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Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 28% to $5.45 Billion; Newest Kindle Now Shipping and Lowering Price to $259 from $279

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2009-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Operating cash flow was $2.25 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.27 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2008. Free cash flow increased 98% to $1.92 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $0.97 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2008.

Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards outstanding totaled 451 million on September 30, 2009, compared with 448 million a year ago.

Net sales increased 28% to $5.45 billion in the third quarter, compared with $4.26 billion in third quarter 2008. Excluding the $41 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales would have grown 29% compared with third quarter 2008.

Operating income increased 62% to $251 million in the third quarter, compared with $154 million in third quarter 2008. Excluding the $10 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, operating income would have grown 69% compared with third quarter 2008.

Net income increased 68% to $199 million in the third quarter, or $0.45 per diluted share, compared with net income of $118 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in third quarter 2008.

“Kindle has become the #1 bestselling item by both unit sales and dollars – not just in our electronics store but across all product categories on Amazon.com. It’s also the most wished for and the most gifted. We are grateful for and energized by this customer response,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “Earlier this week we began shipping the latest generation Kindle. Its 3G wireless works in the U.S. and 100 countries, and we’ve just lowered its price to $259.”

Highlights

  • This week we started shipping Kindle with U.S. & International Wireless and lowered its price to $259 from $279. This newest Kindle is available to ship to customers living outside the U.S. Customers in more than 100 countries around the world, and U.S. customers traveling abroad, can take advantage of Kindle’s 3G wireless technology to download a title in 60 seconds or less.
  • The U.S. Kindle Store now has more than 360,000 books, including 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, more than 7,000 blogs, and more than 90 top U.S. and International newspapers and magazines, including: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times (U.K.), Le Monde, The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and Fortune. Kindle owners can also select from over 60,000 audiobooks from Audible.com and listen to them directly on their Kindle.
  • The Company announced “Kindle for PC,” the free application for reading Kindle books on the PC. Kindle for PC features Amazon’s Whispersync technology, which automatically saves and synchronizes customers’ bookmarks and last page read across devices, including the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, and PC.
  • North America segment sales, representing the Company’s U.S. and Canadian sites, were $2.84 billion, up 23% from third quarter 2008.
  • International segment sales, representing the Company’s U.K., German, Japanese, French and Chinese sites, were $2.61 billion, up 33% from third quarter 2008. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, International sales grew 35%.
  • Worldwide Media sales grew 17% to $2.93 billion. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter sales grew 18%.
  • Worldwide Electronics & Other General Merchandise sales grew 44% to $2.36 billion. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter sales grew 45%.
  • Amazon.com launched “Local Express Delivery,” a new shipping option giving customers same-day delivery on thousands of items in seven major cities: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Seattle and Washington D.C. Amazon Prime members pay just $5.99 per item for the service.
  • The Company continues to expand and enhance free shipping offers across the world. Amazon.co.uk began offering free shipping on all products in the U.K., eliminating the prior threshold of £5; while Amazon.co.jp now offers free same-day delivery service to Amazon Prime customers in the Kanto and Kansai regions of Japan.
  • Items shipped on behalf of sellers who utilized Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) more than tripled from the prior year. Sellers can still join FBA and take advantage of Amazon’s extended delivery promise for the holidays − customers can order items as late as December 23rd and still get them in time for the holidays.
  • Amazon.com expanded its Frustration-Free Packaging program, offering additional items from Fisher-Price, Mattel, Kingston and other leading toy and electronics manufacturers in easy-to-open, environmentally friendly packaging.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), a secure and seamless bridge between a company’s existing IT infrastructure and the AWS cloud, enabling enterprises to connect their existing infrastructure to AWS compute resources.

Financial Guidance

The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com’s expectations as of October 22, 2009. This guidance excludes the impact of Zappos.com, Inc., including approximately $35 million of expenses primarily related to employee compensation costs, amortization of intangibles and merger-related expenses that would be recognized in the fourth quarter 2009 if the transaction closes as planned. 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.

Fourth Quarter 2009 Guidance

  • Net sales are expected to be between $8.125 billion and $9.125 billion, or to grow between 21% and 36% compared with fourth quarter 2008.
  • Operating income is expected to be between $300 million and $425 million, or to grow between 10% and 56% compared with fourth quarter 2008. This guidance includes approximately $100 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, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

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; Computers & Office; Electronics; Home & Garden; Grocery, Health & Beauty; Toys, Kids & Baby; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; 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. Examples of the services offered by Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store, Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS), Amazon Mechanical Turk and Amazon CloudFront.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and www.amazon.cn.

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 Nine Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
  2009     2008     2009     2008     2009     2008  
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 1,936

 

$ 1,548 $ 2,769 $ 2,539 $ 1,650 $ 1,366
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income 199 118 518 420 743 627

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

96 76 266 210 343 273
Stock-based compensation 90 70 242 197 320 251
Other operating expense (income), net 9 7 80 (32 ) 90 (29 )
Losses (gains) on sales of marketable securities, net (1 ) 1 (3 ) (2 ) (3 ) (2 )
Other expense (income), net (9 ) (24 ) (21 ) (17 ) (38 ) (18 )
Deferred income taxes 77 (17 ) 84 (47 ) 125 (144 )
Excess tax charges (benefits) from stock-based compensation 17 (53 ) (52 ) (160 ) (52 ) (323 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Inventories (276 ) (243 ) (192 ) (130 ) (293 ) (361 )
Accounts receivable, net and other (155 ) (9 ) 28 106 (296 ) (131 )
Accounts payable 701 362 (372 ) (524 ) 964 620
Accrued expenses and other (3 ) 101 (131 ) 39 77 437
Additions to unearned revenue 197 121 610 286 772 366
Amortization of previously unearned revenue   (143 )   (86 )   (375 )   (220 )   (499 )   (291 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 799 424 682 126 2,253 1,275
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

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

(103 ) (102 ) (236 ) (231 ) (337 ) (305 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other (5 ) (8 ) (40 ) (408 ) (127 ) (436 )
Sales and maturities of marketable securities and other investments 586 582 1,277 1,033 1,550 1,149
Purchases of marketable securities and other investments   (780 )   (478 )   (1,730 )   (1,229 )   (2,179 )   (1,382 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (302 ) (6 ) (729 ) (835 ) (1,093 ) (974 )
 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Excess tax benefits (charges) from stock-based compensation (17 ) 53 53 160 52 323
Common stock repurchased - - - - (100 ) -
Proceeds from long-term debt and other 101 2 97 62 149 91
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations   (20 )   (295 )   (379 )   (355 )   (394 )   (380 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 64 (240 ) (229 ) (133 ) (293 ) 34
 
Foreign-currency effect on cash and cash equivalents   17     (76 )   21     (47 )   (3 )   (51 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 578 102 (255 ) (889 ) 864 284
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $ 2,514   $ 1,650   $ 2,514   $ 1,650   $ 2,514   $ 1,650  
 
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest $ 2 $ 14 $ 30 $ 61 $ 32 $ 62
Cash paid for income taxes 10 5 44 28 69 38
Fixed assets acquired under capital leases and other financing arrangements 60 37 97 104 141 136
Fixed assets acquired under build-to-suit leases 16 19 133 35 170 50
Conversion of debt - 132 - 605 - 605
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
       
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
  2009     2008     2009     2008  
 
Net sales $ 5,449 $ 4,264 $ 14,989 $ 12,463
Cost of sales   4,176     3,265     11,435     9,541  
Gross profit 1,273 999 3,554 2,922
 
Operating expenses (1):
Fulfillment 466 393 1,297 1,109
Marketing 149 108 406

 

313
Technology and content 315 264 890 755
General and administrative 83 73 228 208
Other operating expense (income), net (2)   9     7     80     (32 )
Total operating expenses   1,022     845     2,901     2,353  
 
Income from operations 251 154 653

 

569
 
Interest income 7 21 28 67
Interest expense (7 ) (17 ) (26 ) (60 )
Other income, net   11     24     35     22  
Total non-operating income   11     28     37     29  
 
Income before income taxes 262 182

 

690

 

598
 
Provision for income taxes (60 ) (59 ) (169 ) (167 )
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax   (3 )   (5 )   (3 )   (11 )
Net income $ 199   $ 118   $ 518   $ 420  
 
Basic earnings per share $ 0.46   $ 0.28  

 

$ 1.20  

 

$ 1.00  
 
Diluted earnings per share $ 0.45   $ 0.27  

 

$ 1.18  

 

$ 0.97  
 
Weighted average shares used in computation of earnings per share:

 

 

Basic   432     427     431     421  
Diluted   441     436     439     431  
__________________________
(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:
Fulfillment $ 22 $ 15 $ 57 $ 42
Marketing 5 4 14 10
Technology and content 48 38 130 109
General and administrative 15 13 41 36
 
 

(2) Q2 2008 includes a $53 million non-cash gain recognized on the sale of our European DVD rental assets. Q2 2009 includes the impact of our settlement with Toysrus.com LLC for $51 million, substantially all of which was expensed in Q2 2009.

 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Segment Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
       
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
  2009     2008     2009     2008  
North America
Net sales $ 2,843 $ 2,302 $ 7,872 $ 6,597
Cost of sales   2,091     1,716     5,754     4,883  
Gross profit 752 586 2,118 1,714
Direct segment operating expenses (1)   596     498     1,687     1,400  

Segment operating income

$ 156   $ 88   $ 431   $ 314  
 
International
Net sales $ 2,606 $ 1,962 $ 7,117 $ 5,866
Cost of sales   2,085     1,549     5,681     4,658  
Gross profit 521 413 1,436 1,208
Direct segment operating expenses (1)   327     270     892     788  
Segment operating income $ 194   $ 143   $ 544   $ 420  
 
Consolidated
Net sales $ 5,449 $ 4,264 $ 14,989 $ 12,463
Cost of sales   4,176     3,265     11,435     9,541  
Gross profit 1,273 999 3,554 2,922
Direct segment operating expenses   923     768     2,579     2,188  
Segment operating income 350 231 975 734
Stock-based compensation (90 ) (70 ) (242 ) (197 )
Other operating income (expense), net (2)   (9 )   (7 )   (80 )   32  
Income from operations 251 154 653 569
Total non-operating income, net 11 28 37 29
Provision for income taxes (60 ) (59 ) (169 ) (167 )
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax   (3 )   (5 )   (3 )   (11 )
Net income $ 199   $ 118   $ 518   $ 420  
 
Segment Highlights:
Y/Y net sales growth:
North America 23 % 29 % 19 % 32 %
International 33 33 21 41
Consolidated 28 31 20 36
Y/Y gross profit growth:
North America 28 % 28 % 24 % 29 %
International 26 37 19 42
Consolidated 27 31 22 34
Y/Y segment operating income growth:
North America 77 % 12 % 37 % 27 %
International 36 46 30 53
Consolidated 52 31 33 41
Net sales mix:
North America 52 % 54 % 53 % 53 %
International 48 46 47 47
__________________________

(1) A significant majority of our costs for "Technology and content" are incurred in the United States and most of these costs are allocated to our North America segment.

 

(2) Q2 2008 includes a $53 million non-cash gain recognized on the sale of our European DVD rental assets. Q2 2009 includes the impact of our settlement with Toysrus.com LLC for $51 million, substantially all of which was expensed in Q2 2009.

 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Net Sales Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
       

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30, September 30,
  2009     2008     2009     2008  
North America
Media $ 1,412 $ 1,245 $ 3,865 $ 3,599
Electronics and other general merchandise 1,293 950 3,652 2,697
Other   138     107     355     301  
Total North America 2,843 2,302 7,872 6,597
 
International
Media 1,517 1,249 4,229 3,845
Electronics and other general merchandise 1,064 690 2,821 1,955
Other   25     23     67     66  
Total International 2,606 1,962 7,117 5,866
 
Consolidated
Media 2,929 2,494 8,094 7,444
Electronics and other general merchandise 2,357 1,640 6,473 4,652
Other   163     130     422     367  
Total Consolidated $ 5,449   $ 4,264   $ 14,989   $ 12,463  
 
Y/Y Net Sales Growth:
North America:
Media 13 % 15 % 7 % 20 %
Electronics and other general merchandise 36 51 35 50
Other 29 41 18 40
Total North America 23 29 19 32
 
International:
Media 22 % 24 % 10 % 32 %
Electronics and other general merchandise 54 54 44 64
Other 4 49 2 78
Total International 33 33 21 41
 
Consolidated:
Media 17 % 19 % 9 % 26 %
Electronics and other general merchandise 44 52 39 55
Other 25 42 15 45
Total Consolidated 28 31 20 36
 
Y/Y Net Sales Growth Excluding Effect of Exchange Rates:
International:
Media 22 % 18 % 17 % 22 %
Electronics and other general merchandise 58 48 56 52
Other 14 52 19 71
Total International 35 28 30 31
 
Consolidated:
Media 18 % 17 % 13 % 21 %
Electronics and other general merchandise 45 49 44 51
Other 26 43 18 44
Total Consolidated 29 28 25 31
 
Consolidated Net Sales Mix:
Media 54 % 59 % 54 % 60 %
Electronics and other general merchandise 43 38 43 37
Other 3 3 3 3
 

AMAZON.COM, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except per share data)
     
September 30, December 31, September 30,
  2009     2008     2008  
ASSETS (unaudited) (unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,514 $ 2,769 $ 1,650
Marketable securities 1,487 958 674
Inventories 1,617 1,399 1,315
Accounts receivable, net and other 671 827 597
Deferred tax assets   80     204     194  
Total current assets 6,369 6,157 4,430
Fixed assets, net 1,086 854 731
Deferred tax assets 206 145 278
Goodwill 457 438 405
Other assets   854     720     722  
Total assets $ 8,972   $ 8,314   $ 6,566  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 3,354 $ 3,594 $ 2,242
Accrued expenses and other   1,183     1,152     902  
Total current liabilities 4,537 4,746 3,144
Long-term debt 116 409 393
Other long-term liabilities 734 487 502
 
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 -- 449, 445 and 443
Outstanding shares -- 433, 428 and 429 4 4 4
Treasury stock, at cost (600 ) (600 ) (500 )
Additional paid-in capital 4,428 4,121 4,051
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (35 ) (123 ) (73 )
Accumulated deficit   (212 )   (730 )   (955 )
Total stockholders' equity   3,585     2,672     2,527  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 8,972   $ 8,314   $ 6,566  
 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
            Y/Y %
Q3 2008   Q4 2008   Q1 2009   Q2 2009   Q3 2009   Change
Cash Flows and Shares
 
Operating cash flow -- trailing twelve months (TTM) $ 1,275 $ 1,697 $ 1,757 $ 1,878 $ 2,253 77%
 
Purchases of fixed assets (incl. internal-use software & website development) -- TTM $ 305 $ 333 $ 326 $ 336 $ 337 11%
 
Free cash flow (operating cash flow less purchases of fixed assets) -- TTM $ 970 $ 1,364 $ 1,431 $ 1,542 $ 1,916 98%
Free cash flow -- TTM Y/Y growth 21% 16% 82% 89% 98% N/A
 
Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding 448 446 447 451 451 1%
Common shares outstanding 429 428 429 432 433 1%
Stock-based awards outstanding 19 18 17 19 18 (6%)
Stock-based awards outstanding -- % of common shares outstanding 4.5% 4.2% 4.0% 4.4% 4.2% N/A
 
Results of Operations
 
Worldwide (WW) net sales $ 4,264 $ 6,704 $ 4,889 $ 4,651 $ 5,449 28%
WW net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 28% 24% 25% 20% 29% N/A
WW net sales -- TTM $ 18,135 $ 19,166 $ 19,921 $ 20,509 $ 21,693 20%
WW net sales -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 33% 28% 27% 24% 24% N/A
 
Gross profit $ 999 $ 1,348 $ 1,148 $ 1,133 $ 1,273 27%
Gross profit -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 29% 20% 27% 23% 29% N/A
Gross margin -- % of WW net sales 23.4% 20.1% 23.5% 24.4% 23.4% N/A
Gross profit -- TTM $ 4,092 $ 4,270 $ 4,462 $ 4,628 $ 4,902 20%
Gross profit -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 31% 26% 26% 24% 25% N/A
Gross margin -- TTM % of WW net sales 22.6% 22.3% 22.4% 22.6% 22.6% N/A
 
Operating income (1) $ 154 $ 272 $ 244 $ 159 $ 251 62%
Operating margin -- % of WW net sales 3.6% 4.1% 5.0% 3.4% 4.6% N/A
Operating income -- TTM (1) (2) $ 840 $ 842 $ 887 $ 829 $ 925 10%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 36% 27% 30% 13% 22% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of WW net sales 4.6% 4.4% 4.5% 4.0% 4.3% N/A
 
Net income (1) $ 118 $ 225 $ 177 $ 142 $ 199 68%
Net income per diluted share $ 0.27 $ 0.52 $ 0.41 $ 0.32 $ 0.45 66%
Net income -- TTM (1) (2) $ 627 $ 645 $ 679 $ 663 $ 743 19%
Net income per diluted share -- TTM $ 1.46 $ 1.49 $ 1.56 $ 1.52 $ 1.69 16%
 
Segments
 
North America Segment:
Net sales $ 2,302 $ 3,631 $ 2,578 $ 2,451 $ 2,843 23%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 29% 18% 22% 13% 24% N/A
Net sales -- TTM $ 9,680 $ 10,228 $ 10,681 $ 10,963 $ 11,503 19%
Gross profit $ 586 $ 781 $ 694 $ 672 $ 752 28%
Gross margin -- % of North America net sales 25.5% 21.5% 26.9% 27.4% 26.5% N/A
Gross profit -- TTM $ 2,412 $ 2,495 $ 2,620 $ 2,733 $ 2,899 20%
Gross margin -- TTM % of North America net sales 24.9% 24.4% 24.5% 24.9% 25.2% N/A
Operating income $ 88 $ 130 $ 150 $ 125 $ 156 77%
Operating margin -- % of North America net sales 3.8% 3.6% 5.8% 5.1% 5.5% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $ 468 $ 445 $ 464 $ 494 $ 562 20%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 26% 11% 5% 8% 20% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of North America net sales 4.8% 4.4% 4.4% 4.5% 4.9% N/A
 
International Segment:
Net sales $ 1,962 $ 3,073 $ 2,311 $ 2,200 $ 2,606 33%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 28% 31% 28% 28% 35% N/A
Net sales -- TTM $ 8,455 $ 8,938 $ 9,240 $ 9,546 $ 10,190 21%
Net sales -- TTM % of WW net sales 47% 47% 46% 47% 47% N/A
Gross profit $ 413 $ 567 $ 454 $ 461 $ 521 26%
Gross margin -- % of International net sales 21.1% 18.5% 19.6% 20.9% 20.0% N/A
Gross profit -- TTM $ 1,680 $ 1,775 $ 1,842 $ 1,895 $ 2,003 19%
Gross margin -- TTM % of International net sales 19.9% 19.9% 19.9% 19.9% 19.7% N/A
Operating income $ 143 $ 229 $ 172 $ 179 $ 194 36%
Operating margin -- % of International net sales 7.3% 7.4% 7.4% 8.1% 7.4% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $ 594 $ 648 $ 692 $ 722 $ 773 30%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 41% 42% 52% 49% 49% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of International net sales     7.0%     7.3%     7.5%     7.6%     7.6%   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 %
Q3 2008   Q4 2008   Q1 2009   Q2 2009   Q3 2009   Change
Segments (continued)
 
Consolidated Segments:
Operating expenses $ 768 $ 989 $ 826 $ 829 $ 923 20%
Operating expenses -- TTM $ 3,030 $ 3,177 $ 3,306 $ 3,412 $ 3,567 18%
Operating income $ 231 $ 359 $ 322 $ 304 $ 350 52%
Operating margin -- % of consolidated sales 5.4% 5.4% 6.6% 6.5% 6.4% N/A
Operating income -- TTM $ 1,062 $ 1,093 $ 1,156 $ 1,216 $ 1,335 26%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 35% 28% 28% 29% 35% N/A
Operating margin -- TTM % of consolidated net sales 5.9% 5.7% 5.8% 5.9% 6.2% N/A
 
Supplemental North America Segment Net Sales:
Media $ 1,245 $ 1,751 $ 1,305 $ 1,148 $ 1,412 13%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 15% 8% 9% 0% 14% N/A
Media -- TTM $ 5,235 $ 5,350 $ 5,450 $ 5,449 $ 5,616 7%
Electronics and other general merchandise $ 950 $ 1,733 $ 1,172 $ 1,187 $ 1,293 36%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 51% 30% 42% 29% 36% N/A
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $ 4,033 $ 4,430 $ 4,776 $ 5,043 $ 5,385 34%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of North America net sales 42% 43% 45% 46% 47% N/A
Other $ 107 $ 147 $ 101 $ 116 $ 138 29%
Other -- TTM $ 412 $ 448 $ 455 $ 471 $