Amazon Earnings: Q2 Sales Up 29% (But Not Good Enough)

Amazon has released its Q2 financial results, missing analysts’ expectations. The report includes net sales of $12.83 Billion, a 29% increase year-over-year. At the same time, net income decrea...
Amazon Earnings: Q2 Sales Up 29% (But Not Good Enough)
Written by Chris Crum
  • Amazon has released its Q2 financial results, missing analysts’ expectations. The report includes net sales of $12.83 Billion, a 29% increase year-over-year. At the same time, net income decreased by 96% to $7 million. The quarter included a net loss of $65 million related to the acquisition of Kiva Systems.

    The company has cast Amazon Prime as a bright spot. Here’s what CEO Jeff Bezos had to say in the announcement: “Amazon Prime is now the best bargain in the history of shopping – that is not hyperbole,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “We successfully launched Prime seven years ago with free unlimited two-day shipping on one million items. The price of annual membership was$79. Since then, Prime selection has grown to 15 million items. We’ve also added 18,000 movies and TV episodes available for unlimited streaming. And we’ve added the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library – borrow 170,000 books for free with no due dates – it even includes all sevenHarry Potter books. What hasn’t changed since we launched Prime? The price. It’s still $79. We’re very grateful to our Prime members, and thank them whole-heartedly for the business and for the word-of-mouth that has made this program grow.”

    At the time of this writing, Amazon stock is down by nearly 2% in after hours trading.

    Here’s the release in its entirety:

    SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 26, 2012– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

    Operating cash flow was $3.22 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $3.21 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2011. Free cash flow decreased 40% to $1.10 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.83 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2011.

    Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 468 million on June 30, 2012, consistent with 468 million one year ago.

    Net sales increased 29% to $12.83 billion in the second quarter, compared with $9.91 billion in second quarter 2011. Excluding the $272 millionunfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales would have grown 32% compared with second quarter 2011.

    Operating income was $107 million in the second quarter, compared with $201 million in second quarter 2011. The unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter on operating income was $8 million.

    Net income decreased 96% to $7 million in the second quarter, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with net income of $191 million, or $0.41per diluted share, in second quarter 2011. The second quarter 2012 includes $65 million of estimated net loss related to the acquisition and integration of Kiva Systems, Inc.

    “Amazon Prime is now the best bargain in the history of shopping – that is not hyperbole,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “We successfully launched Prime seven years ago with free unlimited two-day shipping on one million items. The price of annual membership was$79. Since then, Prime selection has grown to 15 million items. We’ve also added 18,000 movies and TV episodes available for unlimited streaming. And we’ve added the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library – borrow 170,000 books for free with no due dates – it even includes all sevenHarry Potter books. What hasn’t changed since we launched Prime? The price. It’s still $79. We’re very grateful to our Prime members, and thank them whole-heartedly for the business and for the word-of-mouth that has made this program grow.”

    Highlights

    • Kindle Fire remains the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items available on Amazon.com since launch. Over this same period, the top 10 selling items on Amazon.com were digital products – Kindle, Kindle books, and accessories.
    • Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has grown to over 170,000 books available to borrow for free as frequently as a book a month, including many titles exclusive to Amazon. Additionally, customers can now borrow all seven Harry Potter books in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
    • During the quarter, 20 of our top 100 bestselling Kindle titles were from Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
    • Amazon expanded its catalog of title offerings for Prime Instant Video to more than 18,000 movies and TV episodes, announcing licensing agreements with Paramount Pictures and MGM, for titles including Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Mean Girls, Nacho Libre, Clueless, Moonstruck, Rain Man, Silence of the Lambs, Species, Stargate and many more.
    • Amazon.com announced that Prime Instant Video is now available on the Xbox 360 console. Customers can now access Amazon video content through Kindle Fire, PlayStation 3, Mac or PC, or on a TV using either a compatible connected device such as a Blu-ray player or a Roku or directly on compatible Smart TVs.
    • Amazon’s LOVEFiLM, the leading European film and TV subscription service, announced new multi-year agreements with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and NBCUniversal International Television Distribution, providing LOVEFiLM members in the U.K.exclusive streaming access to movies and TV series from the studios, including Despicable Me, Green Zone, and Robin Hood. The agreements are the latest in a long line of exclusive content deals announced by LOVEFiLM, including agreements with Disney, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Entertainment One and STUDIOCANAL.
    • North America segment sales, representing the Company’s U.S. and Canadian sites, were $7.33 billion, up 36% from second quarter 2011.
    • International segment sales, representing the Company’s U.K., German, Japanese, French, Chinese, Italian and Spanish sites, were$5.51 billion, up 22% from second quarter 2011. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 28%.
    • Worldwide Media sales grew 13% to $4.12 billion. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 15%.
    • Worldwide Electronics and Other General Merchandise sales grew 38% to $8.16 billion. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 42%.
    • Amazon.com announced that developers can now submit mobile apps for distribution through our upcoming appstore launches this summer on the Company’s U.K., German, French, Italian and Spanish sites. In just over one year, the Amazon Appstore onwww.amazon.com has grown to tens of thousands of apps and games. For additional information, visithttps://developer.amazon.com/welcome.html.
    • Amazon.com introduced “GameCircle,” an all-new gaming experience for Kindle Fire, and released a series of APIs for developers to add this new experience to their games. GameCircle offers gaming customers a series of features such as achievements, leaderboards, and sync that make gaming even more fun, convenient and social on Kindle Fire. The newly-released GameCircle APIs will help game developers quickly and easily integrate their games with GameCircle, allowing them to grow their business by reaching new customers and keeping them engaged. For additional information, visit http://amazon.com/gamecircle.
    • AWS relaunched AWS Support with the expansion of free support for all AWS customers, a reduction in pricing on premium support plans and adding multiple new features to help customers better interact with and improve their use of AWS, including chat functionality and proactive alerts when opportunities exist to save money, improve system performance, or close security gaps. The price reduction marked the 20th time AWS has lowered prices since its launch in 2006. For additional information, visit http://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport.
    • Amazon announced the Amazon Career Choice Program, providing employees with a resource for building the job skills needed for today’s most in-demand and well-paying careers. For employees who’ve been with Amazon as little as three years, the program will pre-pay 95% of the cost of courses such as aircraft mechanics, computer-aided design, machine tool technologies, medical lab technologies, nursing, and many other fields.

    Financial Guidance

    The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com’s expectations as of July 26, 2012. Our results are inherently unpredictable and may be materially affected by many factors, such as fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, changes in global economic conditions and consumer spending, world events, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce and the various factors detailed below.

    Third Quarter 2012 Guidance

    • Net sales are expected to be between $12.9 billion and $14.3 billion, or to grow between 19% and 31% compared with third quarter 2011.
    • Operating income (loss) is expected to be between $(350) million and $(50) million, down from $79 million in the comparable prior year period.
    • This guidance includes approximately $275 million for stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets, and it assumes, among other things, that no additional business acquisitions, investments, or legal settlements are concluded and that there are no further revisions to stock-based compensation estimates.

    A conference call will be webcast live today at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET, and will be available for at least three months at www.amazon.com/ir. This call will contain forward-looking statements and other material information regarding the Company’s financial and operating results.

    These forward-looking statements are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons, including, in addition to the factors discussed above, the amount that Amazon.com invests in new business opportunities and the timing of those investments, the mix of products sold to customers, the mix of net sales derived from products as compared with services, the extent to which we owe income taxes, competition, management of growth, potential fluctuations in operating results, international growth and expansion, the outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, risks of inventory management, seasonality, the degree to which the Company enters into, maintains and develops commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, and risks of fulfillment throughput and productivity. Other risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to new products, services and technologies, system interruptions, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. In addition, the current global economic climate amplifies many of these risks. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

    Our investor relations website is www.amazon.com/ir and we encourage investors to use it as a way of easily finding information about us. We promptly make available on this website, free of charge, the reports that we file or furnish with the SEC, corporate governance information (including our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics), and select press releases and social media postings.

    About Amazon.com

    Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.

    Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.comwww.amazon.co.ukwww.amazon.dewww.amazon.co.jp,www.amazon.frwww.amazon.cawww.amazon.cnwww.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
    (in millions)
    (unaudited)
    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
    June 30, June 30, June 30,
    2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011
    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 2,288 $ 2,641 $ 5,269 $ 3,777 $ 2,047 $ 1,629
    OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
    Net income 7 191 137 391 377 1,038
    Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
    Depreciation of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development, and other amortization 485 244 942 446 1,579 766
    Stock-based compensation 221 144 381 254 684 481
    Other operating expense (income), net 32 41 79 74 158 129
    Losses (gains) on sales of marketable securities, net (2 ) 1 (4 ) 3 (10 ) 2
    Other expense (income), net (19 ) (39 ) (4 ) (2 ) (58 ) (53 )
    Deferred income taxes (43 ) 20 (81 ) 35 20 67
    Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation (85 ) (15 ) (125 ) (61 ) (126 ) (159 )
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
    Inventories (124 ) (274 ) 622 69 (1,224 ) (1,130 )
    Accounts receivable, net and other (166 ) (73 ) 580 286 (572 ) (304 )
    Accounts payable 180 114 (4,078 ) (2,535 ) 1,453 1,835
    Accrued expenses and other 59 63 (470 ) (119 ) 716 663
    Additions to unearned revenue 382 257 779 467 1,376 805
    Amortization of previously unearned revenue (333 ) (251 ) (602 ) (471 ) (1,151 ) (935 )
    Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 594 423 (1,844 ) (1,163 ) 3,222 3,205
    INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
    Purchases of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development (657 ) (433 ) (1,043 ) (731 ) (2,123 ) (1,374 )
    Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other (624 ) (469 ) (673 ) (608 ) (770 ) (921 )
    Sales and maturities of marketable securities and other investments 1,251 2,028 2,989 3,967 5,864 6,138
    Purchases of marketable securities and other investments (565 ) (2,077 ) (1,417 ) (3,189 ) (4,485 ) (6,746 )
    Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (595 ) (951 ) (144 ) (561 ) (1,514 ) (2,903 )
    FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
    Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 85 15 125 61 126 159
    Common stock repurchased (960 ) (1,237 )
    Proceeds from long-term debt and other 123 34 190 123 242 197
    Repayments of long-term debt, capital lease, and finance lease obligations (141 ) (140 ) (293 ) (251 ) (483 ) (398 )
    Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 67 (91 ) (938 ) (67 ) (1,352 ) (42 )
    Foreign-currency effect on cash and cash equivalents (19 ) 25 (8 ) 61 (68 ) 158
    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 47 (594 ) (2,934 ) (1,730 ) 288 418
    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $ 2,335 $ 2,047 $ 2,335 $ 2,047 $ 2,335 $ 2,047
    SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
    Cash paid for interest on long term debt $ 8 $ 3 $ 14 $ 6 $ 22 $ 12
    Cash paid for income taxes (net of refunds) 20 (1 ) 39 6 66 35
    Fixed assets acquired under capital leases 207 230 356 411 699 673
    Fixed assets acquired under build-to-suit leases 15 97 31 166 125 219
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Consolidated Statements of Operations
    (in millions, except per share data)
    (unaudited)
    Three Months Ended  Six Months Ended 
    June 30,  June 30, 
    2012 2011 2012 2011
    Net product sales (1) $ 10,791 $ 8,611 $ 22,040 $ 17,310
    Net services sales (2) 2,043 1,302 3,979 2,460
    Net sales 12,834 9,913 26,019 19,770
    Operating expenses (3):
    Cost of sales 9,488 7,525 19,515 15,133
    Fulfillment 1,356 941 2,651 1,795
    Marketing 537 341 1,017 667
    Technology and content 1,082 698 2,027 1,278
    General and administrative 232 166 432 300
    Other operating expense (income), net 32 41 79 74
    Total operating expenses 12,727 9,712 25,721 19,247
    Income from operations 107 201 298 523
    Interest income 10 16 22 31
    Interest expense (21 ) (15 ) (42 ) (27 )
    Other income (expense), net 50 23 (49 ) 4
    Total non-operating income (expense) 39 24 (69 ) 8
    Income before income taxes 146 225 229 531
    Provision for income taxes (109 ) (49 ) (151 ) (138 )
    Equity-method investment activity, net of tax (30 ) 15 59 (2 )
    Net income $ 7 $ 191 $ 137 $ 391
    Basic earnings per share $ 0.02 $ 0.42 $ 0.30 $ 0.87
    Diluted earnings per share $ 0.01 $ 0.41 $ 0.30 $ 0.85
    Weighted average shares used in computation of earnings per share:
    Basic 451 453 452 452
    Diluted 458 460 459 460
    (1) Represents revenue from the sale of products and related shipping fees and digital content where we are the seller of record.
     
    (2) Represents third-party seller fees earned (including commissions) and related shipping fees, digital content subscriptions, and non-retail activities.
     
    (3) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:
    Fulfillment $ 58 $ 32 $ 94 $ 56
    Marketing 16 10 28 17
    Technology and content 112 75 198 136
    General and administrative 35 27 61 45
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
    (in millions)
    (unaudited)
    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    June 30, June 30,
    2012 2011 2012 2011
    Net income $ 7 $ 191 $ 137 $ 391
    Other comprehensive income (loss):
    Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $17, $9, $(21) and $1 (151 ) 31 (14 ) 166
    Change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $1, $(2), $(2) and $3 (3 ) 5 2 (6 )
    Total other comprehensive income (loss) (154 ) 36 (12 ) 160
    Comprehensive income (loss) $ (147 ) $ 227 $ 125 $ 551
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Segment Information
    (in millions)
    (unaudited)
    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    June 30, June 30,
    2012 2011 2012 2011
    North America
    Net sales $ 7,326 $ 5,406 $ 14,754 $ 10,871
    Segment operating expenses (1) 6,982 5,192 14,061 10,367
    Segment operating income $ 344 $ 214 $ 693 $ 504
    International
    Net sales $ 5,508 $ 4,507 $ 11,265 $ 8,899
    Segment operating expenses (1) 5,492 4,335 11,200 8,552
    Segment operating income $ 16 $ 172 $ 65 $ 347
    Consolidated
    Net sales $ 12,834 $ 9,913 $ 26,019 $ 19,770
    Segment operating expenses (1) 12,474 9,527 25,261 18,919
    Segment operating income 360 386 758 851
    Stock-based compensation (221 ) (144 ) (381 ) (254 )
    Other operating income (expense), net (32 ) (41 ) (79 ) (74 )
    Income from operations 107 201 298 523
    Total non-operating income (expense) 39 24 (69 ) 8
    Provision for income taxes (109 ) (49 ) (151 ) (138 )
    Equity-method investment activity, net of tax (30 ) 15 59 (2 )
    Net income $ 7 $ 191 $ 137 $ 391
    Segment Highlights:
    Y/Y net sales growth:
    North America 36 % 51 % 36 % 48 %
    International 22 51 27 41
    Consolidated 29 51 32 44
    Y/Y segment operating income growth (decline):
    North America 61 % 7 % 37 % 7 %
    International (91 ) (16 ) (81 ) (21 )
    Consolidated (7 ) (5 ) (11 ) (7 )
    Net sales mix:
    North America 57 % 55 % 57 % 55 %
    International 43 45 43 45
    100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
    (1) Represents operating expenses, excluding stock-based compensation and “Other operating expense (income), net,” which are not allocated to segments.
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Supplemental Net Sales Information
    (in millions)
    (unaudited)
    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    June 30, June 30,
    2012 2011 2012 2011
    North America
    Media $ 1,874 $ 1,585 $ 4,070 $ 3,470
    Electronics and other general merchandise 4,937 3,496 9,710 6,799
    Other (1) 515 325 974 602
    Total North America $ 7,326 $ 5,406 $ 14,754 $ 10,871
    International
    Media $ 2,245 $ 2,075 $ 4,758 $ 4,147
    Electronics and other general merchandise 3,224 2,398 6,426 4,684
    Other (1) 39 34 81 68
    Total International $ 5,508 $ 4,507 $ 11,265 $ 8,899
    Consolidated
    Media $ 4,119 $ 3,660 $ 8,828 $ 7,617
    Electronics and other general merchandise 8,161 5,894 16,136 11,483
    Other (1) 554 359 1,055 670
    Total Consolidated $ 12,834 $ 9,913 $ 26,019 $ 19,770
    Y/Y Net Sales Growth:
    North America:
    Media 18 % 20 % 17 % 19 %
    Electronics and other general merchandise 41 67 43 65
    Other 58 85 62 80
    Total North America 36 51 36 48
    International:
    Media 8 % 34 % 15 % 23 %
    Electronics and other general merchandise 34 71 37 62
    Other 14 25 19 20
    Total International 22 51 27 41
    Consolidated:
    Media 13 % 27 % 16 % 21 %
    Electronics and other general merchandise 38 69 41 64
    Other 54 77 57 71
    Total Consolidated 29 51 32 44
    Y/Y Net Sales Growth Excluding Effect of Exchange Rates:
    International:
    Media 12 % 20 % 17 % 14 %
    Electronics and other general merchandise 42 53 42 51
    Other 20 13 23 12
    Total International 28 36 30 31
    Consolidated:
    Media 15 % 20 % 17 % 16 %
    Electronics and other general merchandise 42 62 42 59
    Other 55 75 58 70
    Total Consolidated 32 44 33 40
    Consolidated Net Sales Mix:
    Media 32 % 37 % 34 % 39 %
    Electronics and other general merchandise 64 59 62 58
    Other 4 4 4 3
    100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
    (1) Includes non-retail activities, such as AWS in the North America segment, and miscellaneous marketing and promotional activities, our co-branded credit card agreements, and other seller sites in both segments.
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Consolidated Balance Sheets
    (in millions, except per share data)
    June 30, December 31,
    2012 2011
    ASSETS (unaudited)
    Current assets:
    Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,335 $ 5,269
    Marketable securities 2,635 4,307
    Inventories 4,380 4,992
    Accounts receivable, net and other 2,035 2,571
    Deferred tax assets 408 351
    Total current assets 11,793 17,490
    Fixed assets, net 5,097 4,417
    Deferred tax assets 26 28
    Goodwill 2,521 1,955
    Other assets 1,585 1,388
    Total assets $ 21,022 $ 25,278
    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
    Current liabilities:
    Accounts payable $ 7,072 $ 11,145
    Accrued expenses and other 3,892 3,751
    Total current liabilities 10,964 14,896
    Long-term liabilities 2,553 2,625
    Commitments and contingencies
    Stockholders’ equity:
    Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:
    Authorized shares — 500
    Issued and outstanding shares — none
    Common stock, $0.01 par value:
    Authorized shares — 5,000
    Issued shares — 476 and 473
    Outstanding shares — 452 and 455 5 5
    Treasury stock, at cost (1,837 ) (877 )
    Additional paid-in capital 7,573 6,990
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss (328 ) (316 )
    Retained earnings 2,092 1,955
    Total stockholders’ equity 7,505 7,757
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 21,022 $ 25,278
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
    (in millions, except per share data)
    (unaudited)
    Y/Y %
    Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Change
    Cash Flows and Shares
    Operating cash flow — trailing twelve months (TTM) $ 3,205 $ 3,114 $ 3,903 $ 3,051 $ 3,222 1%
    Purchases of fixed assets (incl. internal-use software & website development) — TTM $ 1,374 $ 1,589 $ 1,811 $ 1,899 $ 2,123 54%
    Free cash flow (operating cash flow less purchases of fixed assets) — TTM $ 1,831 $ 1,525 $ 2,092 $ 1,152 $ 1,099 (40%)
    Free cash flow — TTM Y/Y growth (8%) (17%) (17%) (39%) (40%) N/A
    Invested capital (1) $ 8,551 $ 9,147 $ 9,680 $ 10,006 $ 10,250 N/A
    Return on invested capital (2) 21% 17% 22% 12% 11% N/A
    Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding 468 469 468 464 468 0%
    Common shares outstanding 454 455 455 450 452 0%
    Stock-based awards outstanding 15 14 14 13 16 10%
    Stock-based awards outstanding — % of common shares outstanding 3.2% 3.2% 3.0% 2.9% 3.6% N/A
    Results of Operations
    Worldwide (WW) net sales $ 9,913 $ 10,876 $ 17,431 $ 13,185 $ 12,834 29%
    WW net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 44% 39% 34% 34% 32% N/A
    WW net sales — TTM $ 40,278 $ 43,594 $ 48,077 $ 51,404 $ 54,325 35%
    WW net sales — TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 39% 39% 37% 37% 35% N/A
    Operating income $ 201 $ 79 $ 260 $ 192 $ 107 (47%)
    Operating income — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X (36%) (77%) (48%) (38%) (34%) N/A
    Operating margin — % of WW net sales 2.0% 0.7% 1.5% 1.5% 0.8% N/A
    Operating income — TTM $ 1,265 $ 1,076 $ 862 $ 732 $ 637 (50%)
    Operating income — TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X (7%) (25%) (44%) (50%) (50%) N/A
    Operating margin — TTM % of WW net sales 3.1% 2.5% 1.8% 1.4% 1.2% N/A
    Net income $ 191 $ 63 $ 177 $ 130 $ 7 (96%)
    Net income per diluted share $ 0.41 $ 0.14 $ 0.38 $ 0.28 $ 0.01 (96%)
    Net income — TTM $ 1,038 $ 871 $ 631 $ 561 $ 377 (64%)
    Net income per diluted share — TTM $ 2.26 $ 1.89 $ 1.37 $ 1.22 $ 0.82 (64%)
    Segments
    North America Segment:
    Net sales $ 5,406 $ 5,932 $ 9,902 $ 7,427 $ 7,326 36%
    Net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 50% 44% 37% 36% 36% N/A
    Net sales — TTM $ 22,208 $ 24,014 $ 26,705 $ 28,667 $ 30,587 38%
    Operating income $ 214 $ 144 $ 285 $ 349 $ 344 61%
    Operating margin — % of North America net sales 4.0% 2.4% 2.9% 4.7% 4.7% N/A
    Operating income — TTM $ 986 $ 943 $ 933 $ 991 $ 1,120 14%
    Operating income — TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 9% 1% (2%) 2% 14% N/A
    Operating margin — TTM % of North America net sales 4.4% 3.9% 3.5% 3.5% 3.7% N/A
    International Segment:
    Net sales $ 4,507 $ 4,944 $ 7,529 $ 5,758 $ 5,508 22%
    Net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 36% 33% 29% 32% 28% N/A
    Net sales — TTM $ 18,070 $ 19,580 $ 21,372 $ 22,737 $ 23,738 31%
    Net sales — TTM % of WW net sales 45% 45% 44% 44% 44% N/A
    Operating income $ 172 $ 116 $ 177 $ 49 $ 16 (91%)
    Operating margin — % of International net sales 3.8% 2.4% 2.4% 0.9% 0.3% N/A
    Operating income — TTM $ 888 $ 790 $ 640 $ 515 $ 359 (60%)
    Operating income — TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X (7%) (23%) (41%) (49%) (57%) N/A
    Operating margin — TTM % of International net sales 4.9% 4.0% 3.0% 2.3% 1.5% N/A
    Consolidated Segments:
    Operating expenses (3) $ 9,527 $ 10,616 $ 16,969 $ 12,787 $ 12,474 31%
    Operating expenses — TTM (3) $ 38,404 $ 41,860 $ 46,504 $ 49,899 $ 52,846 38%
    Operating income $ 386 $ 260 $ 462 $ 398 $ 360 (7%)
    Operating margin — % of Consolidated sales 3.9% 2.4% 2.7% 3.0% 2.8% N/A
    Operating income — TTM $ 1,874 $ 1,734 $ 1,573 $ 1,505 $ 1,480 (21%)
    Operating income — TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 1% (11%) (21%) (22%) (21%) N/A
    Operating margin — TTM % of Consolidated net sales 4.7% 4.0% 3.3% 2.9% 2.7% N/A
    AMAZON.COM, INC.
    Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
    (in millions, except inventory turnover, accounts payable days and employee data)
    (unaudited)
    Y/Y %
    Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Change
    Supplemental
    Supplemental North America Segment Net Sales:
    Media $ 1,585 $ 1,927 $ 2,562 $ 2,197 $ 1,874 18%
    Media — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 19% 21% 8% 17% 18% N/A
    Media — TTM $ 7,430 $ 7,767 $ 7,959 $ 8,270 $ 8,559 15%
    Electronics and other general merchandise $ 3,496 $ 3,635 $ 6,881 $ 4,772 $ 4,937 41%
    Electronics and other general merchandise — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 67% 56% 51% 44% 41% N/A
    Electronics and other general merchandise — TTM $ 13,683 $ 14,992 $ 17,315 $ 18,784 $ 20,226 48%
    Electronics and other general merchandise — TTM % of North America net sales 62% 62% 65% 66% 66% N/A
    Other $ 325 $ 370 $ 459 $ 458 $ 515 58%
    Other — TTM $ 1,095 $ 1,255 $ 1,431 $ 1,613 $ 1,802 65%
    Supplemental International Segment Net Sales:
    Media $ 2,075 $ 2,226 $ 3,447 $ 2,513 $ 2,245 8%
    Media — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 20% 17% 18% 22% 12% N/A
    Media — TTM $ 8,772 $ 9,238 $ 9,820 $ 10,261 $ 10,431 19%
    Electronics and other general merchandise $ 2,398 $ 2,681 $ 4,032 $ 3,203 $ 3,224 34%
    Electronics and other general merchandise — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 53% 51% 41% 42% 42% N/A
    Electronics and other general merchandise — TTM $ 9,162 $ 10,199 $ 11,397 $ 12,314 $ 13,139 43%
    Electronics and other general merchandise — TTM % of International net sales 51% 52% 53% 54% 55% N/A
    Other $ 34 $ 37 $ 50 $ 42 $ 39 14%
    Other — TTM $ 136 $ 143 $ 155 $ 162 $ 168 23%
    Supplemental Worldwide Net Sales:
    Media $ 3,660 $ 4,153 $ 6,009 $ 4,710 $ 4,119 13%
    Media — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 20% 19% 14% 19% 15% N/A
    Media — TTM $ 16,202 $ 17,005 $ 17,779 $ 18,531 $ 18,990 17%
    Electronics and other general merchandise $ 5,894 $ 6,316 $ 10,913 $ 7,975 $ 8,161 38%
    Electronics and other general merchandise — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 62% 54% 47% 43% 42% N/A
    Electronics and other general merchandise — TTM $ 22,845 $ 25,191 $ 28,712 $ 31,098 $ 33,365 46%
    Electronics and other general merchandise — TTM % of WW net sales 57% 58% 60% 60% 61% N/A
    Other $ 359 $ 407 $ 509 $ 500 $ 554 54%
    Other — TTM $ 1,231 $ 1,398 $ 1,586 $ 1,775 $ 1,970 60%
    Balance Sheet
    Cash and marketable securities $ 6,355 $ 6,326 $ 9,576 $ 5,715 $ 4,970 (22%)
    Inventory, net — ending $ 3,229 $ 3,770 $ 4,992 $ 4,255 $ 4,380 36%
    Inventory turnover, average — TTM 11.3 10.8 10.3 10.4 10.1 (11%)
    Fixed assets, net $ 3,470 $ 3,999 $ 4,417 $ 4,653 $ 5,097 47%
    Accounts payable — ending $ 5,721 $ 6,552 $ 11,145 $ 6,886 $ 7,072 24%
    Accounts payable days — ending 69 72 74 62 68 (2%)
    Other
    WW shipping revenue $ 331 $ 360 $ 531 $ 461 $ 469 42%
    WW shipping costs $ 820 $ 918 $ 1,466 $ 1,129 $ 1,054 29%
    WW net shipping costs $ 489 $ 558 $ 935 $ 668 $ 585 20%
    WW net shipping costs — % of WW net sales 4.9% 5.1% 5.4% 5.1% 4.6% N/A
    Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel) 43,200 51,300 56,200 65,600 69,100 60%
    (1) Average Total Assets minus Current Liabilities (excluding current portion of Long Term Debt) over five quarter ends.
    (2) TTM Free Cash Flow divided by Invested Capital.
    (3) Represents cost of sales, fulfillment, marketing, technology and content, and general and administrative operating expenses, excluding stock-based compensation.

    Amazon.com, Inc.

    Certain Definitions

    Customer Accounts

    • References to customers mean customer accounts, which are unique e-mail addresses, established either when a customer places an order or when a customer orders from other sellers on our websites. Customer accounts exclude certain customers, including customers associated with certain of our acquisitions, Amazon Enterprise Solutions program customers, Amazon.com Payments customers, Amazon Web Services customers, and the customers of select companies with whom we have a technology alliance or marketing and promotional relationship. Customers are considered active when they have placed an order during the preceding twelve-month period.

    Seller Accounts

    • References to sellers means seller accounts, which are established when a seller receives an order from a customer account. Seller accounts exclude Amazon Enterprise Solutions sellers. Sellers are considered active when they have received an order from a customer during the preceding twelve-month period.

    Registered Developers

    • References to registered developers mean cumulative registered developer accounts, which are established when potential developers enroll with Amazon Web Services and receive a developer access key.

    Units

     

    Source: Amazon.com, Inc.

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