Amazon.com, Inc. Q3 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Key Financial Highlights

  • Revenue: $158.9 billion, up 11% year-over-year (compared to Q3 2023). FX impact was modest at -20 bps versus a previously expected -90 bps.
  • Operating Income: $17.4 billion, up 56% year-over-year, marking Amazon’s highest quarterly operating income ever.
  • Free Cash Flow (TTM, adj. for equipment financing): $46.1 billion, up 128% year-over-year.
  • Paid Units: Up 12% year-over-year, outpacing revenue growth.

Segment Performance

North America
  • Revenue: $95.5 billion, up 9% year-over-year.
  • Operating Income: $5.7 billion, up $1.4 billion year-over-year.
  • Operating Margin: 5.9%, up 100 basis points year-over-year.
  • Drivers: Faster delivery, cost-to-serve improvements, expanded low-ASP assortment, strong Prime Day performances.
International
  • Revenue: $35.9 billion, up 12% year-over-year.
  • Operating Income: $1.3 billion, an improvement of $1.4 billion year-over-year (return to profitability).
  • Operating Margin: 3.6%, up 390 basis points year-over-year.
  • Drivers: Better on-road productivity, fulfillment efficiencies, growth in emerging markets, and strong Prime adoption.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Revenue: $27.5 billion, up 19.1% year-over-year.
  • Annualized Run Rate: $110 billion.
  • Operating Income: $10.4 billion, up $3.5 billion year-over-year.

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Operator: Thank you for standing by. Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Amazon.com Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results Teleconference. 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, Mr. Dave Fildes. Thank you, sir. Please go ahead. Dave Fildes: Hello, and welcome to our Q3 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, October 31, 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, an

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