Amazon’s share prices have plunged tremendously in the latest trading session. The e-commerce giant’s shares have plunged 8% in the latest session as the company shared weak earnings and weaker guidance.
The company has shared soft growth for both of its businesses which include cloud computing and retail. After sharing the earnings and guidance data, the share prices for the company recorded a major plummet.
Share Price Decline of Peers
Alphabet and Apple, the major tech rivals of Amazon, also witnessed a dip in their share prices. However, the dip the peers recorded in the share prices was lower than Amazon.
The e-commerce king took the worst hit compared to the rest of the rival brands. While Amazon’s shares plummeted by 8%, Alphabet’s and Apple’s shares dipped by 2% (each) respectively.
Both Alphabet and Apple reported weaker-than-expected earnings for the latest quarters of 2022.
Earnings Reported by Amazon
For the fourth quarter earnings, Amazon reported that their revenue had surged by 9%. It went all the way up to $149.2 billion.
The company was successful in hitting and crossing the forecast for revenue set by the analysts. The forecast for revenue was set to $145.4 billion for the fourth quarter.
Despite sharing strong revenue earnings, the company reported that its main businesses were facing a growth decline.
The core businesses of Amazon are Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the retail business. The company reported that they faced a major decline in both businesses in the fourth quarter.
The decline has been witnessed as the economy has been facing several challenges. One of the major negative factors has been the economic pressure that has continued building throughout the year 2022.
Current Quarter Expectations
Amazon has shared its expectations (guidance) for the running quarter which was also in line with the expectations of the analysts.
The revenue that Amazon executives projected to generate in the current quarter is $126 billion at the highest and $121 billion at the lowest.
On the other hand, the analysts have set their expectations to $125 billion. This means that the estimations shared by the analysts are in line with what the e-commerce giant is expecting.
As of now, investors are being very cautious and the future of Cloud-based services lies in the hands of teenagers.
According to Amazon officials, they are counting on the vast input of the teens in pushing their sales and revenue in the first quarter of 2023.
There is a possibility that the shares for Amazon may perform well in the first quarter of 2023. This is because the analysts at Piper Sandler have high hopes for the company’s share price performance.
Considering the potential of Amazon and the input from the teens, Piper Sandler analysts have upgraded the e-commerce/cloud company’s shares to “Overweight”.
The analysts at Amazon reportedly announced on Friday that they had upgraded the stock status for Amazon.
Although the analysts have high hopes for Amazon’s shares, they have talked about the views the employees have at the e-commerce giant.
According to Amazon employees, their company is expected to face many challenges and a stretch. They are trying to navigate these challenges and succeed against all the odds.
Andy Jassy to Control Cost
Despite the dip in Amazon’s share prices, analysts seem to be very confident that the company will make it through the difficult times.
They seem to have found faith in Andy Jassy’s statement, the CEO at Amazon. According to Jassy, their company is making all the efforts to ensure they make it through the difficult times.
They also want to deal with financial losses by cutting costs. The statement from Jassy seems to have won the trust of the analysts. They are confident in the company’s claims and performance.
The company seems to be performing badly for now but it may demonstrate a strong performance in near future.
