Amazon recorded record highs and net sales in the record, announced fourth quarter results for 2017

byStephen Woods

Worldwide mail order giant · Amazon announced the settlement of accounts for the fourth quarter of 2017 (October to December). Revenues were 60,453 million dollars (about 6,610 billion yen) and profits were 1,856 million dollars (about 20 billion yen), both of which record record high figures.

Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 38% to $ 60.5 Billion | Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180201006454/en/Amazon.com-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-Sales-38-60.5


Amazon has posted a profit for 11 straight quarters - including a record $ 1.9 billion during the holidays - Recode
https://www.recode.net/2018/2/1/16961598/amazon-jeff-bezos-record-profit-11-quarter-q4-2017-earnings


The highest earnings for Amazon in the last five years recorded in the second quarter of 2016 is 855 million dollars (about 94 billion yen), and this time more than twice the figure of 1,856 million dollars. It is overwhelmingly 147% higher than the $ 749 million dollar (about 81.9 billion yen) in the same period last year. With revenue, it increased by 39% as the same period last year is 43,741 million dollars (about 4.7 trillion yen).

According to Recode, the trend of profits of Amazon from the first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2017 is as follows.


Especially, it is AWS that is pulling Amazon, revenues rose by 44.6% from the previous year to 5,110 million dollars (about 559 billion yen), making a profit of 1.35 billion dollars (about 142 billion yen).

On the other hand, the mail-order business sold $ 37.3 billion (about 4 trillion yen) in North America and earned a profit of 1.69 billion dollars (about 185 billion yen), but in the non-North America it is $ 18 billion (about 2 trillion yen ), Resulting in a loss of $ 919 million (about 101 billion yen).

According to Jeff Bezos CEO,Speech recognition "Alexa"Although it was optimistically predictive about the future of the country, it surpassed it much and said that it came up with results that were rarely seen. Amazon is likely to grow even further in 2018.