Ecommerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported second-quarter financial results after market close Thursday.
Here are the highlights.
What Happened: Amazon reported second-quarter net sales of $167.7 billion, up 13% year-over-year. The net sales total beat a Street consensus estimate of $161.9 billion according to data from Benzinga Pro.
Sales were broken down as follows:
- North America: $100.1 billion, +11% year-over-year
- International: $36.8 billion, +16% year-over-year
- AWS: $30.9 billion, +17.5% year-over-year
The company reported quarterly earnings per share of $1.68, beating a Street estimate of $1.30.
Operating income for the company was $19.2 billion, which was broken down by segment:
- North America: $7.5 billion
- International: $1.5 billion
- AWS: $10.2 billion
The company said it had its biggest Prime Day event ever in the quarter, with independent sellers seeing record sales.
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