/Y to $24.2B. • Operating margin 30% (+5pp Y/Y). Q1 FY24 Guidance: • Revenue ~$138-$143B ($142B expected).
