Amazon reports better-than-expected results, as revenue jumps 13%
Amazon said fourth-quarter sales will be between $160 billion and $167 billion. Analysts were expecting revenue of $166.6 billion, according to LSEG. At the mid-point of its guidance range, revenue of $163.5 billion would represent growth of 9.6% from $149.2 billion a year earlier. Revenue climbed 13% in the third quarter, a sign that the business is seeing some acceleration after a difficult 2022 that was marred by soaring inflation and rising interest rates. Amazon has been in cost-cutting mode for the past year as it became clear that it expanded too quickly during the pandemic. The company has laid off 27,000 employees since last fall, and it’s axed some of its more unprofitable bets.
$MSFT FY Q1 2024 in perspective
Revenue +13% *Prod. & Business +13% *Intelligent Cloud +19% *Pers. Computing +3% *Azure +29% *LinkedIn +8% *Xbox C&S +13% EBIT +25% *marg 48% (43) EPS +27% Source: Quartr
Cloud growth is all what matters to the market these days
Unlike Alphabet/Google, Microsoft shares jumped as much as 6% in extended trading Tuesday after the software maker issued fiscal first-quarter results and quarterly revenue guidance that beat Wall Street estimates. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud segment produced $24.26 billion in revenue, up 19% and above the $23.49 billion consensus among analysts surveyed by StreetAccount. The unit comprises the Azure public cloud, SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, Nuance, GitHub and enterprise services. The firm also reported a surge in profit due to a slower pace of operating expense growth. In a nutshell: $MSFT Microsoft Q1 FY24 (ending in Sept): • Revenue +13% Y/Y to $56.5B ($1.95B beat). • Gross margin 71% (+2pp Y/Y) • Operating margin 48% (+5pp Y/Y). • EPS $2.99 ($0.34 beat). ☁️ Azure +28% fx neutral. Reaccelerating from +27% in Q4 FY23 Source: App Economy Insights
Alphabet reported 11% revenue growth in the third quarter, as a rebound in advertising pushed expansion into double digits for the first time in over a year
The shares dropped almost 7% in extended trading as the cloud business missed analysts’ estimates. In a nutshell: $GOOG Alphabet Q3 FY23: • Revenue +11% Y/Y to $76.7B ($1.0B beat) • Operating margin 28% (+3pp Y/Y) • EPS $1.55 ($0.10 beat) Google Cloud: • Revenue +22% Y/Y to $8.4B. • Operating margin 3% (+13pp Y/Y). Source: App Economy Insights
Analysts’ earnings downgrades for US companies are increasingly outpacing upgrades
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$NFLX Netflix Q3 FY23:
Netflix shares popped more than 12% after the closing bell Wednesday as the company reported a boost in subscriber growth driven by a password-sharing crackdown efforts and interest in its new ad-supported tier. The streaming giant added 8.76 million global subscribers during the quarter, higher than 5.49 million Wall Street had expected, according to estimates from Street Account. It’s the biggest quarterly net add total for the company since second-quarter 2020, when Netflix added 10.1 million. Source: App Economy Insights, CNBC
$TSLA Tesla Q3 FY23: Tesla misses on earnings as margins drop from last year
Tesla reported adjusted earnings of 66 cents per share versus 73 cents expected. Total operating margin came in at 7.6%, down significantly from the year-ago quarter’s figure of 17.2%. Shares rose more than 2% in after hours trading. Source: App Economy Insights
US large banks 3Q earnings season so far
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