Amazon (AMZN) Q1 earnings report 2025

Amazon reported better-than-expected outcomes for the primary quarter, pushed by progress in its cloud computing and promoting companies, nevertheless it gave smooth steerage for the present interval.

The inventory fell greater than 4% in prolonged buying and selling.

This is how the corporate did, in contrast with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:

• Earnings per share: $1.59 vs. $1.36 estimated
• Income: $155.67 billion vs. $155.04 billion estimated

Wall Avenue can also be different key income numbers:

• Amazon Internet Providers: $29.3 billion vs. $29.42 billion anticipated, based on StreetAccount
• Promoting: $13.92 billion vs. $13.74 billion anticipated, based on StreetAccount

Amazon stated it expects second quarter working earnings to be between $13 billion and $17.5 billion, beneath the $17.64 billion consensus forecast, based on StreetAccount.

The corporate expects gross sales this quarter to be between $159 billion and $164 billion, representing progress of seven% to 11%. Analysts have been anticipating $160.9 billion, based on LSEG.

Amazon famous “tariffs and commerce insurance policies” are amongst a variety of things that might make its steerage topic to vary.

Internet earnings got here in at $17.13 billion, or $1.59 per share, in contrast with $10.43 billion, or 98 cents per share, a 12 months in the past.

Gross sales in Amazon’s cloud division got here in slightly below consensus estimates, marking the third consecutive quarter of income misses. AWS income grew 17% throughout the quarter, which was a slower charge than analysts’ anticipated. Final quarter, gross sales within the unit expanded 18.9%.

Promoting was a vibrant spot within the report. Gross sales within the unit rose 19% 12 months over 12 months to $13.92 billion throughout the quarter, outpacing the expansion in Amazon’s core retail enterprise.