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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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[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago

Nobody worry, I'm sure they'll fire another 15% of their workforce to make those arbitrary profit margins!

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

In the past few months our electric rates went up 14.5%, our heath care costs more than tripled, and grocery and necessities prices have shot way up.

Guess what we're cutting back on? The kind of stuff Amazon sells.

We're just starting to see the Trump economy.

[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

We canceled prime. If we really need something from Amazon it's $35 for free shipping anyways. We partially canceled because it's all no name cheap garbage. At least some other retailers vet and back their products.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 49 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

So backing this fascist regime isn’t helping their business?

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 29 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Neither are the layoffs apparently

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 14 points 13 hours ago

Or the tariffs.

[–] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Well, note that top-line revenue increased by 14%. I haven’t dug into the numbers, but this seems like they’ve made some capex to reduce their net income to justify their RIF.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 26 points 14 hours ago

Just one more RIF bro. I swear the line will go up. One more RIF bro..

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

So they invested like $100 billion in AI just for the stock price to slide down by 10%? And Jeff was already so excited for consumers and especially gamers to not own anything anymore.

[–] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 13 points 13 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 13 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 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 12 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 5 hours ago

Yeah, that was kind of my point

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 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.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 12 points 13 hours ago

UNFORTUNATELY None of that Profit was Profit though so PLEASE Remember to pay YOUR Taxes so Amazon can afford MORE Layoffs!

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

There must be “Forget Amazon” articles in abundance then in the WSJ right..?