Amazon Earnings: What Will Move the Market
Amazon Earnings: What Will Move the Market
Date Published: 2018-10-22
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Amazon Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has earnings due out on Thursday 2018-10-25 after the market closes. Special attention should be paid to the AWS business and the now burgeoning advertising business, which has become the fastest growing segment for the company.Amazon - By the Numbers
While the numbers are driven by the individual business segments, namely e-commerce, AWS (cloud), advertising, and hardware, when all rolled up -- there is an expectation set by Wall Street -- and there are numbers at the top tier of that expectation as well. Guidance, at times, moves the market more than the actual quarter being reported -- so watch those numbers as well.But, if there is a surprise to be had, one of those Amazon "I can't believe it" moments, it's going to have to come from advertising... and it very well may.
Current Quarter Analyst Estimates
| Revenue | $57.13 Billion |
| Adjusted EPS | $3.10 |
What Constitutes a "Large Beat" for the Quarter
* If AMZN reports a revenue number above $58.08 Billion, that would be ahead of even the highest estimates.* If AMZN reports an EPS number above $4.40, that would be ahead of even the highest estimates.
Next Quarter Analyst Estimates
| Revenue | $73.83 Billion |
| EPS | $5.90 |
What Constitutes a "Large Beat" in Guidance
* If AMZN guides revenue above $75.78 Billion, that would be ahead of even the highest estimates.* If AMZN guides EPS above $8.04, that would be ahead of even the highest estimates.
Implied Forward PE
| Current Fiscal Year | 103.15 |
| Next Fiscal Year | 70.59 |
* If AMZN hits the mean estimates for EPS this year, the company trades at a forward PE (for the current fiscal year) of 103.15.
* If AMZN hits the mean estimates for EPS for next year, the company trades at a forward PE (for the next fiscal year) of 70.59.
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