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Amazon misses 4Q profit estimates despite better-than expected growth in cloud computing business (apnews.com)
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Amazon reported fourth-quarter earnings slightly below Wall Street estimates even as sales surged and it reported the fastest growth in its prominent cloud computing business in 13 quarters.

The Seattle-based online behemoth on Thursday reported net income of $21.2 billion, or $1.95 per share, for the three-month period ended Dec. 31. That compares with $20 billion, or $1.86 per share, in the year-ago quarter.

Revenue rose 14% to $213.4 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with $187.8 billion in the year-ago period.

Analysts were expecting $1.97 per share on sales of $211.4 billion, according to analysts polled by FactSet.

Revenue from its cloud service arm called Amazon Web Services increased 24% to $35.6 billion. Analysts were expecting $34.9 billion.

Amazon said it plans to increase capital spending to $200 billion this year from $125 billion as it sees opportunities in artificial intelligence, robots, semiconductors and satellites, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a press release. Wall Street analysts were expecting spending to rise to around $147 billion, according to FactSet.

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[–] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

AWS is one thing, but I can understand why profits would be falling on their storefront. Cheap garbage and fake reviews all over the fucking place. Walmart is somehow the lesser of two evils.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

AWS is the real money maker for Amazon, making up most of their revenue.

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

35 billion of 213 total. Wouldn't call that most. I would guess it's more important in it's share of profit (but maybe not even right now with the capex explosion) or of profit/revenue growth.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I would think a lot of the world is trying to get away from American companies right now.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, that was kind of my point

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Amazon abuses employees, destroys the environment, attacks unions, kills local businesses, sells fake crap, spies on us, supports a violent fascist US regime that threatens to invade my country, and is causally responsible for that godawful stunt where Katy Perry spent 2 minutes in space then made us all stupider with the dumbest interview in the history of dumb interviews. Any one of these is a great reason not to shop with them.