Amazon Is In For Some Pain

Summary:

  • Amazon’s core ecommerce operations have experienced profitability issues, while its cash cow, AWS, faces margin contraction and slowing growth.
  • AWS has seen segment profit declines for four consecutive quarters, despite revenue continuing to climb.
  • Although Amazon is expected to grow and thrive in the long run, investors should approach the company cautiously for now due to these challenges.

AWS re:Invent 2022

Noah Berger

With a market capitalization comfortably in excess of $1 trillion, ecommerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of the largest and most successful companies that has ever existed. In addition, it’s also one of my favorites from a business perspective

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