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[Maiestro]

Morgen, dem 26.07.00, wird Amazon.com sein Ergebnis für das Q2 melden! Die Erwartungen sehen wie folgt aus:

Avg Estimate -0.35
# of Analysts 27
Low Estimate -0,38
High Estimate -0,28
Year Ago EPS -0,25
EPS Growth-0.35 -37,98%

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Im Vorfeld der Zahlen konnte Amazon sich von seinen Tiefstständen erholen und hat sich mittlerweile bei etwa 40 USD eingependelt!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Offensichtlich ist jedoch auch, dass der langfristige Abwärtstrend ungebrochen ist!

[Maiestro]

Hier in einem Chart von Boersenagent.de veranschaulicht!

[Maiestro]

[Rex Corda]

Hi Maiestro,

der Chart sieht ja sehr beeindruckend aus...

Grüße aus dem Cyberspace, Rex

[uhuru]

Momentan siehts aber eher so aus,
daß die schlechten Zahlen von morgen
heute vorweggenommen werden.
Der Kurs fällt und fällt: aktuell ca. -11%

Und wenn dann morgen noch schlechte Zahlen
wahr werden dann "Ade Amazon"

Gruß

Uhuru

[Maiestro]

Noch schlimmer kann es ja kaum noch werden!

Maiestro

[uhuru]

Na ja, immerhin konnte sich Amazon wieder
einigermaßen erholen nach dem Galli-schock.
Hm, daß der einen Tag vor Bekanntgabe der Q-Zahlen
kündigt ist ja schon komisch.

Anyway, morgen wirds auf jeden Fall spannend!
Sollte Amazon nur 1 cent über den Erwartungen
von -35 cents sein wirds wohl kräftig nach oben gehen.

Morgen früh noch in D einzukaufen ist eine 50:50 Chance
auf signifikant steigende Kurse nachmittags.



Gruß

uhuru

[Maiestro]

Ich lasse mich auf das Spiel nimmer ein! Es hat sich gezeigt, dass bei Bekanntgabe der Zahlen der Kurs von Amazon nur eine Richtung kannte, nämlich die in Richtung Süden!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Langfristig mag Amazon ein interessantes Unternehmen sein, denn ich glaube nicht an die Pleite eines Weltmarktführers! Die Leute dort sind auch nicht blöd und werden sich zu retten wissen!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Hoffe ich zumindest! Wahrscheinlich werde ich aufstocken, mal sehen wie die Zahlen werden!

Maiestr

[Maiestro]

Heute konnte man schon einmal Intraday schöne Gewinne einfahren! Hier der Intraday Chart...

[Maiestro]

[Maiestro]

So,

noch ein paar Stündchen und wir werden Gewissheit haben! Ich sage einfach mal, dass die Zahlen besser als erwartet werden, aber nur vom Gefühl her!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Was meint Ihr dazu? Werden die Zahlen besser als die erwarteten -0,35 $?

Maiestro

[busch]

Der Wert von Amazon (WKN 906866) ist in New York stark unter Druck Geraten, nachdem der Chief Operating Officer Galli seinen Wechsel zu VerticalNet erklärt hat.

Galli wird bei dem Internet-Communities-Betreiber CEO werden. Der Manager hat sich als Präsident von Black & Decker einen Namen gemacht.

Der Kurs sackte nach dieser Nachricht bis auf 33,25 Dollar ab, hat sich im Tagesverlauf wieder erholen können und stand kurz vor Schluss wieder über 37 Dollar.

Die Analysten sprachen von einer normalen Reaktion.

Nur weil der Galli den Stuhl wechselt fällt der Wert um über 10 %!?
Da soll einer die Welt verstehen.

Busch

[uhuru]

Bis jetzt waren die bisherigen Zahlen von
den I-nets (Yahoo, AOL, Ebay ...)
ja immer über den Erwartungen der Analysten.
Und so hoffe ich natürlich diesmal, daß es
bei Amazon ebenso ist.
Aber Amazon ist eben auch manchmal
für Überraschungen gut.

We`ll see!


Gruß

uhuru

[uhuru]

Momentan gibt der Kurs hier schon
ganz schön nach.
Wissen da schon einige was?

[uhuru]

Das mit Galli war ja gestern.
Heute siehts mit der Vorbörse auch nicht
gut aus:
momentan 34,5$

[Azrazel]

Mal wieder Lehman!! Diesmal wurde die Aktie von Kaufen auf Neutral abgestuft. Deswegen gibt der Kurs so nach.
Ist doch irgendwie seltsam: Da kommt erst ein Lehman Report, daß Amazon im Januar 2001 Pleite sein wird und dann 1 Monat später das Downgrade. Eigentlich keine große Überraschung.
Ich denke mal, daß es in den letzten beiden Handelsstunden noch mal kräftig hoch geht ( alle Trader gehen rein )
Mein Tip: -33cents/Aktie!

Azrael
Ein Lächeln vertreibt tausend Sorgen!!

[Maiestro]

Amazon.com haben im Island-Handel auf 34 USD nachgegeben, nachdem das Brokerhaus Lehman Brothers seine Einstufung für den Internet-Versand von "buy" auf "neutral" gesenkt hatte. Am Dienstag hatten Amazon-Aktien bei 37-5/8 USD geschlossen. Das Brokerhaus begründete die Herabstufung mit der Schwäche des Amazon-Umsatzes bei anderen Waren als Büchern. Um die derzeitige Bewertung zu rechtfertigen, müsse Amazon das Geschäft über den Buchversand hinaus ausdehnen. Die bisherigen Vorstöße des Unternehmens in andere Warensegmente hätten nicht überzeugt./cs/fl

[Maiestro]

Mein Tipp für die Zahlen: -0,32 $ pro Aktie!

Maiestro

[Azrazel]

Ist es nicht irgendwie seltsam eine Aktie einen Tag nzw. wenige Stunden VOR den Quartalszahlen abzustufen??
Normalerweise nutzt man doch die Zahlen, um die Perspekziven zu bewerten!!

Azrael
Ein Lächeln vertreibt tausend Sorgen!!

[Maiestro]

Schlechte Nachrichten am Tag der Zahlen!

[Maiestro]

Wednesday July 26 3:56 PM ET
Amazon Hit by String of Bad News

By Scott Hillis

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc (NasdaqNM:AMZN - news) saw its share price drop nearly 10 percent on Wednesday after its president abruptly quit, its stock got downgraded and its Web site crashed.

All that came just hours before Amazon, a bellwether for the entire online retailing sector, was to report quarterly earnings that analysts will scrutinize for signs that the company is moving toward profitability, or not.

Shares in Amazon fell 3-3/8, or 9 percent, to 34-1/2 on Wednesday in mid-afternoon trading on the Nasdaq ahead of the company`s second quarter earnings announcement due after the close of trading.

The spate of bad news started on Tuesday afternoon when Amazon President Joseph Galli, who was with the company just 13 months, suddenly resigned to become the chief executive of VerticalNet Inc (NasdaqNM:VERT - news).

Then, two brokerages, Banc of America Securities and Lehman Bros., downgraded Amazon shares.

Banc of America analyst Tom Courtney on Tuesday cut Amazon to a ``buy`` from a ``strong buy``, and withdrew his price target of $80 a share, saying he would revise that after the earnings announcement.

``Over the past two months, we have lost some confidence in the company`s ability to generate the growth necessary to meet our estimates,`` Courtney said.

``Although we will continue to believe Amazon is by far the No. 1 company in this space and believe its long-term model will prove out, it simply cannot afford to miss even the upper end of the range of estimates,`` Courtney said.

On Wednesday, Lehman analyst Holly Becker, painted an even grimmer picture of the company and said she was ``throwing in the towel on Amazon``, expressing frustration with its attempts to expand beyond its core bookselling business into areas like hardware, kitchen supplies and toys.

``To justify current valuation, the company must expand beyond books, and to date the company`s new businesses have demonstrated a lack of traction,`` Becker wrote.

``Despite its powerful brand name and large, loyal customer base, there is softness in key consumer metrics,`` Becker said. ``Near-term execution risks are substantial as Amazon works to aggressively reduce costs while continuing to grow at rapid rates.``

Becker cut her rating on Amazon to ``neutral`` from ``buy``.

With Internet retailers across the board coming under increased pressure to turn a profit, analysts will be looking to see if Amazon`s latest financial results show it is stemming the red ink and improving margins and cash flow.

Last month, another Lehman analyst, Ravi Suria, cast fresh doubts on Amazon`s business when he described its credit as ``extremely weak and deteriorating,`` and forecast the company would run out of cash within a year.

The comments, which Amazon dismissed as ``hogwash``, sparked a steep sell-off in the company`s shares, which hit a 52-week low of 32-7/16, far below its peak of 113.

Amazon was also stung on Wednesday when its online store crashed for a short time.

Customers who tried to visit the Web site, at http://www.amazon.com, were presented with a message saying the store was temporarily closed. The notice did not give a reason for the closure.

An Amazon spokeswoman said the site was down for about 40 minutes until 10:20 a.m. PDT (1:20 p.m. EDT/1720 GMT), adding that it was not caused by a hacker attack or outside interference. ``It was just a mild hiccup with the system and we a have addressed it,`` she said.

[Maiestro]

Das Ergebnis lautet: -0,33 $!

[Maiestro]

@ Azrazrl

Du hast richtig gelegen! Gratuliere!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Internetnews
Amazon vor Quartalszahlen unter Druck.

Die Aktien des weltgrößten Online-Händlers Amazon gerieten heute nach Abstufungen unter Druck. Heute, vor der Quartalszahlenveröffentlichung, hat Lehman Brother´s Analyst Holly Becker die Aktie von Kaufen auf Neutral herabgestuft. Amazon versucht wie andere Online-Händler auch vor allem seine Bruttomargen zu erhöhen. Besonders verlustreiche Artikel streicht das Unternehmen aus dem Angebot. Dies wird dieses Quartal wie bei anderen Online-Händlern auch zu einem weniger starken Umsatzwachstum führen, als dies in der Vergangenheit bei Amazon der Fall gewesen ist.
Wallstreet erwartet einen Verlust von 35 Cents pro Aktie, nach 35 Cents Verlust im ersten Quartal. Jedoch soll sich die allgemeine Geschäftslage dabei trotzdem bessern. Vor allem sollen mehr Umsätze nicht automatisch höhere Verluste bedeuten. Dieses Quartal soll der Verlust nur noch 14,5% des Umsatzes ausmachen. Im letzten Quartal lag diese Zahl noch um 3% höher. Sollte der Umsatz mehr als $ 25 Mio. gegenüber dem letzten Quartal auf über $600 Mio. steigen, wäre dies ein positives Signal für die Märkte.

Die Aktie von Amazon notiert momentan um 7% leichter bei $34,81

26.07.00 19:20

[Maiestro]

Quelle war finance-online.de!

[Fundi]

wegen dem miserablen Umsatz von unter 600 Mio. schon auf 32 gefallen nachbörslich auf island

[Maiestro]

Hier nun die Bekanntgabe der Zahlen in Englisch!

[Maiestro]

Wednesday July 26, 4:16 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Amazon.com Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter 2000
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2000--


U.S. Books, Music and DVD/Video Segment Achieves Pro Forma Operating

Profitability;

Over 23 Million Cumulative Customers Served in Five Years;

Cash Balance at $908 Million

Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) today announced that net sales for the second quarter of 2000 were $578 million, an increase of 84% over net sales of $314 million for the second quarter of 1999. The Amazon Electronics store, launched in July 1999, became Amazon.com`s fastest-growing store yet.

Pro forma operating loss for the second quarter of 2000 was $89 million, or 15% of sales, compared to a pro forma operating loss of $67 million, or 21% of sales, in the second quarter of 1999. Second-quarter pro forma net loss was $0.33 per share, compared with a pro forma net loss of $0.26 per share in the second quarter of 1999. Amazon.com`s U.S. Books, Music and DVD/Video segment pro forma operating profit was $10 million.

Cumulative customer accounts increased by 2.5 million during the second quarter to more than 22.5 million as of June 30, 2000, and now stand at over 23 million. Repeat customer orders represented 78% of orders in the second quarter, up from 70% the previous year. Trailing 12-month sales per customer who purchased during the 12 months ended June 30, 2000, was $125, up from $108 for the same period a year ago.

Total sales outside the United States, including exports from the U.S., were 23% of sales in the second quarter. Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de sales were $73 million, up 134% from $31 million for the second quarter of 1999. The two sites added more than 500,000 new customer accounts in the second quarter of 2000, bringing their total customer accounts to more than 3 million, up from about 800,000 as of June 30, 1999.

``Our vision remains being Earth`s most customer-centric company, the best place for customers to find and discover anything they want to buy online,`` said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO. ``While we continue to see improvements in all of our businesses, we are especially pleased with the profitability in our U.S. Books, Music and Video group and the unusual growth in our Electronics store. For the company as a whole, we`re well on our way to achieving our 2000 objectives.``

``We are pleased to report strong year-over-year growth in revenue, gross margin and operating margin improvement, U.S. Books, Music and DVD/Video segment pro forma operating profitability, and a cash balance of $908 million,`` said Warren Jenson, Amazon.com chief financial officer. ``Looking ahead, we continue to expect pro forma operating losses in the single digits as a percentage of sales by the fourth quarter of this year and strong year-over-year sales growth. In addition we expect to end the year with roughly $1 billion in cash.``

In July, a worldwide total of 410,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were ordered in advance of its release, making it the largest pre-order ever. Amazon.com accounted for nearly 10% of the print run for the book and teamed up with FedEx to deliver 250,000 copies to fans on Saturday, July 8 -- the first day the book was available to the public.

Amazon.com`s overall fulfillment expenses, which comprise distribution center costs, customer service costs and net credit card fees, were $88 million, or 15% of sales in the second quarter.

A live Webcast of the company`s second quarter 2000 financial results conference call can be heard at 5:00 p.m. EDT/2:00 p.m. PDT today at www.amazon.com/ir. The call will also be archived and available until September 30, 2000.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Branded Platform

Amazon.com celebrated its five-year anniversary this month with over 23 million cumulative customers.
The World`s Most Valuable Brands 2000, Interbrand`s annual survey, valued the Amazon.com brand as the 48th most valuable brand in the world, up from 57th in 1999.
The Amazon Tools and Hardware, Toys, Video/DVD, Music, Books and Home Living stores were named the overall top stores in their respective categories in the most recent Gomez Internet Scorecard and/or Forrester Research PowerRankings.
Amazon.com partnered with Stephen King to provide online payment services for downloading installments of The Plant, a new episodic novel that can be found at www.amazon.com/stephenking.
Global Expansion

Amazon Anywhere, Amazon.com`s mobile e-commerce initiative, extended beyond Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk to provide easy access to Amazon.de using the Wireless Application Protocol. The global Amazon Anywhere initiative underscores Amazon.com`s commitment to enhancing the customer buying experience with the convenience, safety and speed of state-of-the-art wireless commerce.
According to the MMXI Europe May 2000 European Audience Ratings Report, the Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de and Amazon.com sites were the top three online retail sites based on reach.
Within the past month, Amazon.co.uk added Software and Video Games stores and Amazon.de added a Video Games store.
Expanded Selection and Partnerships

Amazon.com launched the Amazon Kitchen store (www.amazon.com/kitchen), featuring thousands of culinary products and accessories alongside in-depth editorial content, including original product reviews, recipes, and cooking and entertaining tips.
Amazon.com launched a Home Living store, providing Amazon.com customers direct access to living.com from the top of Amazon.com`s welcome page. Home Living visitors can shop for furniture, decorative accessories, bed and bath linens, lighting and rugs.
Amazon.com introduced the Amazon.com NextCard Visa, offering no annual fee and the ability to purchase both online and offline while earning reward points that can be redeemed for Amazon.com gift certificates.
Amazon.com announced the availability of more than 22,000 hours of spoken audio content from Audible, Inc. Located within the Amazon bookstore, the new audible.com Audio Downloads Store is the only place Amazon.com customers can find more than 4,700 audiobooks plus a vast array of comedy, audio newspapers, magazines, speeches, lectures, language lessons, motivational programs, business information and subscriptions to public radio programs.
Amazon Books added Spanish Language, Large Print and Gay & Lesbian stores within the Amazon bookstore.
Amazon Music, the No. 1 online music retailer, added several new areas to its store, including Bargain Music, Music Accessories and Classical for Beginners, and it opened the Music Lovers Lounge, which features exclusive live streaming concerts, artist spotlights, interviews, digital downloads and discussion boards.
Amazon.com entered into an agreement with Hewlett-Packard to be Amazon.com`s primary Internet infrastructure provider and become an anchor tenant in the Amazon Electronics store, providing Amazon.com`s customers with an even more extensive selection of HP products.
The Amazon Electronics store also added Handspring Visor handheld computers to its ever-growing electronics selection. Handspring appointed Amazon Electronics as the exclusive online reseller for its Visor and Visor Deluxe handheld computers through July 2000.
Amazon.com`s DVD store, the largest online retailer of DVDs, has become the top retailer (online or offline) for pre-order sales of many of the industry`s top DVDs, including the highly anticipated August 29 Braveheart DVD release, with over 26,000 units ordered to date.
Amazon zShops introduced new storefront features that offer sellers custom browse, search, featured items, merchant photos and business description functionality.
About Amazon.com

Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries) is the Internet`s No. 1 music, No. 1 DVD and video, and No. 1 book retailer. Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth`s Biggest Selection, along with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards. Amazon.com seeks to be the world`s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. Amazon.com lists more than 18 million unique items in categories including books, CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, tools and hardware, lawn and patio items, kitchen products, software, and video games. Through Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.com`s more than 23 million customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, sellers can accept credit card transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments. The company also participates in sothebys.amazon.com, the leading auction site for guaranteed art, jewelry, and collectibles, at www.sothebys.amazon.com.

Amazon.com operates two international Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk and www.amazon.de. It also operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the Web`s comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 220,000 movies and entertainment programs and 800,000 cast and crew members dating from the birth of film in 1892 to 2003.

Amazon Anywhere is the leader in mobile e-commerce, providing access from anywhere in the world to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.de on personal digital assistants (PDAs) and through handheld wireless Internet devices that use HDML or the Wireless Application Protocol.

Amazon.com has invested in leading Internet retailers that are improving the lives of customers by making shopping easier and more convenient: Greenlight.com, the only company that offers car buyers the control of auto purchasing online with ongoing service and support from local dealerships, at www.greenlight.com; living.com, the leading online home products and services retailer, at www.living.com; drugstore.com, an online retail and information source for health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy, at www.drugstore.com; Pets.com, the online leader for pet products, expert information, and services, at www.pets.com; HomeGrocer.com, the first fully integrated Internet grocery-shopping and home-delivery service--with operations in Seattle; Portland, Oregon; and Southern California--at www.homegrocer.com; Gear.com, which offers brand-name sporting goods at prices from 20 to 90 percent off retail, at www.gear.com; Ashford.com, the leading Internet retailer of luxury and premium products and the Web`s No. 1 retailer of watches and jewelry, at www.ashford.com; Audible, Inc., the leader in Internet-delivered spoken audio for PC-based listening or playback on AudibleReady portable digital audio devices, at www.audible.com; eZiba.com, a leading online retailer of handcrafted products from around the world, at www.eziba.com; and WineShopper.com, the San Francisco- and Napa-based Internet start-up that will ultimately offer consumers online access to the largest selection of wines available anywhere, at www.wineshopper.com.

Amazon.com also has a minority interest in WeddingChannel.com, which brings together leading retailers with gift registry, expert advice, and personalized gift suggestions to help everyone give and receive the right wedding gifts, at www.weddingchannel.com; NextCard, Inc., considered the industry`s leading issuer of consumer credit on the Internet, at www.nextcard.com; and Kozmo.com, the world`s leading ``e-mmediate`` Internet-to-door delivery service, at www.kozmo.com.

Historical results of operations are preliminary and unaudited. This press release also contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding expectations of future sales, pro forma operating losses and cash, all of which are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons, including the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce, the amount that Amazon.com invests in new business opportunities and the timing of those investments, customer spending patterns, the mix of products sold to customers, the mix of revenues derived from products sales as compared to services, risks of inventory management, the magnitude of losses arising from investments accounted for under the equity method, the degree to which the company enters into Amazon Commerce Network (ACN) and other strategic transactions, fluctuations in the value of securities and non-cash payments Amazon.com receives in connection with such transactions, and risks of distribution and fulfillment throughput and productivity. Other risks and uncertainties include Amazon.com`s limited operating history, anticipated losses, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, seasonality, consumer trends, competition, risks associated with distribution center expansion, adverse consequences arising from system interruptions, risks associated with management of potential growth, risks related to auction and zShops services, risks related to fraud and Amazon.com Payments, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000.

Note on Financial Presentation

Financial results are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Pro forma financial results exclude amortization of goodwill and other intangibles, equity in losses of equity-method investees, stock-based compensation costs, and merger-, acquisition- and investment-related costs.

Customer accounts exclude users of the ACN and catalog businesses but include users of Amazon marketplace services. Trailing 12-month sales per customer figures include revenue recorded from ACN partners and exclude catalog sales and catalog customers.


AMAZON.COM, INC.
Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
--------------------------- ------------------------
2000 1999 2000 1999
----------- -------------- ----------- -----------

Net sales $ 577,876 $ 314,377 $ 1,151,765 $ 608,019
Cost of sales 441,812 246,846 887,567 475,696
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Gross profit 136,064 67,531 264,198 132,323

Operating expenses:
Marketing, sales
and fulfillment 129,813 86,165 269,924 146,883
Technology and
content 67,132 34,149 128,376 57,552
General and
administrative 28,468 14,469 54,513 25,712
Stock-based
compensation 8,166 4,669 21,818 4,780
Amortization of
goodwill and
other intangibles 80,413 37,150 163,368 58,050
Merger, acquisition
and investment-related
costs 2,449 3,809 4,468 4,208
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total operating
expenses 316,441 180,411 642,467 297,185
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

Loss from operations (180,377) (112,880) (378,269) (164,862)

Interest income 10,314 12,860 20,440 23,780
Interest expense (33,397) (28,320) (61,018) (44,954)
Other expense, net (3,272) (74) (8,046) (122)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net interest
expense and
other (26,355) (15,534) (48,624) (21,296)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

Loss before equity in
losses of equity-method
investees (206,732) (128,414) (426,893) (186,158)

Equity in losses of
equity-method
investees (110,452) (9,594) (198,716) (13,517)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

Net loss $ (317,184) $ (138,008) $ (625,609) $ (199,675)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Basic and diluted
loss per share $ (0.91) $ (0.43) $ (1.80) $ (0.63)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Shares used in
computation of basic
and diluted loss
per share (Note 1) 349,886 322,340 346,885 318,106
=========== =========== =========== ===========

Pro Forma Results (Note 2 )

Pro forma loss
from operations $ (89,349) $ (67,252) $ (188,615) $ (97,824)
=========== =========== =========== ===========

Pro forma net loss $ (115,704) $ (82,786) $ (237,239) $ (119,120)
=========== =========== =========== ===========

Pro forma basic and
diluted loss
per share $ (0.33) $ (0.26) $ (0.68) $ (0.37)
=========== =========== =========== ===========

Shares used in
computation of
pro forma basic
and diluted loss
per share (Note 1) 349,886 322,340 346,885 318,106
=========== =========== =========== ===========

Note 1: The Company effected a three-for-one stock split and
two-for-one stock split on January 4, 1999 and September 1, 1999,
respectively. Each stock split was in the form of a stock dividend
to stockholders of record on December 18, 1998 and August 12, 1999,
respectively. Accordingly, the accompanying balance sheets and
statements of operations have been restated to reflect the splits.

Note 2: Pro forma results for the 3-month and 6-month periods
ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 are presented for informational purposes
only and are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. These results present the operating results of
Amazon.com, excluding charges of $201.5 million and $55.2 million for
the 3-month periods, and $388.4 million and $80.6 million for the
6-month periods ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively, related to
amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets, equity in losses
of equity-method investees, stock-based compensation and merger,
acquisition and investment-related costs.

AMAZON.COM, INC.
Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
2000 1999
--------------- -------------

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 720,377 $ 116,962
Marketable securities 187,244 589,226
Inventories 172,360 220,646
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 86,659 85,344
--------------- ---------------
Total current assets 1,166,640 1,012,178

Fixed assets, net 344,042 317,613
Goodwill, net 441,240 534,699
Other purchased intangibles,
net 155,538 195,445
Investments in equity-method
investees 211,715 226,727
Other investments 88,261 144,735
Deferred charges and other 53,294 40,154
--------------- ---------------
Total assets $ 2,460,730 $ 2,471,551
=============== ===============

LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS` EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 286,239 $ 463,026
Accrued expenses and
other current liabilities 146,874 181,909
Unearned revenue 115,566 54,790
Interest payable 41,213 24,888
Current portion of long-term
debt and other 17,731 14,322
--------------- ---------------
Total current liabilities 607,623 738,935

Long-term debt 2,131,531 1,466,338

Commitments and
contingencies

Stockholders` equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized shares -- 500,000
Issued and outstanding shares -- none - -
Common stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized shares -- 5,000,000
Issued and outstanding
shares -- 355,400 and 345,155
shares at June 30, 2000 and
December 31, 1999, respectively 3,554 3,452
Additional paid-in capital 1,335,733 1,194,369
Stock-based compensation (25,410) (47,806)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (84,664) (1,709)
Accumulated deficit (1,507,637) (882,028)
--------------- ---------------
Total stockholders` equity
(deficit) (278,424) 266,278
--------------- ---------------
Total liabilities and
stockholders` equity $ 2,460,730 $ 2,471,551
(deficit) =============== ===============


Note 1: The Company effected a three-for-one stock split and
two-for-one stock split on January 4, 1999 and September 1, 1999,
respectively. Each stock split was in the form of a stock dividend to
stockholders of record on December 18, 1998 and August 12, 1999,
respectively. Accordingly, the accompanying balance sheets and
statements of operations have been restated to reflect the splits.


AMAZON.COM, INC.
Segment Information
(in thousands)
(unaudited)


Three Months Ended June 30, 2000
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US Books, Early-Stage
Music and Businesses Consol-
DVD/Video Intl And Other idated

Net sales $ 385,275 $ 73,393 $ 119,208 $ 577,876
Gross profit 86,862 16,286 32,916 136,064
Proforma Operating
Income (Loss) by Segment 10,056 (34,503) (64,902) (89,349)
Other operating expenses -- -- -- (91,028)
Net interest expense
and other -- -- -- (26,355)
Equity in losses of
equity-method investees -- -- -- (110,452)
-------- -------- -------- ---------
Net loss -- -- -- $ (317,184)


Three Months Ended June 30, 1999
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US Books, Early-Stage
Music and Businesses Consol-
DVD/Video Intl And Other idated

Net sales $ 279,593 $ 31,345 $ 3,439 $ 314,377
Gross profit 61,680 6,575 (724) 67,531
Proforma Operating
Income (Loss) by Segment (11,147) (16,034) (40,071) (67,252)
Other operating expenses -- -- -- (45,628)
Net interest expense
and other -- -- -- (15,534)
Equity in losses of
equity-method investees -- -- -- (9,594)
-------- ------- ------- --------
Net loss -- -- -- $ (138,008)



Six Months Ended June 30, 2000
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US Books, Early-Stage
Music and Businesses Consol-
DVD/Video Intl And Other idated

Net sales $ 786,689 $ 148,525 $ 216,551 $1,151,765
Gross profit 169,716 32,323 62,159 264,198
Proforma Operating
Income (Loss) by Segment 7,630 (61,949) (134,296) (188,615)
Other operating expenses -- -- -- (189,654)
Net interest expense
and other -- -- -- (48,624)
Equity in losses of
equity-method investees -- -- -- (198,716)
-------- -------- -------- ---------
Net loss -- -- -- $ (625,609)
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Six Months Ended June 30, 1999
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US Books, Early-Stage
Music and Businesses Consol-
DVD/Video Intl And Other idated

Net sales $ 547,114 $ 57,064 $ 3,841 $ 608,019
Gross profit 120,946 11,732 (355) 132,323
Proforma Operating
Income (Loss) by Segment (14,264) (30,287) (53,273) (97,824)
Other operating expenses -- -- -- (67,038)
Net interest expense
and other -- -- -- (21,296)
Equity in losses of
equity-method investees -- -- -- (13,517)
------- ------- -------- ---------
Net loss -- -- -- $ (199,675)
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Note 1: The Company identifies operating segments based on product
line information, considering line maturity, within the United States
and separately identifies its international operations as an operating
segment.



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Contact:
Amazon.com, Inc.
Amanda Lawrence, 206/266-2171
Investor Relations
[e-mail]
or
Amazon.com, Inc.
Bill Curry, 206/266-7180
Public Relations

[Maiestro]

Als Quelle diente finance.yahoo.com!

[uhuru]

Merci Maestro!!

Tja, war mal wieder nix mit Amazon!!
Warten wir eben aufs Weihnachtsgeschäft.

Gruß

uhuru

[Maiestro]

@ uhuru

Das i nicht vergessen, es gibt nämlich auch einen User, der den Namen Maestro hat!

Warten wir aufs Weihnachtsgeschäft!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Nachbörslich 9% runter, auf mittlerweile 34 Dollar!

[Maiestro]

7
AMZN
NM
1,876,942
33.6250
17:43:16.40
565
-4.0000
-10.63%

[Maiestro]

Das war der nachbörsliche Kurs laut island.com!

[Maiestro]

Heute sehen wir Kurse um 36 €, das sind ungefähr $ 33,50!

Maiestro

[NiLa]

!

Dieser Beitrag wurde vom System automatisch gesperrt. Bei Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an [e-mail]

[Maiestro]

Na das ist ja bitter! Aktuell in den USA über 15% MINUS! In Deutschland sieht es nicht besser aus! Wir haben heute sogar schon infolge der schlechten Zahlen Kurse unter 30 $ gesehen!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Und gleiche zahlreiche Analstendowngrades! Hier sind sie...

[Maiestro]

Amazon Com Inc
AMZN
SG Cowen
from Strong Buy
to Buy
History, News

Pacific Crest
from Strong Buy
to Market Perform


Prudential
from Strong Buy
to Hold


Robertson Stephens
from Buy
to LT Attractive


Janney Mntgmy Scott
from Accumulate
to Hold


Merrill Lynch
from NT Buy
to NT Accum

[Maiestro]

Diese Bewertungen muss man sich mal vor Augen halten...

[Maiestro]

27.07.2000
Amazon.com neutral
Lehman Brothers


Die Analysten von Lehman Brothers haben den Titel des US-Internethauses Amazon.Com (WKN: 906866, AMZN) von „kaufen“ auf „neutral“ abgewertet.

Die Bedenken hinsichtlich der weiteren Geschäftsentwicklung hätten sich in den letzten Quartalen weiter verhärtet. Trotz des einflußreichen Markennamens und der großen und loyalen Kundenbasis, sei die Nachfrage bei den Konsumenten eher als schwach zu bezeichnen.

Kurzfristig sei das „execution risk“ substanziell, da AMZN aggressive Kostensenkungspläne durchsetze und gleichzeitig mit hohen Raten wachsen möchte. Zudem sei die Aktie trotz des Kursrückgangs der letzten Wochen recht teuer.

[Maiestro]

27.07.2000
Amazon.com nur noch kaufen
Banc of America Securities


Die Analysten der Banc of America Securities haben die Aktie der US-Internet-Gesellschaft Amazon.Com (WKN: 906866, AMZN) herabgestuft.

Die Experten teilten mit, daß man das Höchstprädikat „strong buy“ nicht mehr für gerechtfertigt halte. Statt dessen sein das zweit höchste Rating „kaufen“ angemessener. Man erwarte, daß die Umsätze der Gesellschaft in Zukunft nicht so stark zunehmen werden, wie man bisher angenommen hatte. Des weiteren sei das Ausscheiden des Chief Operating Officers Joe Galli ein bedenklicher Aspekt.

[Maiestro]

Sieht nicht gut aus, wenn an einem Tag gleich 6 Analysten rauskommen und ihre Bewertungen zurückschrauben!

[Das Ich]

Sieht ja auch nicht gut aus, wenn man das net loss von $0.26 per share auf $0.33 per share erhoeht im Vergleich zum Vorjahr - da mag auch noch so schoen +84% Umsatz drueberstehen ...

Ciao,
Das gluecklicherweise nicht AMZN-habende Ich

[uhuru]

Aber klammheimlich werden diese ganzen Banken
wieder Amazon kaufen.
Und dann hagelt es wieder Kaufempfehlungen.

Gruß

Uhuru

[Maiestro]

Amazon ist schon ein Buch für sich. Aber es ist ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln! Daraus wird keiner schlau!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Aber für mich steht zumindest eines fest! Amazon wird nicht pleite gehen! Vorher werden die doch übernommen, sind doch nur noch schlappe 10 Milliarden wert! Das wird sich kein schlauer Investor nehmen lassen! Ein Unternehmen mit Markennamen und einem Kundenstamm von über 20 Millionen lässt man nicht einfach zugrunde gehen!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Amazon gibt weiter nach, mittlerweile 32,20 € in Deutschland!

Maiestro

[Maiestro]

Bezos äußerte sich...

[Maiestro]

Friday July 28 3:45 PM ET
Amazon`s Bezos Remains Confident

By MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ, AP Business Writer

SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com was just supposed to be a bookstore.

Initially, chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos was perfectly content selling books, but there were those pesky e-mails.

``We kept getting e-mails from customers who would say, `Gosh, could you please sell me X?` And X was usually music at that time,`` Bezos said, looking back over the company`s five-year history during an interview with The Associated Press. ``And we kept sending back e-mails saying, `No, we`re really sorry, but we`re really busy. We`re growing really fast.` ``

It took a couple of years of customer e-mails for Bezos, today`s crown prince of e-commerce, to get the message. First there was music. Then video. Then toys and electronics. More items kept appearing, including power tools, lawn furniture and kitchen utensils.

Today, a search of Amazon.com for ``kitchen sink`` will not only get you ``The Kitchen Sink Cookbook,`` but the real thing as well - a combination kitchen sink, stovetop and refrigerator, perfect for kitchenettes, for just $999.

Over the past year, Bezos has been taking his lumps from Wall Street for giving too much attention to growth and not enough to the bottom line.

But he still considers Wall Street`s new, harsher attitude toward dot-coms a good thing.

``This year, we`re starting to get back to a little normality here, where the proper amount of skepticism makes it properly difficult for bad ideas to get funded,`` Bezos said. ``That is good for Amazon.com because it helps us build differentiation, it helps us with a less noisy customer marketplace.``

And although questions about Amazon`s future persist - notably concern over the possible stagnation of sales as well as how much money the company has in the bank - Bezos thinks that`s fair.

For about a year now, he said, the company has focused more on the bottom line, and not because of Wall Street`s concerns.

``Sometimes people think Wall Street is forcing companies to do X when actually the companies are doing X because it`s the right thing to do, and Wall Street is telling them to do X because it`s the right thing to do,`` Bezos said.

That showed in Amazon`s second-quarter financials, released Wednesday. Although the company fell below its growth estimates - there was an 84 percent increase in revenues instead of 90 percent - it still managed to beat Wall Street`s overall loss forecast by two cents.

``It is a new phase,`` Bezos said. ``If you go back to the very beginning, the early years of the company`s history, we had to focus exclusively on growth, because we didn`t have any sales to optimize. That is a transition, and it`s a natural one.``

The transition has been a painful one for the company`s stock price. Shares of Amazon.com fell $1.188 to $30.188 in Friday on the Nasdaq Stock Market, after hitting a new 52-week low of $29. For the week, Amazon shares fell 22 percent.

In addition to the ``mixed bag`` financial report and the resulting tumult on Wall Street, Amazon.com this week suffered the loss of its president and chief operating officer, Joseph Galli, who left to become CEO of business-to-business company VerticalNet and move closer to his family in the Philadelphia area.

Galli ``is a talented executive and not only do I have professional respect for him, but he`s become a good friend. I`m going to miss him on multiple levels,`` said Bezos, who will resume the post of president and do away with the COO spot.

``But it`s not like I was just the chairman of the company. As chief executive officer, I was involved in daily-basis operations of the company over the last year. That will continue.``

Galli was brought on board to bring experience to a relatively green management staff - not only with his presence, but by hiring other experienced executives.

Because of that, Bezos said, Amazon.com ``won`t miss a step`` with his absence.

``If there`s a single thing that I`m very proud of, the one thing that I have done over the last five years is hire good people, and that`s why we`ve been successful,`` Bezos said.

[Maiestro]

Die Quelle war im Übrigen finance.yahoo.com!

[Maiestro]

Nicht zu vergessen ist auch, dass Amazon eine Mitschuld an dem Rückgang der Nasdaq in den letzten Tagen hat. Denn die schlechten Umsatzzahlen dürften auch auf andere E-Commerce Unternehmen zutreffen! Das beste Beispiel für einen solchen Vorgang ist Nokia, ein Einbruch nach einer Gewinnwarnung, zuvor hatte schon einmal ein großes Unternehmen aus dieser Branche eine ähnliche Meldung herausgebracht...

[Maiestro]

Auch heute konnte Amazon seinen Sinkflug nicht beenden! Der Schlußkurs in New York lag bei 30 $!

Maiestro