Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $113.08B vs. $115.2B est., net sales grew 27% YoY, net income of $7.8B, and AWS net sales of $14.8B, up 37% YoY; stock down 5%+
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Context & Ripple Effects
Amazon entered this quarter after a 40% year-over-year Q2 sales increase in 2020 and a 29% rise in AWS revenue. The latest results preserve strong growth but set a lower near-term benchmark for both the retail business and cloud unit.
The contrast matters because AWS grew 37%, faster than Amazon’s 27% net-sales growth, while the company’s total revenue fell short of estimates and shares declined. The following year’s slower Q2 sales growth and net loss shows how quickly the earnings comparison became more demanding.
First-order effects
Amazon’s revenue miss triggered an immediate market repricing, with its shares falling more than 5% despite $7.8B in net income.
AWS becomes the fastest-growing reported business in the quarter, posting $14.8B in sales and outgrowing Amazon’s overall net-sales rate.
Second-order effects
Investors assessing Amazon’s valuation must weigh AWS’s faster growth against the weaker-than-expected consolidated revenue result, increasing scrutiny of the gap between cloud and company-wide performance.
Third-order effects
The results point to Amazon’s earnings narrative becoming more sensitive to growth rates and expectations than to absolute revenue or profit alone, particularly when AWS and total sales move at different speeds.
The trend: Large-platform earnings are increasingly judged on whether high-growth units such as AWS can offset deceleration or misses in the consolidated business.
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Carl Quintanilla on x
It's early, but $AMZN is on pace for worst day since Mar 12, 2020 @CNBC https://twitter.com/...
@taralach
Tara Lachapelle on x
Amazon's earnings report always makes me think of this stat: It has a sales category called “Other” that is actually bigger than almost 80% of companies in the S&P 500 index https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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Alina Selyukh on x
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE Amazon earnings calls are almost over and so far 0 (zero) plans for a metaverse
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Deirdre Bosa on x
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@munster_gene
Gene Munster on x
Wage increases are of course impacting bottom line, competitive labor market has been the biggest contributor to operating expense increases.
@munster_gene
Gene Munster on x
Amazon is out. * Missed the Street. Analysts got ahead of themselves given revenue was inline with company guidance. Reminder to take company guidance seriously. Midpoint of September guidance is 8% below the Street. This implies 18% growth vs. 27% just reported.
@kyweise
Karen Weise on x
Tricky Amazon's earnings to condense since it really depends on who's reading. Investors expected more, sending shares down, but sales over the three months still grew $24 billion — 27 percent — over the same period last year. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Fintwit on x
Amazon loses $91 billion in market value after earnings miss https://twitter.com/...
@lamonicabuzz
Paul R. La Monica on x
Bring back Bezos? #sarcasm But Amazon missed on sales. Earnings beat. Q3 rev guidance underwhelms though. $AMZN down 4.5% so far after hours.
@apompliano
@apompliano on x
Amazon posted $113 billion in Q2 revenue. The size of this business is incredible.
@variety
@variety on x
Amazon Misses on Q2 Revenue, Profit Jumps 50% to Beat Earnings Estimates https://variety.com/...
@johnkicklighter
John Kicklighter on x
Amazon EPS beat expectations at $15.12 versus $12.28 expected, but net sales fells short of expectations. And @PeterHanksFX says the sales forecast is underwhelming. Therefore, it comes as little surprise that $AMZN is trading down over -5% afterhours https://twitter.com/...
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Todd Haselton on x
Amazon posts third $100 billion quarter in a row, but still misses expectations - by @annierpalmer https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@toddbishop on x
Amazon sales of $113B disappoint Wall Street but profits of $7.8 billion exceed expectations https://www.geekwire.com/...
@asymco
Horace Dediu on x
Amazon Revenue: $113.08 billion versus $115.06 billion expected EPS: $15.12 versus $12.22 expected AWS revenue: $14.81 billion versus $14.18 billion expected