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Amazon Reports Record Increase in Prime Subscriptions
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That revenue forecast is more than $4 billion higher than the company’s actual fourth-quarter revenue last year and a jump of more than 30% sequentially. Amazon’s revenues for each of the first three quarters of this year have been right around $20 billion.
Amazon listed some “fun facts” about its holiday season:
We will have to wait until late January or early February when the company reports quarterly results to find out if Amazon posted a profit for the quarter. Last year the company posted earnings per share of $0.51 in the fourth quarter, compared with a consensus estimate of $0.66. Analysts are looking for just $0.18 per share in earnings for the current quarter after the company posted losses in both the second and third quarters of this year. For the full fiscal year, Amazon is expected to post an earnings per share loss of $0.78.
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The stock posted an all-time high just before Amazon reported earnings last January. Since then the stock has dropped about 24%. Shares traded up 1.3% Friday morning to $306.98, in a 52-week range of $284.00 to $408.06.
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