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Amazon.com (BUE:AMZN) Gross Profit : ARS47,921,816 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Amazon.com Gross Profit?

Amazon.com's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS23,538,608 Mil. Amazon.com's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS47,921,816 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Amazon.com's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS23,538,608 Mil. Amazon.com's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS120,741,205 Mil. Therefore, Amazon.com's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 19.50%.

Amazon.com had a gross margin of 19.50% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Amazon.com was 17.53%. The lowest was 6.96%. And the median was 13.21%.


Amazon.com Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amazon.com's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Amazon.com Gross Profit Chart

Amazon.com Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,320,590.47 4,191,069.85 6,697,151.71 11,339,845.69 33,863,605.03

Amazon.com Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3,597,780.68 5,225,759.96 8,589,173.04 10,568,275.01 23,538,607.90

Competitive Comparison of Amazon.com's Gross Profit

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Amazon.com's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Amazon.com's Gross Profit Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Amazon.com's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Amazon.com's Gross Profit falls into.



Amazon.com Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Amazon.com's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=207497385.187 - 173633780.157
=33,863,605

Amazon.com's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=120741204.553 - 97202596.653
=23,538,608

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ARS47,921,816 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Amazon.com's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=23,538,608 / 120741204.553
=19.50 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Amazon.com  (BUE:AMZN) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Amazon.com had a gross margin of 19.50% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage


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Amazon.com (BUE:AMZN) Business Description

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410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA, USA, 98109-5210
Amazon is a leading online retailer and one of the highest-grossing e-commerce aggregators, with $386 billion in net sales and approximately $578 billion in estimated physical/digital online gross merchandise volume in 2021. Retail-related revenue represents approximately 80% of the total, followed by Amazon Web Services' cloud computing, storage, database, and other offerings (10%-15%), advertising services (5%), and other. International segments constitute 25%-30% of Amazon's non-AWS sales, led by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

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