Amazon.com sales were up 20% in the second quarter to $63.4 billion, the company announced on Thursday.
Net sales (excluding AWS) were up 20% North America and 12% for its International segment.
Excerpt of press release follows:
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Operating cash flow increased 65% to $36.0 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $21.8 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2018. Free cash flow increased to $25.0 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $10.4 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2018. Free cash flow less principal repayments of finance leases and financing obligations increased to $16.1 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $4.1 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2018. Free cash flow less equipment finance leases and principal repayments of all other finance leases and financing obligations increased to $13.0 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $546 million for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2018.
Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 510 million on June 30, 2019, compared with 506 million one year ago.
Net sales increased 20% to $63.4 billion in the second quarter, compared with $52.9 billion in second quarter 2018. Excluding the $814 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 21% compared with second quarter 2018.
Operating income increased to $3.1 billion in the second quarter, compared with operating income of $3.0 billion in second quarter 2018.
Net income increased to $2.6 billion in the second quarter, or $5.22 per diluted share, compared with net income of $2.5 billion, or $5.07 per diluted share, in second quarter 2018.
“Customers are responding to Prime’s move to one-day delivery — we’ve received a lot of positive feedback and seen accelerating sales growth,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “Free one-day delivery is now available to Prime members on more than ten million items, and we’re just getting started. A big thank you to the team for continuing to make life easier for customers.”
Highlights
Prime Day was once again the largest shopping event in Amazon history with more than one million deals exclusively for Prime members. Over the two days of Prime Day, on July 15 and 16, sales surpassed the previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. Prime Day was also the biggest event ever for Amazon devices, when comparing two-day periods. Amazon welcomed more new Prime members on July 15 than any previous day, and almost as many on July 16 — making these the two biggest days ever for member signups. In addition, Prime members received tens of millions of dollars in savings when shopping from Whole Foods Market and bought more than $2 billion of products from independent small and medium-sized businesses. Millions of people worldwide streamed Prime Day events, including the Prime Day Concert presented by Amazon Music and headlined by 10-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist Taylor Swift.
Amazon hosted thousands of attendees at re:MARS, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference focused on machine learning, automation, robotics, and space. There were over one hundred talks, sessions, and workshops held by Amazon and industry leaders that showcased leading advancements in robotics and automation, including telerobotic hands that transmit touch to haptic gloves from HaptX, SynTouch, and Shadow Robot Company; an electric adventure vehicle from Rivian that integrates with Alexa; and an autonomous flying microbot from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Amazon also announced Prime Air’s new drone delivery design; a new AI-driven approach for Alexa skill developers called Alexa Conversations; and the Pegasus Drive sortation robot, used in Amazon sortation centers.
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SOURCE: Amazon Press Release
great job amazon, show fleecebay what a real e-commerce platform can do.
Amazon doubles in one quarter what ebay does in a year.
And, given what a joke their GMV is, it’s likely triple.
Keep swinging, Wenig.