Amazon (AMZN.US) stock plunged 10.0% before the opening bell after the tech giant posted disappointing quarterly results and revealed a revenue forecast that missed analyst estimates. Company's sales growth slowed down to 7.0% compared to 44% last year, meanwhile costs increased and its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian (RIVN.US) erased its profits.
- Revenue at $116.4 billion came in-line with Wall Street expectations. However, Amazon reported a surprising loss per share of $7.56, while market expected profit of $8.40 per share. Company recorded net loss of $3.8 billion, it was the first quarterly loss since 2015;
- E-commerce giant recorded a $7.6 billion loss on its investment in EV manufacturer Rivian after its stock fell over 50.0%. Amazon owns nearly 20% EV maker shares;
- Advertising amounted to $7.88 billion well below market estimates of $8.17 billion;
- Operating expenses increased by more than 13.0% to $112.78 million;
- On the upside, Amazon Web Services rose to $ 18.44 billion beating analysts’ estimates of $18.27 billion;
Solid performance of cloud business to some extent counteracted lower e-commerce sales and Rivian related losses, and continues to be the biggest driver of profit for Amazon. Source: Geekwire
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Create account Try a demo Download mobile app Download mobile app- Amazon’s CFO Brian Olsavsky said incremental costs from inflation, warehouse capacity exceeding demands and other issues had cost the company about $6bn over the quarter.
- “The pandemic and subsequent war in Ukraine have brought unusual growth and challenges,” said CEO Andy Jassy.
- Amazon's unveiled plans for its first stock split in more than 20 years. On May 25 shareholders will receive 19 shares of the group for each one held. Trading is expected to begin on a split-adjusted basis on June 6
- For the current quarter, the company forecasts operating income between a loss of $1bn and a gain of $3bn, which looks bleak compared to $7.7bn in Q2 of 2021. Revenues in the range of $116 billion to $121 billion, also widely missed analysts forecast of around $125 billion.
Amazon was one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, however since the covid seems to be in retreat, customers returned to bricks and mortar shopping. In-store shopping jumped over 11.0% last month while online dropped 3.3%, according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse report. If this trend continues in the upcoming months, company may face further downward pressure.
Amazon (AMZN.US) stock fell sharply and is currently trading around $2600 level. If current sentiment prevails, downward move may accelerate towards major support at $2465 which coincides with 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the upward wave launched in March 2020. The nearest resistance is located around $2715 and is marked with previous price reactions and 50.0% retracement. Source: xStation5
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