Amazon beat expectations on Thursday after reporting startling quarterly earnings and exceeding revenue estimates. 
 
 
 
 CEO Jeff Bezos, who owns 83,921,121 shares in the company, made a paper gain of more than $8.05 billion prior to the opening on Friday as shares spiked more than 20 percent in premarket trading. 
 
 Bezos' net worth jumped to $43.2 billion from $34.7 billion the previous day, according to Forbes. 
 
 The online retailer reported a 26 percent rise in North American sales, year-over-year, with sales of $13.79 billion. 
 
 Similarly, Google's stock climbed more than 11 percent last week in extended trading after the company posted quarterly earnings of $6.99 per share on $17.73 billion in revenue. The Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, each racked up about $4 billion that day. 
 
 Must be nice. ||||| SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015. 
 
 Operating cash flow increased 69% to $8.98 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $5.33 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2014. Free cash flow increased to $4.37 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.04 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2014. 
 
 Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 488 million on June 30, 2015, compared with 480 million one year ago. 
 
 Net sales increased 20% to $23.18 billion in the second quarter, compared with $19.34 billion in second quarter 2014. Excluding the $1.39 billion unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 27% compared to second quarter 2014. 
 
 Operating income was $464 million in the second quarter, compared with operating loss of $15 million in second quarter 2014. 
 
 Net income was $92 million in the second quarter, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared with net loss of $126 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in second quarter 2014. 
 
 “The teams at Amazon have been working hard for customers,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “We unveiled Amazon Business, opened Amazon Mexico, launched Prime free same-day, rolled out our ninth Prime Now city, broke our Black Friday record with the first-ever Prime Day, received 11 Emmy nominations for Transparent, debuted six new kids pilots, brought Echo to general availability, introduced the Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service, opened FBA Small and Light, continued to double down on our fastest growing geography — India, launched 350 significant AWS features and services so far this year (ahead of last year’s pace), introduced AWS Educate, and entered into agreements for new solar and wind farms — enough to exceed our 2016 goal of 40% renewable energy.” 
 
 Highlights 
 
 Amazon celebrated Prime Day on July 15 th , a global shopping event that offered Prime members more deals than Black Friday. More new members tried Prime worldwide than any single day in Amazon history. Customers purchased more units on Prime Day than Black Friday 2014, and saved millions of dollars on deals around the world. Sellers using Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) also benefited, experiencing record-breaking unit sales on Prime Day. 
 
 , a global shopping event that offered Prime members more deals than Black Friday. More new members tried Prime worldwide than any single day in Amazon history. Customers purchased more units on Prime Day than Black Friday 2014, and saved millions of dollars on deals around the world. Sellers using Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) also benefited, experiencing record-breaking unit sales on Prime Day. Amazon launched Prime free same-day delivery in 14 U.S. metro areas, serving more than 500 cities and towns. Prime members can choose from over one million items and order as late as noon to receive their order on the same day, for free. 
 
 Prime Now expanded to three additional cities including London, the first international location to offer the service. Prime Now is available in nine cities, bringing Prime members one-hour delivery on thousands of daily essentials. 
 
 Amazon Echo, the first device designed entirely around your voice, moved to general availability in the U.S. Customer response to Echo has been overwhelmingly positive with over 14,000 5-star reviews and an average customer rating of 4.5 stars. 
 
 Amazon announced the Alexa Fund — named for Alexa, the cloud-based voice service that powers Echo — which will invest up to $100 million to support developers, manufacturers, and start-ups of all sizes to create new experiences designed around the human voice. 
 
 Amazon opened the Alexa Voice Service to third-party hardware makers, giving them the tools to integrate Alexa into internet-connected devices. 
 
 Amazon introduced the Alexa Skills Kit, a free SDK that makes it fast and easy for developers to create new voice-driven capabilities for Alexa. 
 
 Amazon introduced the new Kindle Paperwhite with twice the pixels of the previous Paperwhite, the exclusive Bookerly font, and a new typesetting engine for more beautiful pages. 
 
 Amazon announced the expansion of the Fire HD Kids Edition tablet to the U.K. and Germany. Fire HD Kids Edition is the first tablet built from the ground up for kids, and comes with a two-year worry-free guarantee and access to thousands of kid-friendly books, videos, educational apps, and games. 
 
 Amazon Fire TV now offers nearly 2,000 channels, apps, and games. Popular new additions include STARZ Play, Candy Crush Saga, and Popcornflix. 
 
 Amazon Original Series Transparent is the most nominated Comedy Series at this year’s Emmys with 11 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actor, Comedy (Jeffrey Tambor). 
 
 is the most nominated Comedy Series at this year’s Emmys with 11 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actor, Comedy (Jeffrey Tambor). Amazon Original Series Tumble Leaf won five Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Program. 
 
 won five Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Program. Amazon Studios launched six new pilots for kids and debuted a second season of Annedroids on Prime Instant Video. 
 
 on Prime Instant Video. Amazon announced Amazon Business, a new business-to-business marketplace that offers hundreds of millions of products. 
 
 Amazon introduced the FBA Small and Light program, a new fulfillment solution for fast-moving, small, and light products that increases free shipping selection for customers and provides a low-cost shipping option for sellers. 
 
 The Council of Fashion Designers of America held the inaugural showcase for American men’s fashion, New York Fashion Week: Men’s , which was presented by Amazon Fashion, East Dane, and MyHabit. 
 
 , which was presented by Amazon Fashion, East Dane, and MyHabit. Amazon announced the launch of its Mexico physical goods store, Amazon.com.mx, with the largest selection in Mexico and more categories, items, and features than any previous Amazon launch anywhere in the world. Amazon also launched Selling on Amazon and FBA in Mexico, allowing third-party sellers to list and sell their products at Amazon.com.mx. 
 
 Amazon announced the Global Selling Program for sellers in India, which enables them to access hundreds of millions of customers around the world. 
 
 Amazon.in introduced Sunday delivery across 100 cities in India for all FBA products at no additional cost. 
 
 Amazon India continues to be Amazon’s fastest growing geography in sales, and India’s largest online store with over 25 million products. 
 
 Amazon Prime members in Italy now receive free one-day shipping on more than one million items with their Prime subscription. 
 
 Amazon hosted its first-ever “Amazon Academy” in Berlin. Over 250 sellers, software developers, and authors from across Germany gathered to share their experiences and ideas on how to build thriving businesses and careers with Amazon’s platforms. Additional Amazon Academy events are scheduled for this fall across Europe. 
 
 Amazon has tripled the selection available on the Amazon Global Store on Amazon.cn, allowing Chinese customers to choose from three million products curated from the U.S. Amazon website. 
 
 Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it will open a new region in India in 2016, which will enable customers to run workloads in India and serve Indian end-users with even better latency. 
 
 AWS announced that the EU (Frankfurt) region, which opened in October 2014, is AWS’ fastest growing international region to date. 
 
 AWS announced AWS Educate, a free program that helps educators and students use real-world cloud technology in the classroom to prepare students for the cloud workforce. 
 
 AWS entered into separate agreements to support the construction and operation of Amazon Solar Farm U.S. East and Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East. These are expected to generate approximately 170,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of solar power and 670,000 MWh of wind energy on an annual basis. The energy generated from these facilities will be delivered into the electrical grids that power both current and future AWS data centers. 
 
 AWS announced Amazon API Gateway, a new fully managed service that makes it easy for AWS customers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. 
 
 AWS Device Farm is a new service that helps mobile app developers quickly and securely test their apps on smartphones, tablets, and other devices to improve the quality of their Android and Fire OS apps. 
 
 Financial Guidance 
 
 The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com’s expectations as of July 23, 2015, and are subject to substantial uncertainty. 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 customer spending, world events, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce, and the various factors detailed below. 
 
 Third Quarter 2015 Guidance 
 
 Net sales are expected to be between $23.3 billion and $25.5 billion, or to grow between 13% and 24% compared with third quarter 2014. 
 
 Operating income (loss) is expected to be between $(480) million and $70 million, compared to $(544) million in third quarter 2014. 
 
 This guidance includes approximately $580 million for stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets, and it assumes, among other things, that no additional business acquisitions, investments, restructurings, 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 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 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, sortation, delivery, 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, payments risks, 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, 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, which may contain material information about us, and you may subscribe to be notified of new information posted to this site. 
 
 About Amazon 
 
 Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in millions) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Twelve Months Ended June 30, June 30, June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 10,237 $ 5,074 $ 14,557 $ 8,658 $ 5,057 $ 3,704 OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income (loss) 92 (126 ) 35 (18 ) (188 ) 181 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, including capitalized content costs 1,504 1,109 2,930 2,119 5,557 3,916 Stock-based compensation 563 391 969 711 1,755 1,318 Other operating expense (income), net 42 28 87 62 153 113 Losses (gains) on sales of marketable securities, net 1 (1 ) 2 (1 ) (1 ) 1 Other expense (income), net 18 (8 ) 109 (57 ) 229 (1 ) Deferred income taxes (43 ) (49 ) (45 ) (234 ) (130 ) (332 ) Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation (95 ) — (117 ) (121 ) (1 ) (199 ) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Inventories (27 ) 92 693 791 (1,291 ) (1,124 ) Accounts receivable, net and other (430 ) (299 ) 11 428 (1,456 ) (936 ) Accounts payable 373 (344 ) (3,876 ) (5,018 ) 2,901 1,056 Accrued expenses and other (129 ) (15 ) (1,068 ) (746 ) 387 770 Additions to unearned revenue 1,397 894 3,200 1,986 5,647 3,477 Amortization of previously unearned revenue (1,269 ) (810 ) (2,432 ) (1,542 ) (4,582 ) (2,913 ) Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 1,997 862 498 (1,640 ) 8,980 5,327 INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development (1,213 ) (1,290 ) (2,084 ) (2,370 ) (4,607 ) (4,288 ) Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other (8 ) (67 ) (374 ) (66 ) (1,287 ) (127 ) Sales and maturities of marketable securities 470 962 845 1,555 2,639 2,565 Purchases of marketable securities (625 ) (336 ) (1,610 ) (773 ) (3,379 ) (1,710 ) Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (1,376 ) (731 ) (3,223 ) (1,654 ) (6,634 ) (3,560 ) FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 95 — 117 121 1 199 Proceeds from long-term debt 44 286 226 351 6,236 627 Repayments of long-term debt (215 ) (178 ) (531 ) (247 ) (797 ) (334 ) Principal repayments of capital lease obligations (580 ) (285 ) (1,082 ) (535 ) (1,832 ) (969 ) Principal repayments of finance lease obligations (35 ) (12 ) (74 ) (54 ) (155 ) (60 ) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (691 ) (189 ) (1,344 ) (364 ) 3,453 (537 ) Foreign-currency effect on cash and cash equivalents 102 41 (219 ) 57 (587 ) 123 Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 32 (17 ) (4,288 ) (3,601 ) 5,212 1,353 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $ 10,269 $ 5,057 $ 10,269 $ 5,057 $ 10,269 $ 5,057 SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION: Cash paid for interest on long-term debt $ 152 $ 31 $ 169 $ 49 $ 212 $ 94 Cash paid for income taxes (net of refunds) 65 71 119 109 188 158 Property and equipment acquired under capital leases 1,384 920 2,338 1,636 4,710 2,716 Property and equipment acquired under build-to-suit leases 153 237 256 363 813 846 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions, except per share data) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 Net product sales $ 17,104 $ 15,251 $ 34,187 $ 30,956 Net service sales 6,081 4,089 11,714 8,125 Total net sales 23,185 19,340 45,901 39,081 Operating expenses (1): Cost of sales 15,160 13,399 30,555 27,453 Fulfillment 2,876 2,382 5,634 4,699 Marketing 1,150 943 2,233 1,813 Technology and content 3,020 2,226 5,774 4,217 General and administrative 467 377 894 704 Other operating expense (income), net 48 28 92 63 Total operating expenses 22,721 19,355 45,182 38,949 Income (loss) from operations 464 (15 ) 719 132 Interest income 12 11 23 21 Interest expense (114 ) (45 ) (228 ) (87 ) Other income (expense), net — 22 (131 ) 27 Total non-operating income (expense) (102 ) (12 ) (336 ) (39 ) Income (loss) before income taxes 362 (27 ) 383 93 Provision for income taxes (266 ) (94 ) (337 ) (167 ) Equity-method investment activity, net of tax (4 ) (5 ) (11 ) 56 Net income (loss) $ 92 $ (126 ) $ 35 $ (18 ) Basic earnings per share $ 0.20 $ (0.27 ) $ 0.07 $ (0.04 ) Diluted earnings per share $ 0.19 $ (0.27 ) $ 0.07 $ (0.04 ) Weighted average shares used in computation of earnings per share: Basic 467 461 466 460 Diluted 476 461 475 460 _____________ (1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Fulfillment $ 132 $ 104 $ 222 $ 184 Marketing 50 32 84 59 Technology and content 319 206 552 375 General and administrative 62 49 111 93 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (in millions) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 Net income (loss) $ 92 $ (126 ) $ 35 $ (18 ) Other comprehensive income (loss): Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $1, $0, $0, and $1 128 11 (114 ) 39 Net change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities: Unrealized gains, net of tax of $(8), $0, $(8), and $(1) 6 3 7 4 Reclassification adjustment for losses included in “Other income (expense), net,” net of tax of $0, $0, $(1), and $0 1 (1 ) 1 (1 ) Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities 7 2 8 3 Total other comprehensive income (loss) 135 13 (106 ) 42 Comprehensive income (loss) $ 227 $ (113 ) $ (71 ) $ 24 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Segment Information (in millions) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 North America Net sales $ 13,796 $ 10,994 $ 27,202 $ 21,802 Segment operating expenses (1) 13,093 10,665 25,982 21,183 Segment operating income $ 703 $ 329 $ 1,220 $ 619 International Net sales $ 7,565 $ 7,341 $ 15,310 $ 15,224 Segment operating expenses (1) 7,584 7,343 15,405 15,259 Segment operating income (loss) $ (19 ) $ (2 ) $ (95 ) $ (35 ) AWS Net sales $ 1,824 $ 1,005 $ 3,389 $ 2,055 Segment operating expenses (1) 1,433 928 2,734 1,733 Segment operating income $ 391 $ 77 $ 655 $ 322 Consolidated Net sales $ 23,185 $ 19,340 $ 45,901 $ 39,081 Segment operating expenses (1) 22,110 18,936 44,121 38,175 Segment operating income 1,075 404 1,780 906 Stock-based compensation (563 ) (391 ) (969 ) (711 ) Other operating income (expense), net (48 ) (28 ) (92 ) (63 ) Income (loss) from operations 464 (15 ) 719 132 Total non-operating income (expense) (102 ) (12 ) (336 ) (39 ) Provision for income taxes (266 ) (94 ) (337 ) (167 ) Equity-method investment activity, net of tax (4 ) (5 ) (11 ) 56 Net income (loss) $ 92 $ (126 ) $ 35 $ (18 ) Segment Highlights: Y/Y net sales growth: North America 26 % 25 % 25 % 24 % International 3 18 1 18 AWS 81 43 65 55 Consolidated 20 23 17 23 Net sales mix: North America 59 % 57 % 59 % 56 % International 33 38 33 39 AWS 8 5 8 5 Consolidated 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 
 
 ______________________________ (1) Excludes 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 Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 Net Sales: North America Media $ 2,620 $ 2,464 $ 5,589 $ 5,289 Electronics and other general merchandise 10,987 8,366 21,237 16,196 Other (1) 189 164 376 317 Total North America $ 13,796 $ 10,994 $ 27,202 $ 21,802 International Media $ 2,094 $ 2,380 $ 4,413 $ 5,022 Electronics and other general merchandise 5,425 4,912 10,804 10,100 Other (1) 46 49 93 102 Total International $ 7,565 $ 7,341 $ 15,310 $ 15,224 Year-over-year Percentage Growth: North America Media 6 % 13 % 6 % 13 % Electronics and other general merchandise 31 29 31 28 Other 16 17 19 18 Total North America 26 25 25 24 International Media (12 )% 7 % (12 )% 5 % Electronics and other general merchandise 10 25 7 26 Other (7 ) 4 (10 ) 8 Total International 3 18 1 18 Year-over-year Percentage Growth, excluding the effect of foreign exchange rates: North America Media 7 % 14 % 6 % 13 % Electronics and other general merchandise 32 29 31 29 Other 16 17 19 18 Total North America 26 25 25 24 International Media 3 % 4 % 2 % 4 % Electronics and other general merchandise 31 20 26 23 Other 8 (1 ) 5 5 Total International 22 14 18 16 
 
 ______________________________ (1) Includes sales from non-retail activities, such as certain advertising services and our co-branded credit card agreements. 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions, except per share data) June 30, 2015 December 31, 2014 (unaudited) ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 10,269 $ 14,557 Marketable securities 3,732 2,859 Inventories 7,470 8,299 Accounts receivable, net and other 4,920 5,612 Total current assets 26,391 31,327 Property and equipment, net 19,479 16,967 Goodwill 3,523 3,319 Other assets 3,047 2,892 Total assets $ 52,440 $ 54,505 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 12,391 $ 16,459 Accrued expenses and other 8,959 9,807 Unearned revenue 2,562 1,823 Total current liabilities 23,912 28,089 Long-term debt 8,250 8,265 Other long-term liabilities 8,510 7,410 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 — 491 and 488 Outstanding shares — 468 and 465 5 5 Treasury stock, at cost (1,837 ) (1,837 ) Additional paid-in capital 12,233 11,135 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (617 ) (511 ) Retained earnings 1,984 1,949 Total stockholders’ equity 11,768 10,741 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 52,440 $ 54,505 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics (in millions, except per share data) (unaudited) Y/Y % Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Change Cash Flows and Shares Operating cash flow -- trailing twelve months (TTM) $ 5,327 $ 5,705 $ 6,842 $ 7,845 $ 8,980 69 % Purchases of property and equipment (incl. internal-use software & website development) -- TTM $ 4,288 $ 4,628 $ 4,893 $ 4,684 $ 4,607 7 % Principal repayments of capital lease obligations -- TTM $ 969 $ 1,103 $ 1,285 $ 1,537 $ 1,832 89 % Principal repayments of finance lease obligations -- TTM $ 60 $ 73 $ 135 $ 132 $ 155 162 % Property and equipment acquired under capital leases -- TTM $ 2,716 $ 3,347 $ 4,008 $ 4,246 $ 4,710 73 % Free cash flow -- TTM (1) $ 1,039 $ 1,077 $ 1,949 $ 3,161 $ 4,373 321 % Free cash flow -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline) 292 % 178 % (4 )% 112 % 321 % N/A Invested capital (2) $ 17,743 $ 18,715 $ 21,021 $ 23,090 $ 25,289 43 % Return on invested capital (3) 6 % 6 % 9 % 14 % 17 % N/A Free cash flow less lease principal repayments -- TTM (4) $ 10 $ (99 ) $ 529 $ 1,492 $ 2,386 N/A Free cash flow less finance lease principal repayments and capital acquired under capital leases -- TTM (5) $ (1,737 ) $ (2,343 ) $ (2,194 ) $ (1,217 ) $ (492 ) (72 )% Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding 480 481 483 483 488 2 % Common shares outstanding 462 463 465 466 468 1 % Stock awards outstanding 18 18 18 17 20 16 % Stock awards outstanding -- % of common shares outstanding 3.9 % 3.9 % 3.8 % 3.8 % 4.4 % N/A Results of Operations Worldwide (WW) net sales $ 19,340 $ 20,579 $ 29,328 $ 22,717 $ 23,185 20 % WW net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 22 % 20 % 18 % 22 % 27 % N/A WW net sales -- TTM $ 81,759 $ 85,246 $ 88,988 $ 91,963 $ 95,808 17 % WW net sales -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 23 % 22 % 20 % 20 % 22 % N/A Operating income (loss) $ (15 ) $ (544 ) $ 591 $ 255 $ 464 N/A Operating income/loss -- Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X (158 )% N/A 22 % 90 % N/A N/A Operating margin -- % of WW net sales (0.1 )% (2.6 )% 2.0 % 1.1 % 2.0 % N/A Operating income -- TTM $ 617 $ 97 $ 178 $ 287 $ 765 24 % Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X (11 )% (94 )% (79 )% (56 )% 35 % N/A Operating margin -- TTM % of WW net sales 0.8 % 0.1 % 0.2 % 0.3 % 0.8 % N/A Net income (loss) $ (126 ) $ (437 ) $ 214 $ (57 ) $ 92 N/A Net income (loss) per diluted share $ (0.27 ) $ (0.95 ) $ 0.45 $ (0.12 ) $ 0.19 N/A Net income (loss) -- TTM $ 181 $ (216 ) $ (241 ) $ (405 ) $ (188 ) (204 )% Net income (loss) per diluted share -- TTM $ 0.39 $ (0.47 ) $ (0.52 ) $ (0.88 ) $ (0.41 ) (203 )% 
 
 ______________________________ (1) “Free cash flow” is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less cash expenditures for purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development. (2) Average Total Assets minus Current Liabilities (excluding current portion of Long-Term Debt) over five quarter ends. (3) TTM Free Cash Flow divided by Invested Capital. (4) “Free cash flow less lease principal repayments” is defined as net cash provided by operating activities, less (i) purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, (ii) principal repayments of capital lease obligations, and (iii) principal repayments of finance lease obligations. Free cash flow less lease principal repayments approximates the actual payments of cash for our capital and finance leases. (5) “Free cash flow less finance lease principal repayments and capital acquired under capital leases” is defined as net cash provided by operating activities, less (i) purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, (ii) principal repayments of finance lease obligations, and (iii) property and equipment acquired under capital leases. In this measure, property and equipment acquired under capital leases is reflected as if these assets had been purchased for cash, which is not the case as these assets have been leased. 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics (in millions) (unaudited) Y/Y % Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Change Segments North America Segment: Net sales $ 10,994 $ 11,699 $ 17,333 $ 13,406 $ 13,796 26 % Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 25 % 23 % 21 % 24 % 26 % N/A Net sales -- TTM $ 50,834 $ 53,432 $ 56,233 23 % Operating income (loss) $ 329 $ (60 ) $ 733 $ 517 $ 703 113 % Operating income/loss -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 77 % 111 % N/A Operating margin -- % of North America net sales 3.0 % (0.5 )% 4.2 % 3.9 % 5.1 % N/A Operating income -- TTM $ 1,292 $ 1,520 $ 1,893 N/A Operating margin -- TTM % of North America net sales 2.5 % 2.8 % 3.4 % N/A International Segment: Net sales $ 7,341 $ 7,711 $ 10,575 $ 7,745 $ 7,565 3 % Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 14 % 13 % 12 % 14 % 22 % N/A Net sales -- TTM $ 33,510 $ 33,371 $ 33,598 4 % Net sales -- TTM % of WW net sales 38 % 36 % 35 % N/A Operating income (loss) $ (2 ) $ (174 ) $ 65 $ (76 ) $ (19 ) 734 % Operating income/loss -- Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X N/A N/A N/A Operating margin -- % of International net sales — % (2.3 )% 0.6 % (1.0 )% (0.2 )% N/A Operating income (loss) -- TTM $ (144 ) $ (188 ) $ (205 ) N/A Operating margin -- TTM % of International net sales (0.4 )% (0.6 )% (0.6 )% N/A AWS Segment: Net sales $ 1,005 $ 1,169 $ 1,420 $ 1,566 $ 1,824 81 % Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 43 % 43 % 47 % 49 % 81 % N/A Net sales -- TTM 4,644 $ 5,160 $ 5,977 56 % Net sales -- TTM % of WW net sales 5 % 6 % 6 % N/A Operating income $ 77 $ 98 $ 240 $ 265 $ 391 407 % Operating income -- Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X (13 )% 314 % N/A Operating margin -- % of AWS net sales 7.7 % 8.4 % 16.9 % 16.9 % 21.4 % N/A Operating income -- TTM 660 $ 680 $ 993 N/A Operating margin -- TTM % of AWS net sales 14.2 % 13.2 % 16.6 % N/A Consolidated Segments: Operating expenses (6) $ 18,936 $ 20,715 $ 28,290 $ 22,011 $ 22,110 17 % Operating expenses -- TTM (6) $ 79,710 $ 83,599 $ 87,180 $ 89,951 $ 93,126 17 % Operating income (loss) $ 404 $ (136 ) $ 1,038 $ 706 $ 1,075 166 % Operating income/loss -- Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X (9 )% (151 )% 22 % 45 % 168 % N/A Operating margin -- % of Consolidated net sales 2.1 % (0.7 )% 3.5 % 3.1 % 4.6 % N/A Operating income -- TTM $ 2,049 $ 1,647 $ 1,808 $ 2,012 $ 2,682 31 % Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X 14 % (12 )% (10 )% (1 )% 34 % N/A Operating margin -- TTM % of Consolidated net sales 2.5 % 1.9 % 2.0 % 2.2 % 2.8 % N/A 
 
 ______________________________ (6) Represents cost of sales, fulfillment, marketing, technology and content, and general and administrative operating expenses, excluding stock-based compensation. 
 
 AMAZON.COM, INC. Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics (in millions, except inventory turnover, accounts payable days and employee data) (unaudited) Y/Y % Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Change Supplemental Supplemental North America Segment Net Sales: Media $ 2,464 $ 2,734 $ 3,544 $ 2,969 $ 2,620 6 % Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 14 % 5 % 1 % 5 % 7 % N/A Media -- TTM $ 11,411 $ 11,536 $ 11,567 $ 11,711 $ 11,867 4 % Electronics and other general merchandise $ 8,366 $ 8,793 $ 13,529 $ 10,250 $ 10,987 31 % Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 29 % 31 % 27 % 31 % 32 % N/A Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $ 33,575 $ 35,636 $ 38,517 $ 40,938 $ 43,559 30 % Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of North America net sales 74 % 74 % 76 % 77 % 77 % N/A Other $ 164 $ 172 $ 260 $ 187 $ 189 16 % Supplemental International Segment Net Sales: Media $ 2,380 $ 2,510 $ 3,406 $ 2,320 $ 2,094 (12 )% Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 4 % 3 % (1 )% 2 % 3 % N/A Media -- TTM $ 11,160 $ 11,246 $ 10,938 $ 10,615 $ 10,329 (7 )% Electronics and other general merchandise $ 4,912 $ 5,160 $ 7,109 $ 5,378 $ 5,425 10 % Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 20 % 19 % 19 % 21 % 31 % N/A Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $ 20,894 $ 21,737 $ 22,369 $ 22,559 $ 23,072 10 % Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of International net sales 65 % 65 % 67 % 68 % 69 % N/A Other $ 49 $ 41 $ 60 $ 47 $ 46 (7 )% Balance Sheet Cash and marketable securities $ 7,986 $ 6,883 $ 17,416 $ 13,781 $ 14,001 75 % Inventory, net -- ending $ 6,644 $ 7,316 $ 8,299 $ 7,369 $ 7,470 12 % Inventory turnover, average -- TTM 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.9 (2 )% Property and equipment, net $ 14,089 $ 15,702 $ 16,967 $ 17,736 $ 19,479 38 % Accounts payable -- ending $ 10,457 $ 11,811 $ 16,459 $ 11,917 $ 12,391 18 % Accounts payable days -- ending 71 74 73 70 74 5 % Other WW shipping revenue $ 889 $ 1,048 $ 1,701 $ 1,299 $ 1,399 57 % WW shipping costs $ 1,812 $ 2,020 $ 3,049 $ 2,309 $ 2,340 29 % WW net shipping costs $ 923 $ 972 $ 1,348 $ 1,010 $ 941 2 % WW net shipping costs -- % of net sales (7) 5.0 % 5.0 % 4.8 % 4.8 % 4.4 % N/A WW paid units -- Y/Y growth 23 % 21 % 20 % 20 % 22 % N/A WW seller unit mix -- % of WW paid units 41 % 42 % 43 % 44 % 45 % N/A Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel) 132,600 149,500 154,100 165,000 183,100 38 % 
 
 ______________________________ (7) Includes North America and International segment net sales. 
 
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 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, AWS 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. 
 
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 Units ||||| Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos became the fifth richest person in the world on Thursday, after gaining more than $7 billion in a a single hour as Amazon stock spiked during after-hours trading. FORBES now estimates his net worth at $50.3 billion, as of 5:15 p.m. ET. 
 
 During Thursday's earnings call, Amazon surprised investors by reporting a net profit and topped analysts' sales estimates for the second quarter, causing Amazon stock to increase more than 18% in after-hours trading. Amazon reported a second quarter net income of $92 million, or 19 cents per share. During the same period last year, Amazon had a net loss of $126 million, or 27 cents per share. According to a group of 36 analysts polled by Yahoo , the Seattle-based company was expected to lose an average of 14 cents per share. The news of Amazon's strong second quarter is a happy end to July, after Amazon's Prime Day left consumers disappointed. 
 
 Bezos is now the 5th richest person in the world, stealing the spot from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison who has a net worth of $48.6 billion. 
 
 Bezos founded Amazon in 1994. Four years later, he appeared on FORBES' list of the 400 richest Americans for the first time with a net worth of $1.6 billion in 1998. Bezos became one of the top 20 richest people in America with a net worth of $12.6 billion in 2010 and appeared on the FORBES' Power People list for the first time that year. ||||| Shares in retail giant Amazon soared 18% in after-hours trading on Thursday, making it the most valuable retail company in the world, after the company announced an unexpected profit and a sharp rise in sales for its latest quarter. 
 
 Amazon at 20: what has the online giant ever done for retail? Read more 
 
 The share price hike added more than $7bn to the $34.7bn fortune of founder Jeff Bezos in less than 45 minutes. 
 
 As the shares climbed, they surpassed those of Walmart, making Amazon the highest-valued company in retail in the world. An hour after it announced its earnings, Amazon was valued at approximately $270bn while Walmart had closed with a valuation of $233bn. 
 
 For the second quarter ending on 30 June, Amazon reported a $92m profit and gains of $0.19 per share instead of the $0.13 loss Wall Street analysts had expected. While analysts expected the company to do better than it did a year ago, when it posted a loss of $126m, they had expected the revenue growth to be closer to 16% with revenue reaching $22.4bn. Instead, revenue rose to $23.19bn. 
 
 Amazon had a lot to celebrate this quarter, according to Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. The better-than-expected results came just a week after the company celebrated its 20th anniversary. 
 
 “The teams at Amazon have been working hard for customers,” he said on Thursday. “We unveiled Amazon Business, opened Amazon Mexico, launched Prime free same-day, rolled out our ninth Prime Now city, broke our Black Friday record with the first-ever Prime Day, received 11 Emmy nominations for Transparent, debuted six new kids’ pilots, brought Echo to general availability, introduced the Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service, opened FBA Small and Light, continued to double down on our fastest-growing geography – India, launched 350 significant AWS [Amazon Web Services] features and services so far this year (ahead of last year’s pace), introduced AWS Educate, and entered into agreements for new solar and wind farms – enough to exceed our 2016 goal of 40% renewable energy.” 
 
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 Much of the growth reported this quarter can be attributed to the company’s Amazon Web Service, AWS, which is the company’s collection of remote cloud computing services. 
 
 This is the second quarter since Amazon began disclosing revenue and operating profit for AWS and for the second time, the growth for this division surprised Wall Street analysts. In the first quarter, AWS revenue was up 49% from 2014. This time around, the revenue for AWS rose 81% from a year ago, reaching $1.82bn by 30 June. 
 
 Thomas Szkutak, Amazon CFO, also pointed out that Amazon is the largest AWS customer. 
 
 When asked whether the fact that the Fire phone was not mentioned by name in Thursday’s release meant that analysts should “chalk it up to a learning experience”, Szkutak said the company does not comment on a roadmap of products and has nothing to offer. He did, however, add that the company learns from everything it does and values feedback from its customers. 
 
 It has not all been smooth sailing for Amazon. 
 
 At the beginning of this month, the company informed writers whose works are available through Kindle Owners’ Lending Library that they will not be paid per download but instead for page read at the rate of $0.006 per page. Up until then, authors were paid $1.30 per download. This means that only authors whose books are 220 pages long or longer and are read from cover to cover will make the same or more in the future. 
 
 About two weeks later, leading authors including Malcolm Gladwell, Ursula Le Guin, Michael Chabon and Ann Patchett penned a letter to the US Department of Justice demanding that it investigate the retailer’s “power over the book market”.
– Jeff Bezos is having a pretty good month, even by the standards of stratospherically wealthy tech tycoons. Last night, just days after the Amazon.com founder celebrated the company's 20th anniversary, he made $7 billion in under 45 minutes as the company's share price soared in after-hours trading, reports the Guardian. The 18% share price gain came after the company surprised analysts by reporting a large profit and a 26% rise in North American sales year-on-year, CNBC reports. Bezos is now the fifth-richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of $50.3 billion, according to Forbes. Amazon has now passed Walmart to become the highest-valued retail company in the world, and in a press release, Bezos lists many recent successes, including Prime Day, the establishment of Amazon Business and Amazon Mexico, and new agreements for solar and wind farms. But one glaring failure for Amazon appears to be its relationship with authors, the Guardian notes. Earlier this month, a group of authors including Ursula Le Guin and Malcolm Gladwell joined the American Booksellers Association in calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the firm's "abuse of its dominance in the world of books." (Last fall, analysts wondered how the company could rein in Bezos.)