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Amazon Profit Crushes Estimates As Cloud-Service Revenue Soars


Ron Burgundy
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File photograph of an Amazon logo on a worker's jacket at an Amazon Fulfilment CenterAmazon.com Inc on Thursday reported profit and revenue that blew past analysts' expectations, sending its shares soaring in after-hours trading and demonstrating the growing market power of its core retail business and new cloud services division. The results draw a sharp contrast to the disappointing fourth quarter Amazon reported in January, which renewed worries among some shareholders about the company's comparatively thin profit margins. Amazon's performance also assuaged concerns about a broader slowdown among tech and internet companies after Apple , Microsoft and Intel all reported disappointing earnings.




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