Amazon.com, Inc. Q4 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Net sales were $137.4B, up 10% year-over-year excluding foreign exchange impacts (compared to Q4 2020).
  • Operating income was $3.5B, down from $6.9B in Q4 2020 due to over $4B in added costs from inflation, labor shortages, and operational disruptions.
  • Net income reached $14.4B, significantly elevated due to an $11.8B pretax valuation gain from Amazon’s investment in Rivian Automotive.
  • Amazon’s global workforce grew to 1.6M employees, doubling over two years.

Key Performance Drivers

Prime Membership

  • Millions of new Prime members joined globally; retention remained high.
  • Prime membership price will increase in the U.S. for the first time since 2018:
    • Monthly: $12.99 → $14.99
    • Annual: $119 → $139
  • Expansion of Prime benefits cited as a driver, including greater selection, enhanced same‑day delivery coverage, major video content, and new sports rights like Thursday Night Football.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • AWS reached a $71B annualized run-rate, up from $51B the prior year.
  • Revenue grew 40% year-over-year, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of accelerating growth.
  • More revenue added YoY than in any quarter in AWS history.

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Operator: Thank you for standing by. Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Amazon.com Q4 2021 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. For opening remarks, I will be turning the call over to the Director of Investor Relations, Dave Fildes. Please go ahead. Dave Fildes: Hello, and welcome to our Q4 2021 financial results conference call. Joining us today to answer your questions is 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 2020. Our comments and responses to your questions reflect management’s views as of today, February 3, 2022, 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 filings with the SEC, each of which is posted on our IR webs

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