Amazon surpassed Wall Street forecasts with revenue of $181.5 billion in the March quarter, up 17% from the year earlier. CEO Andy Jassy noted Project Hail Mary‘s nearly $615 million at the box office to date among the company's achievements for the three months.
DA Davidson Managing Director Gil Luria offers his key takeaways on earnings from Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close.
Amazon (AMZN) is in the spotlight during extended trading hours after the tech giant delivered a massive “double beat” in Q1 results – powered by an explosion in AI-driven cloud demand and a high-margin advertising surge. Investors are zeroing in on the firm's aggressive growth trajectory and a forward-looking revenue guide that suggests the retail and cloud behemoth is only accelerating.
Amazon's cloud unit reported 28% revenue growth in the first quarter, and now accounts for over one-fifth of its parent company's total revenue. The division, which leads the cloud infrastructure market, faces stiffening competition from Microsoft and Google as they're all investing heavily for the AI era.
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered a strong first-quarter earnings beat on Wednesday, with revenue, profit, and cloud growth all surpassing Wall Street expectations. The Seattle-based e-commerce and cloud giant reported first-quarter net sales of $181.5 billion, ahead of analyst estimates of approximately $177 billion and up 17% year-over-year.
The retail and cloud-computing giant beat analyst estimates with a 17% jump in revenue and sharp increase in net profit.
Shares of Amazon rose about 2.3% on Wednesday as investors positioned ahead of the company's first-quarter earnings report, with markets closely watching cloud growth, artificial intelligence spending, and the potential impact of geopolitical tensions on consumer demand. The e-commerce and cloud giant is scheduled to report results after the market close, with expectations running high across multiple business segments.
Amazon (AMZN) is set to report earnings after the closing bell today, with the stock seen potentially rallying to new record highs following the report.
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Amazon (AMZN) is set to report earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday, with the stock seen potentially rallying to new record highs following the report.
Almost as soon as OpenAI announced that its major investor and cloud partner, Microsoft, no longer has exclusive rights to any of its products, Amazon started gloating.
OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta Platforms are just a few of the companies relying on Amazon for support.