01-14-2018, 12:19 PM
Amazon gets alot of its profit from its AWS. Its really been kicking ass in this space. It owns like 30% of the market in Datacenter services. The ecommerce business is big in income, but the margins are terrible. I bet they cry like little babies when begging for a deal from Fedx.. 
Their AWS margins were over 25%. Which is crazy. Its going to be interesting to see how it evolves, since those type of profits always attract competitive focus, but in the hosting business, companies have not done well. Verizon got its ass kicked and dropped out of the business.
"AWS remains the profit engine for Amazon, which has always operated on thin e-commerce margins. While AWS accounted for 10 percent of Amazon's total revenue in the quarter, the unit generated operating income of $1.17 billion, while the company as a whole had operating profit of just $347 million."
Their AWS margins were over 25%. Which is crazy. Its going to be interesting to see how it evolves, since those type of profits always attract competitive focus, but in the hosting business, companies have not done well. Verizon got its ass kicked and dropped out of the business.
"AWS remains the profit engine for Amazon, which has always operated on thin e-commerce margins. While AWS accounted for 10 percent of Amazon's total revenue in the quarter, the unit generated operating income of $1.17 billion, while the company as a whole had operating profit of just $347 million."
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