SEATTLE, Apr 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Operating cash flow increased 9% to $3.03 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $2.78billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2010. Free cash flow decreased 18% to $1.90 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $2.32 billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2010.

Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 466 million on March 31, 2011, compared with 463 million a year ago.

Net sales increased 38% to $9.86 billion in the first quarter, compared with $7.13 billion in first quarter 2010. Excluding the $144 million favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales would have grown 36% compared with first quarter 2010.

Operating income was $322 million in the first quarter, compared with $394 million in first quarter 2010. The favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter on operating income was $7 million.

Net income decreased 33% to $201 million in the first quarter, or $0.44 per diluted share, compared with net income of $299 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, in first quarter 2010.

"In the last 90 days, we announced Kindle with Special Offers, Kindle Library Lending, Audible audiobooks on Kindle, Appstore for Android, Amazon for Windows Phone 7, Checkout by Amazon in both Germany and the U.K., a Kindle Store in Germany, Cloud Drive, Cloud Player, and Prime Instant Video - just to call out a few of the things we've been working on," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "We love inventing on behalf of customers and have never been more excited about the long-term opportunities."

Highlights

 

  • Amazon introduced a new member of the Kindle family - Kindle with Special Offers for only $114. Kindle with Special Offers is the same #1 bestselling Kindle, plus special offers and sponsored screensavers designed for Kindle's high-contrast, no glare electronic ink display from sponsors including Buick, Olay, Visa, and Amazon.com Reward Visa Card.
  • The U.S. Kindle Store now has more than 900,000 books, including New Releases and 107 of 110 New York Times Bestsellers. Over 740,000 of these books are $9.99 or less, including 65 New York Times Bestsellers. Millions of free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle. In March, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Steig Larsson became the first Kindle book to surpass one million units sold.
  • Amazon.de launched the largest eBookstore in Germany with over 650,000 titles, including more than 25,000 German-language books. Amazon also announced that its series of free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" apps for the most popular devices including iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PCs and Android-based devices, are now available in German-language versions for the first time. In addition, in response to customer demand, Amazon is now offering the latest-generation Kindle and Kindle 3G with English user interface directly from Amazon.de.
  • Amazon announced Kindle Library Lending, a new feature launching later this year that will allow Kindle customers to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 libraries in the United States. Customers will be able to check out a Kindle book from their local library and start reading on any Kindle device or free Kindle app. If they check out the same book again or choose to purchase the book after the library loan period, Whispersync will preserve their notes, highlights and last page read.
  • The Company announced Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android. Together, these services enable customers to securely store music in the cloud and play it on any Android phone, Android tablet, Mac or PC, wherever they are. In addition to music, Cloud Drive allows customers to upload and store all kinds of digital files, including photos, videos and documents - all available via web browser on any computer.
  • Amazon introduced Appstore for Android, where customers can find, discover - test! - and buy Android apps. An innovative new feature called "Test Drive" enables customers to test apps on a simulated Android phone. Since its launch in March, customers have already downloaded millions of apps from the Amazon Appstore for Android.
  • Amazon added a new benefit for Amazon Prime members in the United States: unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of more than 5,000 movies and TV shows. Amazon Prime's unlimited free Two-Day Shipping has already attracted millions of members, and this new benefit is being added at no additional cost - Prime membership will continue to be $79 per year.
  • North America segment sales, representing the Company's U.S. and Canadian sites, were $5.47 billion, up 45% from first quarter 2010.
  • International segment sales, representing the Company's U.K., German, Japanese, French, Chinese and Italian sites, were $4.39 billion, up 31% from first quarter 2010. Excluding the favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 27%.
  • Worldwide Media sales grew 15% to $3.96 billion. Excluding the favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 13%.
  • Worldwide Electronics and Other General Merchandise sales grew 59% to $5.59 billion. Excluding the favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 57%.
  • Amazon announced the availability of Checkout by Amazon (CBA) for Germany and the U.K., making it easy for millions of Amazon customers to purchase securely on another retailer's website using their Amazon account credentials.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) continued to expand globally with the launch of the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region. Additionally, AWS began offering Basic and Premium support in Japanese, providing businesses and developers with one-on-one fast-response support from AWS engineers fluent in Japanese.

Financial Guidance

The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com's expectations as of April 26, 2011. 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. While this guidance includes our current estimate of second quarter effects from the Japan earthquake and related events, including sales trends to date, impacts from events of this nature are inherently uncertain and we are not able to accurately forecast all potential ramifications.

Second Quarter 2011 Guidance

 

  • Net sales are expected to be between $8.85 billion and $9.65 billion, or to grow between 35% and 47% compared with second quarter 2010.
  • Operating income is expected to be between $95 million and $245 million, or between 65% decline and 9% decline compared with second quarter 2010.
  • This guidance includes approximately $180 million for stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets, and it assumes, among other things, that no additional business acquisitions or investments 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 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, Kindle 3G, Kindle with Special Offers and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.comwww.amazon.co.ukwww.amazon.dewww.amazon.co.jpwww.amazon.frwww.amazon.cawww.amazon.cn, and www.amazon.it. 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,
  2011 2010 2011 2010
         
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $3,777  $3,444  $1,844  $1,701 
         
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:        
Net income  201   299   1,054   1,024 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

        

Depreciation of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development, and other amortization

  202   119   652   411 
Stock-based compensation  110   87   448   360 
Other operating expense (income), net  33   26   112   118 
Losses (gains) on sales of marketable securities, net  2   -   1   (2)
Other expense (income), net  37   (6)  (36)  (23)
Deferred income taxes  15   (20)  38   63 
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation  (46)  (86)  (219)  (141)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Inventories  343   321   (997)  (317)
Accounts receivable, net and other  359   454   (170)  (195)
Accounts payable  (2,649)  (1,892)  1,641   1,096 
Accrued expenses and other  (183)  (361)  697   60 
Additions to unearned revenue  210   188   709   1,036 
Amortization of previously unearned revenue  (220)  (227)  (897)  (710)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  (1,586)  (1,098)  3,033   2,780 
         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        

Purchases of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development

  (298)  (140)  (1,138)  (458)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other  (139)  (19)  (473)  (43)
Sales and maturities of marketable securities and other investments  1,939   872   5,318   2,524 
Purchases of marketable securities and other investments  (1,112)  (1,255)  (6,135)  (4,755)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  390   (542)  (2,428)  (2,732)
         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation  46   86   219   141 
Proceeds from long-term debt and other  89   62   168   124 
Repayments of long-term debt and of capital and financing leases  (111)  (61)  (295)  (168)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  24   87   92   97 
         
Foreign-currency effect on cash and cash equivalents  36   (47)  100   (2)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (1,136)  (1,600)  797   143 
         
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $2,641  $1,844  $2,641  $1,844 
         
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash paid for interest $3  $2  $12  $8 
Cash paid for income taxes  7   4   79   40 
Fixed assets acquired under capital leases  181   60   526   189 
Fixed assets acquired under build-to-suit leases  69   60   182   191 
     
(1) A majority of our costs for "Technology and content" are incurred in the United States and most of
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
     
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2011 2010
     
Net sales $9,857  $7,131 
     
Operating expenses (1):    
Cost of sales  7,608   5,501 
Fulfillment  855   546 
Marketing  327   201 
Technology and content  579   366 
General and administrative  133   97 
Other operating expense (income), net  33   26 
Total operating expenses  9,535   6,737 
     
Income from operations  322   394 
     
Interest income  15   11 
Interest expense  (12)  (7)
Other income (expense), net  (18)  3 
Total non-operating income (expense)  (15)  7 
     
Income before income taxes  307   401 
     
Provision for income taxes  (89)  (100)
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax  (17)  (2)
Net income $201  $299 
     
Basic earnings per share $0.44  $0.67 
     
Diluted earnings per share $0.44  $0.66 
     
     
Weighted average shares used in computation of earnings per share:    
Basic  451   445 
Diluted  459   454 
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(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:    
Fulfillment $24  $18 
Marketing  7   5 
Technology and content  61   47 
General and administrative  18   17 
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Segment Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
     
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2011 2010
North America    
Net sales $5,465  $3,780 
Segment operating expenses (1)  5,175   3,507 
Segment operating income $290  $273 
     
International    
Net sales $4,392  $3,351 
Segment operating expenses (1)  4,217   3,117 
Segment operating income $175  $234 
     
Consolidated    
Net sales $9,857  $7,131 
Segment operating expenses  9,392   6,624 
Segment operating income  465   507 
Stock-based compensation  (110)  (87)
Other operating income (expense), net  (33)  (26)
Income from operations  322   394 
Total non-operating income (expense)  (15)  7 
Provision for income taxes  (89)  (100)
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax  (17)  (2)
Net income $201  $299 
     
Segment Highlights:    
Y/Y net sales growth:    
North America  45%  47%
International  31   45 
Consolidated  38   46 
Y/Y segment operating income growth:    
North America  6%  81%
International  (25)  37 
Consolidated  (8)  58 
Net sales mix:    
North America  55%  53%
International  45   47 
   100%  100%
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(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,
  2011 2010
North America    
Media $1,885  $1,597 
Electronics and other general merchandise  3,303   2,024 
Other (1)  277   159 
Total North America $5,465  $3,780 
     
International    
Media $2,073  $1,833 
Electronics and other general merchandise  2,285   1,489 
Other (1)  34   29 
Total International $4,392  $3,351 
     
Consolidated    
Media $3,958  $3,430 
Electronics and other general merchandise  5,588   3,513 
Other (1)  311   188 
Total Consolidated $9,857  $7,131 
     
Y/Y Net Sales Growth:    
North America:    
Media  18%  22%
Electronics and other general merchandise  63   73 
Other  74   57 
Total North America  45   47 
     
International:    
Media  13%  29%
Electronics and other general merchandise  54   70 
Other  15   57 
Total International  31   45 
     
Consolidated:    
Media  15%  26%
Electronics and other general merchandise  59   72 
Other  65   57 
Total Consolidated  38   46 
     
Y/Y Net Sales Growth Excluding Effect of Exchange Rates:    
International:    
Media  9%  23%
Electronics and other general merchandise  49   61 
Other  12   47 
Total International  27   37 
     
Consolidated:    
Media  13%  22%
Electronics and other general merchandise  57   68 
Other  64   56 
Total Consolidated  36   42 
     
Consolidated Net Sales Mix:    
Media  40%  48%
Electronics and other general merchandise  57   49 
Other  3   3 
   100%  100%
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(1) Includes non-retail activities, such as AWS, miscellaneous marketing and promotional agreements, other seller sites, and co-branded credit card agreements

 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except per share data)
     
  March 31, December 31,
  2011 2010
ASSETS (unaudited)  
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $2,641  $3,777 
Marketable securities  4,240   4,985 
Inventories  2,888   3,202 
Accounts receivable, net and other  1,304   1,587 
Deferred tax assets  215   196 
Total current assets  11,288   13,747 
Fixed assets, net  2,902   2,414 
Deferred tax assets  28   22 
Goodwill  1,513   1,349 
Other assets  1,151   1,265 
Total assets $16,882  $18,797 
     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY    
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable $5,540  $8,051 
Accrued expenses and other  2,190   2,321 
Total current liabilities  7,730   10,372 
Long-term liabilities  1,805   1,561 
     
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 -- 469 and 468    
Outstanding shares -- 452 and 451  5   5 
Treasury stock, at cost  (600)  (600)
Additional paid-in capital  6,483   6,325 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (66)  (190)
Retained earnings  1,525   1,324 
Total stockholders' equity  7,347   6,864 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $16,882  $18,797 
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
             
  Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Y/Y %
Change
Cash Flows and Shares            
Operating cash flow -- trailing twelve months (TTM) $2,780  $2,561  $2,617  $3,495  $3,033  9%
Purchases of fixed assets (incl. internal-use software & website development) -- TTM $458  $575  $788  $979  $1,138  148%
Free cash flow (operating cash flow less purchases of fixed assets) -- TTM $2,322  $1,986  $1,829  $2,516  $1,895  (18%)
Free cash flow -- TTM Y/Y growth  62%  29%  (5%)  (14%)  (18%) N/A
Invested capital (1) $5,104  $5,820  $6,576  $7,380  $7,931  N/A
Return on invested capital (2)  45%  34%  28%  34%  24% N/A
             
Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding  463   465   465   465   466  1%
Common shares outstanding  446   448   449   451   452  1%
Stock-based awards outstanding  18   17   16   15   14  (23%)
Stock-based awards outstanding -- % of common shares outstanding  4.0%  3.8%  3.6%  3.2%  3.1% N/A
             
Results of Operations            
Worldwide (WW) net sales $7,131  $6,566  $7,560  $12,948  $9,857  38%
WW net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  42%  42%  40%  37%  36% N/A
WW net sales -- TTM $26,750  $28,664  $30,776  $34,204  $36,931  38%
WW net sales -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  33%  38%  40%  40%  39% N/A
             
Operating income $394  $270  $268  $474  $322  (18%)
Operating income -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  56%  77%  13%  3%  (20%) N/A
Operating margin -- % of WW net sales  5.5%  4.1%  3.5%  3.7%  3.3% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $1,279  $1,391  $1,408  $1,406  $1,334  4%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  44%  65%  50%  27%  

7

% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of WW net sales  4.8%  4.9%  4.6%  4.1%  3.6% N/A
             
Net income $299  $207  $231  $416  $201  (33%)
Net income per diluted share $0.66  $0.45  $0.51  $0.91  $0.44  (33%)
Net income -- TTM $1,024  $1,088  $1,120  $1,152  $1,054  3%
Net income per diluted share -- TTM $2.30  $2.42  $2.47  $2.53  $2.30  0%
             
Segments            
North America Segment:            
Net sales $3,780  $3,590  $4,126  $7,211  $5,465  45%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  46%  46%  45%  45%  45% N/A
Net sales -- TTM $14,030  $15,168  $16,452  $18,707  $20,392  45%
Operating income $273  $200  $186  $295  $290  6%
Operating margin -- % of North America net sales  7.2%  5.6%  4.5%  4.1%  5.3% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $832  $907  $937  $955  $972  17%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  79%  84%  67%  35%  17% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of North America net sales  5.9%  6.0%  5.7%  5.1%  4.8% N/A
             
International Segment:            
Net sales $3,351  $2,976  $3,434  $5,737  $4,392  31%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  37%  38%  35%  29%  27% N/A
Net sales -- TTM $12,720  $13,496  $14,324  $15,497  $16,539  30%
Net sales -- TTM % of WW net sales  48%  47%  47%  45%  45% N/A
Operating income $234  $206  $215  $327  $175  (25%)
Operating margin -- % of International net sales  7.0%  6.9%  6.2%  5.7%  4.0% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $925  $952  $973  $981  $922  (0%)
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  33%  28%  23%  20%  

4

% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of International net sales  7.3%  7.1%  6.8%  6.3%  5.6% N/A
             
Consolidated Segments:            
Operating expenses (3) $6,624  $6,160  $7,159  $12,326  $9,392  42%
Operating expenses -- TTM (3) $24,993  $26,805  $28,866  $32,268  $35,037  40%
Operating income $507  $406  $401  $622  $465  (8%)
Operating margin -- % of Consolidated sales  7.1%  6.2%  5.3%  4.8%  4.7% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $1,757  $1,859  $1,910  $1,936  $1,894  8%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  51%  51%  42%  25%  10% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of Consolidated net sales  6.6%  6.5%  6.2%  5.7%  5.1% N/A
             
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except inventory turnover, accounts payable days and employee data)
(unaudited)
             
  Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Y/Y %
Change
Supplemental            
Supplemental North America Segment Net Sales:            
Media $1,597  $1,324  $1,591  $2,370  $1,885  18%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  22%  15%  12%  13%  18% N/A
Media -- TTM $6,255  $6,432  $6,610  $6,881  $7,170  15%
Electronics and other general merchandise $2,024  $2,090  $2,326  $4,558  $3,303  63%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  73%  76%  80%  71%  63% N/A
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $7,166  $8,069  $9,103  $10,998  $12,277  71%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of North America net sales  51%  53%  55%  59%  60% N/A
Other $159  $176  $209  $283  $277  74%
Other -- TTM $608  $668  $739  $828  $945  55%
             
Supplemental International Segment Net Sales:            
Media $1,833  $1,550  $1,759  $2,865  $2,073  13%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  23%  21%  18%  13%  9% N/A
Media -- TTM $7,225  $7,480  $7,723  $8,007  $8,247  14%
Electronics and other general merchandise $1,489  $1,399  $1,644  $2,834  $2,285  54%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  61%  63%  60%  50%  49% N/A
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $5,382  $5,899  $6,478  $7,365  $8,162  52%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of International net sales  42%  44%  45%  48%  49% N/A
Other $29  $27  $31  $38  $34  15%
Other -- TTM $114  $117  $123  $125  $130  14%
             
Supplemental Worldwide Net Sales:            
Media $3,430  $2,874  $3,350  $5,235  $3,958  15%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  22%  18%  15%  13%  13% N/A
Media -- TTM $13,480  $13,912  $14,333  $14,888  $15,417  14%
Electronics and other general merchandise $3,513  $3,489  $3,970  $7,392  $5,588  59%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  68%  70%  71%  62%  57% N/A
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $12,548  $13,968  $15,581  $18,363  $20,439  63%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of WW net sales  47%  49%  51%  54%  55% N/A
Other $188  $203  $240  $321  $311  65%
Other -- TTM $722  $785  $862  $953  $1,075  49%
             
Balance Sheet            
Cash and marketable securities (4) $5,381  $5,419  $6,123  $8,919  $7,019  30%
Inventory, net -- ending $1,820  $1,940  $2,515  $3,202  $2,888  59%
Inventory turnover, average -- TTM  12.6   12.5   11.8   11.4   11.6  (8%)
Fixed assets, net $1,436  $1,704  $2,099  $2,414  $2,902  102%
             
Accounts payable -- ending $3,619  $3,545  $4,614  $8,051  $5,540  53%
Accounts payable days -- ending  59   65   73   72   66  11%
             
Other            
WW shipping revenue $248  $239  $270  $437  $330  33%
WW shipping costs $518  $487  $576  $999  $786  52%
WW net shipping costs $270  $248  $306  $562  $456  69%
WW net shipping costs -- % of WW net sales  3.8%  3.8%  4.0%  4.3%  4.6% N/A
             
             
Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel)  26,100   28,300   31,200   33,700   37,900  45%
             
             
(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.

   

(4) Includes restricted cash, classified within "Other Assets" on our consolidated balance sheet, of: $318 million Q1 2010, $311 million in Q2 2010, $238 million in Q3 2010, $157 million in Q4 2010, and $138 million in Q1 2011.

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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 Enterprise Solutions program customers, Amazon.com 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. Seller accounts exclude Amazon Enterprise Solutions sellers. 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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