Amazon.com, Inc. Q2 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Overview

  • Revenue reached $148 billion, up 11% year-over-year (YOY), excluding FX impact. FX was a $1 billion headwind.
  • Operating income was $14.7 billion, up 91% YOY and above guidance by $700 million.
  • Trailing 12‑month free cash flow reached $51.4 billion, up 664% YOY.
  • Strong growth across AWS, advertising, and international segments; continued improvements in logistics and delivery speed.

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

  • Revenue: $26.3 billion, up 18.8% YOY. Growth accelerated from 17.2% in Q1.
  • AWS revenue run rate now exceeds $105 billion.
  • AWS operating income: $9.3 billion, up $4 billion YOY. Margin benefits included a 200 bps tailwind from extended server useful life.
  • Key growth drivers:
    • Companies completing cost-optimization and resuming new initiatives.
    • Continued migrations from on-premises to cloud.
    • Strong demand for generative AI services.
  • Amazon emphasized multi-model AI strategy with strong adoption of Bedrock, SageMaker, and custom Trainium/Inferentia chips.
  • Backlog reached $156.6 billion, up 19% YOY.

Advertising

  • Advertising added over $2 billion YOY, surpassing $50 billion in trailing 12‑month revenue.

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Operator: Thank you for standing by. Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Amazon.com Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Today's call is being recorded. And for opening remarks, I will be turning the call over to the Vice President of Investor Relations, Dave Fildes. Thank you, sir. Please go ahead. Dave Fildes: Hello, and welcome to our Q2 2024 financial results conference call. Joining us today to answer your questions is Andy Jassy, our CEO, and Brian Olsavsky, our CFO. As you listen to today's conference call, we encourage you to have our press release in front of you, which includes our financial results, as well as metrics and commentary on the quarter. Please note, unless otherwise stated, all comparisons in this call will be against our results for the comparable period of 2023. Our comments and responses to your questions reflect management's views as of today, August 1s, 2024 only, and will include forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially. Additional information about factors that could potentially impact our financial results is included in today's press release and our filings with the SEC, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings. During this call, we may discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. In our press release, slides accompanying this webcast, and our

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