Amazon Earnings: What To Look For From AMZN

Cloud computing and online retail behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after market close. Here’s what investors should know.

Amazon beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $167.7 billion, up 13.3% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ operating income estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Amazon’s revenue to grow 12% year on year to $178 billion, in line with the 11% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.57 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Amazon has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1% on average.

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