SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 25, 2013-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

Operating cash flow increased 39% to $4.25 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $3.05 billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2012. Free cash flow decreased 85% to $177 million for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.15 billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2012. Free cash flow for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2013 includes fourth quarter 2012 cash outflows for purchases of corporate office space and property in Seattle, Washington, of $1.4 billion.

Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 471 million on March 31, 2013, compared with 464 million one year ago.

Net sales increased 22% to $16.07 billion in the first quarter, compared with $13.18 billion in first quarter 2012. Excluding the $302 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales grew 24% compared with first quarter 2012.

Operating income decreased 6% to $181 million in the first quarter, compared with $192 million in first quarter 2012. The unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter on operating income was $12 million.

Net income decreased 37% to $82 million in the first quarter, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared with $130 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, in first quarter 2012.

“Amazon Studios is working on a new way to greenlight TV shows. The pilots are out in the open where everyone can have a say,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “I have my personal picks and so do members of the Amazon Studios team, but the exciting thing about our approach is that our opinions don’t matter. Our customers will determine what goes into full-season production. We hope Amazon Originals can become yet another way for us to create value for Prime members.”

Highlights

  • Amazon.com expanded selection for Prime Instant Video, announcing new licensing agreements with A+E Networks, CBS Corporation, FX, PBS Distribution and Scripps Networks Interactive, bringing exclusive access to popular television series such as Downton AbbeyJustified and Under the Dome as well as shows from HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel and Travel Channel. Prime Instant Video now includes more than 38,000 movies and TV episodes that are available for Prime members to watch at no additional charge.
  • Amazon Studios, the original film and series production arm of Amazon.com, debuted 14 original comedy and kids pilots. The pilots, which feature stars such as John Goodman, Jeffrey Tambor and Bebe Neuwirth, are available exclusively at www.amazonoriginals.com and on the Amazon Instant Video app for Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Wii U, as well as hundreds of other connected devices. Viewer feedback will help determine which pilots Amazon Studios will produce into full series.
  • Amazon expanded the popular Kindle Fire feature “X-Ray for Movies” to TV shows, bringing the power of IMDb directly to the most popular TV shows on Kindle Fire. With a single tap viewers can discover the names of actors and what they've been in, without even leaving the TV show.
  • Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has grown to over 300,000 books available to borrow for free as frequently as a book a month, including many titles exclusive to Amazon.
  • Amazon announced the launch of the Amazon MP3 store optimized specifically for Safari browser. For the first time ever, iPhone and iPod touch users can discover and buy digital music from Amazon’s 22 million song catalog. Amazon also announced its Cloud Player app for iPad and iPad mini, enabling customers to play or download music stored in Cloud Player to their device, play music that is already stored on their device, and manage or create playlists.
  • Amazon announced it has extended its popular AutoRip services to vinyl records. AutoRip provides customers with free MP3 versions of CDs and vinyl records they purchase from Amazon. Additionally, customers who have purchased AutoRip CDs or vinyl records at any time since Amazon first opened its Music Store in 1998 will find MP3 versions of those albums in their Cloud Player libraries – also automatically for free.
  • Amazon announced the launch of Kindle Fire HD 8.9” — the large-screen version of its best-selling tablet —for the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. With the expansion of Kindle Fire HD 8.9” to Europe and Japan, Amazon also announced a lower price on Kindle Fire HD 8.9” in the U.S., with the Wi-Fi version starting at $269 and the 4G version starting at $399.
  • Amazon Publishing, the publishing arm of Amazon.com, announced that it will start paying authors their royalties monthly, 60 days in arrears — allowing authors to receive payment more frequently than the twice-a-year industry standard.
  • Amazon acquired Goodreads, a leading site for readers and book recommendations that helps people find and share books they love. Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine; share ratings and recommendations; track what they have read, and list what they want to read.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of Amazon Redshift, a fast and powerful, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud for a fraction of the cost of a traditional data warehouse.
  • AWS launched AWS OpsWorks, an application management solution for the complete lifecycle of complex applications, including resource provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and access control.
  • AWS announced Amazon Elastic Transcoder, a highly scalable service for transcoding video files between different digital media formats. Amazon Elastic Transcoder manages all aspects of the transcoding process transparently and automatically, providing scalability and performance by leveraging AWS services.
  • AWS announced AWS CloudHSM, a new service enabling customers to increase data security and meet compliance requirements by using dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM) appliances within the AWS Cloud. The CloudHSM service allows customers to securely generate, store and manage cryptographic keys used for data encryption in a way that keys are accessible only by the customer.
  • AWS has lowered prices 31 times since it launched in 2006, including 7 price reductions so far in 2013.

Financial Guidance

The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com’s expectations as of April 25, 2013. Our results are inherently unpredictable and may be materially affected by many factors, such as fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, changes in global economic conditions and consumer spending, world events, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce and the various factors detailed below.

Second Quarter 2013 Guidance

  • Net sales are expected to be between $14.5 billion and $16.2 billion, or to grow between 13% and 26% compared with second quarter 2012.
  • Operating income (loss) is expected to be between $(340) million and $10 million, compared to $107 million in the comparable prior year period.
  • This guidance includes approximately $340 million for stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets, and it assumes, among other things, that no additional business acquisitions, investments, or legal settlements are concluded and that there are no further revisions to stock-based compensation estimates.

A conference call will be webcast live today at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET, and will be available for at least three months at www.amazon.com/ir. This call will contain forward-looking statements and other material information regarding the Company’s financial and operating results.

These forward-looking statements are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons, including, in addition to the factors discussed above, the amount that Amazon.com invests in new business opportunities and the timing of those investments, the mix of products sold to customers, the mix of net sales derived from products as compared with services, the extent to which we owe income taxes, competition, management of growth, potential fluctuations in operating results, international growth and expansion, the outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization, risks of inventory management, seasonality, the degree to which the Company enters into, maintains, and develops commercial agreements, acquisitions, and strategic transactions, and risks of fulfillment throughput and productivity. Other risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to new products, services, and technologies, system interruptions, government regulation and taxation, payments, and fraud. In addition, the current global economic climate amplifies many of these risks. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

Our investor relations website is www.amazon.com/ir and we encourage investors to use it as a way of easily finding information about us. We promptly make available on this website, free of charge, the reports that we file or furnish with the SEC, corporate governance information (including our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics), and select press releases and social media postings.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest generation Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support, dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and 8.9”. The large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.comwww.amazon.co.ukwww.amazon.dewww.amazon.co.jpwww.amazon.frwww.amazon.cawww.amazon.cnwww.amazon.itwww.amazon.es and www.amazon.com.br. As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions)
(unaudited)
         
  Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
  March 31, March 31,
  2013 2012 2013 2012
         
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $8,084  $5,269  $2,288  $2,641 
         
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:        
Net income (loss)  82   130   (87)  561 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash from operating activities:

        

Depreciation of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, and other amortization

  700   457   2,402   1,338 
Stock-based compensation  229   160   901   605 
Other operating expense (income), net  31   46   139   168 
Losses (gains) on sales of marketable securities, net  -   (2)  (7)  (8)
Other expense (income), net  68   15   306   (78)
Deferred income taxes  (80)  (38)  (307)  83 
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation  -   (40)  (390)  (56)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Inventories  535   747   (1,211)  (1,374)
Accounts receivable, net and other  729   746   (877)  (479)
Accounts payable  (4,187)  (4,258)  2,141   1,388 
Accrued expenses and other  (703)  (529)  864   721 
Additions to unearned revenue  684   397   2,083   1,252 
Amortization of previously unearned revenue  (460)  (269)  (1,712)  (1,070)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  (2,372)  (2,438)  4,245   3,051 
         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        

Purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development

  (670)  (386)  (4,068)  (1,899)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other  (103)  (50)  (798)  (615)
Sales and maturities of marketable securities and other investments  599   1,738   3,098   6,641 
Purchases of marketable securities and other investments  (776)  (852)  (3,227)  (5,997)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  (950)  450   (4,995)  (1,870)
         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation  -   40   390   56 
Common stock repurchased  -   (960)  -   (1,237)
Proceeds from long-term debt and other  25   68   3,319   154 

Repayments of long-term debt, capital lease, and finance lease obligations

  (182)  (153)  (603)  (483)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  (157)  (1,005)  3,106   (1,510)
         
Foreign-currency effect on cash and cash equivalents  (124)  12   (163)  (24)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (3,603)  (2,981)  2,193   (353)
         
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $4,481  $2,288  $4,481  $2,288 
         
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash paid for interest on long-term debt $13  $6  $37  $17 
Cash paid for income taxes (net of refunds)  86   19   179   45 
Property and equipment acquired under capital leases  340   149   993   721 
Property and equipment acquired under build-to-suit leases  150   17   163   207 
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
     
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2013 2012
     
Net product sales $13,271  $11,249 
Net services sales  2,799   1,936 
Total net sales  16,070   13,185 
     
Operating expenses (1):    
Cost of sales  11,801   10,027 
Fulfillment  1,796   1,295 
Marketing  632   480 
Technology and content  1,383   945 
General and administrative  246   200 
Other operating expense (income), net  31   46 
Total operating expenses  15,889   12,993 
     
Income from operations  181   192 
     
Interest income  10   12 
Interest expense  (33)  (21)
Other income (expense), net  (77)  (99)
Total non-operating income (expense)  (100)  (108)
     
Income before income taxes  81   84 
     
Benefit (provision) for income taxes  18   (43)
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax  (17)  89 
Net income $82  $130 
     
Basic earnings per share $0.18  $0.29 
     
Diluted earnings per share $0.18  $0.28 
     
     
Weighted average shares used in computation of earnings per share:    
Basic  455   453 
Diluted  463   460 
     
(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:    
Fulfillment $61  $37 
Marketing  16   12 
Technology and content  120   85 
General and administrative  32   26 
     
AMAZON.COM, INC.    
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME    
(in millions)    
(unaudited)    
     
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2013 2012
     
Net income $82  $130 
     
Other comprehensive income (loss):    
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $(9) and $(38)  (78)  137 
Net change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities:    
Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax of $1 and $(3)  (2)  7 

Reclassification adjustment for losses (gains) included in "Other income (expense), net," net of tax effect of $0 and $1

  -   (2)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities  (2)  5 
Total other comprehensive income (loss)  (80)  142 
     
Comprehensive income $2  $272 
      
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Segment Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
      
  Three Months Ended 
  March 31, 
  2013 2012 
North America     
Net sales $9,391  $7,427  
Segment operating expenses (1)  8,934   7,078  
Segment operating income $457  $349  
      
International     
Net sales $6,679  $5,758  
Segment operating expenses (1)  6,695   5,709  
Segment operating income (loss) $(16) $49  
      
Consolidated     
Net sales $16,070  $13,185  
Segment operating expenses (1)  15,629   12,787  
Segment operating income  441   398  
Stock-based compensation  (229)  (160) 
Other operating income (expense), net  (31)  (46) 
Income from operations  181   192  
Total non-operating income (expense)  (100)  (108) 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes  18   (43) 
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax  (17)  89  
Net income $82  $130  
      
Segment Highlights:     
Y/Y net sales growth:     
North America  26 % 36 %
International  16   31  
Consolidated  22   34  
Y/Y segment operating income growth (decline):     
North America  31 % 20 %
International  (133)  (72) 
Consolidated  11   (15) 
Net sales mix:     
North America  58 % 56 %
International  42   44  
   100 % 100 %
      

(1) Represents operating expenses, excluding stock-based compensation and "Other operating expense (income), net," which are not allocated to segments.

      
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Net Sales Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
      
  Three Months Ended 
  March 31, 
  2013 2012 
North America     
Media $2,513 $2,197 
Electronics and other general merchandise  6,128  4,772 
Other (1)  750  458 
Total North America $9,391 $7,427 
      
International     
Media $2,545 $2,513 
Electronics and other general merchandise  4,086  3,203 
Other (1)  48  42 
Total International $6,679 $5,758 
      
Consolidated     
Media $5,058 $4,710 
Electronics and other general merchandise  10,214  7,975 
Other (1)  798  500 
Total consolidated $16,070 $13,185 
      
Y/Y Net Sales Growth:     
North America:     
Media  14% 17%
Electronics and other general merchandise  28  44 
Other  64  66 
Total North America  26  36 
      
International:     
Media  1% 21%
Electronics and other general merchandise  28  40 
Other  14  24 
Total International  16  31 
      
Consolidated:     
Media  7% 19%
Electronics and other general merchandise  28  43 
Other  59  61 
Total consolidated  22  34 
      
Y/Y Net Sales Growth Excluding Effect of Exchange Rates:     
International:     
Media  7% 22%
Electronics and other general merchandise  32  42 
Other  18  26 
Total International  21  32 
      
Consolidated:     
Media  10% 19%
Electronics and other general merchandise  30  43 
Other  60  61 
Total consolidated  24  34 
      
Consolidated Net Sales Mix:     
Media  31% 36%
Electronics and other general merchandise  64  60 
Other  5  4 
   100% 100%
      

(1) Includes sales from non-retail activities, such as AWS in the North America segment, advertising services, and our co-branded credit card agreements in both segments.

 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except per share data)
     
  March 31, December 31,
  2013 2012
ASSETS (unaudited)  
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $4,481  $8,084 
Marketable securities  3,414   3,364 
Inventories  5,395   6,031 
Accounts receivable, net and other  2,516   3,364 
Deferred tax assets  507   453 
Total current assets  16,313   21,296 
Property and equipment, net  7,674   7,060 
Deferred tax assets  123   123 
Goodwill  2,535   2,552 
Other assets  1,732   1,524 
Total assets $28,377  $32,555 
     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY    
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable $8,916  $13,318 
Accrued expenses and other  5,416   5,684 
Total current liabilities  14,332   19,002 
Long-term debt  3,040   3,084 
Other long-term liabilities  2,573   2,277 
     
Commitments and contingencies    
     
Stockholders' equity:    
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:    
Authorized shares — 500    
Issued and outstanding shares — none  -   - 
Common stock, $0.01 par value:    
Authorized shares — 5,000    
Issued shares — 479 and 478    
Outstanding shares — 455 and 454  5   5 
Treasury stock, at cost  (1,837)  (1,837)
Additional paid-in capital  8,585   8,347 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (319)  (239)
Retained earnings  1,998   1,916 
Total stockholders' equity  8,432   8,192 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $28,377  $32,555 
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
            Y/Y %
  Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Change
Cash Flows and Shares            
Operating cash flow -- trailing twelve months (TTM) $3,051  $3,222  $3,368  $4,180  $4,245  39%
Purchases of property and equipment (incl. internal-use software & website development) -- TTM $1,899  $2,123  $2,310  $3,785  $4,068  114%
Free cash flow (operating cash flow less purchases of property and equipment) -- TTM $1,152  $1,099  $1,058  $395  $177  (85%)
Free cash flow -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline)  (39%)  (40%)  (31%)  (81%)  (85%) N/A 
Invested capital (1) $10,006  $10,250  $10,392  $11,181  $12,019  20%
Return on invested capital (2)  12%  11%  10%  4%  1% N/A 
             
Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding  464   468   469   470   471  2%
Common shares outstanding  450   452   453   454   455  1%
Stock-based awards outstanding  13   16   16   16   16  17%
Stock-based awards outstanding -- % of common shares outstanding  2.9%  3.6%  3.6%  3.5%  3.4% N/A 
             
Results of Operations            
Worldwide (WW) net sales $13,185  $12,834  $13,806  $21,268  $16,070  22%
WW net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  34%  32%  30%  23%  24% N/A 
WW net sales -- TTM $51,404  $54,325  $57,256  $61,093  $63,978  24%
WW net sales -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  37%  35%  33%  29%  27% N/A 
             
Operating income (loss) $192  $107  $(28) $405  $181  (6%)
Operating income -- Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X  (38%)  (34%)  (137%)  59%  1% N/A 
Operating margin -- % of WW net sales  1.5%  0.8%  (0.2%)  1.9%  1.1% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $732  $637  $531  $676  $665  (9%)
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X  (50%)  (50%)  (48%)  (15%)  (6%) N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of WW net sales  1.4%  1.2%  0.9%  1.1%  1.0% N/A 
             
Net income (loss) $130  $7  $(274) $97  $82  (37%)
Net income (loss) per diluted share $0.28  $0.01  $(0.60) $0.21  $0.18  (37%)
Net income (loss) -- TTM $561  $377  $40  $(39) $(87) (116%)
Net income (loss) per diluted share -- TTM $1.22  $0.82  $0.09  $(0.09) $(0.19) (116%)
             
Segments            
North America Segment:            
Net sales $7,427  $7,326  $7,884  $12,175  $9,391  26%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  36%  36%  33%  23%  26% N/A 
Net sales -- TTM $28,667  $30,587  $32,540  $34,813  $36,777  28%
Operating income $349  $344  $291  $608  $457  31%
Operating margin -- % of North America net sales  4.7%  4.7%  3.7%  5.0%  4.9% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $991  $1,120  $1,268  $1,592  $1,700  72%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  2%  14%  34%  71%  72% N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of North America net sales  3.5%  3.7%  3.9%  4.6%  4.6% N/A 
             
International Segment:            
Net sales $5,758  $5,508  $5,922  $9,093  $6,679  16%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  32%  28%  27%  23%  21% N/A 
Net sales -- TTM $22,737  $23,738  $24,716  $26,280  $27,201  20%
Net sales -- TTM % of WW net sales  44%  44%  43%  43%  43% N/A 
Operating income (loss) $49  $16  $(59) $70  $(16) (133%)
Operating margin -- % of International net sales  0.9%  0.3%  (1.0%)  0.8%  (0.2%) N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $515  $359  $183  $76  $11  (98%)
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X  (49%)  (57%)  (68%)  (77%)  (83%) N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of International net sales  2.3%  1.5%  0.7%  0.3%  0.0% N/A 
             
Consolidated Segments:            
Operating expenses (3) $12,787  $12,474  $13,574  $20,590  $15,629  22%
Operating expenses -- TTM (3) $49,899  $52,846  $55,805  $59,425  $62,267  25%
Operating income $398  $360  $232  $678  $441  11%
Operating margin -- % of Consolidated sales  3.0%  2.8%  1.7%  3.2%  2.7% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $1,505  $1,480  $1,451  $1,668  $1,711  14%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X  (22%)  (21%)  (15%)  7%  15% N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of Consolidated net sales  2.9%  2.7%  2.5%  2.7%  2.7% N/A 
             
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except inventory turnover, accounts payable days and employee data)
(unaudited)
 
            Y/Y %
  Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Change
Supplemental            
Supplemental North America Segment Net Sales:            
Media $2,197  $1,874  $2,215  $2,903  $2,513  14%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  17%  18%  15%  13%  14% N/A 
Media -- TTM $8,270  $8,559  $8,847  $9,189  $9,506  15%
Electronics and other general merchandise $4,772  $4,937  $5,061  $8,503  $6,128  28%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  44%  41%  39%  24%  28% N/A 
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $18,784  $20,226  $21,652  $23,273  $24,629  31%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of North America net sales  66%  66%  67%  67%  67% N/A 
Other $458  $515  $608  $769  $750  64%
Other -- TTM $1,613  $1,802  $2,041  $2,351  $2,642  64%
             
Supplemental International Segment Net Sales:            
Media $2,513  $2,245  $2,385  $3,611  $2,545  1%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  22%  12%  12%  7%  7% N/A 
Media -- TTM $10,261  $10,431  $10,590  $10,753  $10,785  5%
Electronics and other general merchandise $3,203  $3,224  $3,497  $5,431  $4,086  28%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  42%  42%  39%  37%  32% N/A 
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $12,314  $13,139  $13,956  $15,355  $16,238  32%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of International net sales  54%  55%  56%  58%  60% N/A 
Other $42  $39  $40  $51  $48  14%
Other -- TTM $162  $168  $170  $172  $178  9%
             
Supplemental Worldwide Net Sales:            
Media $4,710  $4,119  $4,600  $6,514  $5,058  7%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  19%  15%  14%  10%  10% N/A 
Media -- TTM $18,531  $18,990  $19,437  $19,942  $20,291  9%
Electronics and other general merchandise $7,975  $8,161  $8,558  $13,934  $10,214  28%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  43%  42%  39%  29%  30% N/A 
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $31,098  $33,365  $35,608  $38,628  $40,867  31%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of WW net sales  60%  61%  62%  63%  64% N/A 
Other $500  $554  $648  $820  $798  59%
Other -- TTM $1,775  $1,970  $2,211  $2,523  $2,820  59%
             
Balance Sheet            
Cash and marketable securities $5,715  $4,970  $5,248  $11,448  $7,895  38%
Inventory, net -- ending $4,255  $4,380  $5,065  $6,031  $5,395  27%
Inventory turnover, average -- TTM  10.4   10.1   9.7   9.3   9.5  (8%)
Property and equipment, net $4,653  $5,097  $5,662  $7,060  $7,674  65%
             
Accounts payable -- ending $6,886  $7,072  $8,369  $13,318  $8,916  29%
Accounts payable days -- ending  62   68   75   76   68  9%
             
Other            
WW shipping revenue $461  $469  $517  $832  $633  37%
WW shipping costs $1,129  $1,054  $1,153  $1,798  $1,396  24%
WW net shipping costs $668  $585  $636  $966  $763  14%
WW net shipping costs -- % of WW net sales  5.1%  4.6%  4.6%  4.5%  4.7% N/A 
             
             
Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel)  65,600   69,100   81,400   88,400   91,300  39%
             
             
(1) Average Total Assets minus Current Liabilities (excluding current portion of Long-Term Debt) over five quarter ends.
(2) TTM Free Cash Flow divided by Invested Capital.

(3) Represents cost of sales, fulfillment, marketing, technology and content, and general and administrative operating expenses, excluding stock-based compensation.

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

Certain Definitions

Customer Accounts

  • References to customers mean customer accounts, which are unique e-mail addresses, established either when a customer places an order or when a customer orders from other sellers on our websites. Customer accounts exclude certain customers, including customers associated with certain of our acquisitions, Amazon Payments customers, Amazon Web Services customers, and the customers of select companies with whom we have a technology alliance or marketing and promotional relationship. Customers are considered active when they have placed an order during the preceding twelve-month period.

Seller Accounts

  • References to sellers means seller accounts, which are established when a seller receives an order from a customer account. Sellers are considered active when they have received an order from a customer during the preceding twelve-month period.

Registered Developers

  • References to registered developers mean cumulative registered developer accounts, which are established when potential developers enroll with Amazon Web Services and receive a developer access key.

Units

 

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