SUBSCRIBE | FastCo Works advertisement BYÂ Jennifer Mattson Listen to this ArticleMore info 0:00 / 0:00 LOGIN Amazon did not admit to or deny the FTC's allegations about misleading customers in the settlement, and told Fast Company in a statement: "We work incredibly hard to make it clear and simple for customers to both sign up or cancel their Prime membership, and to offer substantial value for our many millions of loyal Prime members around the world.†Amazon also said it will "move forward and focus on i ...

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By Jody Godoy and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -Amazon.com will pay $2.5 billion in fines and reimbursements to Prime subscribers to settle the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that it deceived its customers to generate subscriptions, the FTC said on Thursday. While a win for consumers and the FTC, the settlement is relatively painless for Amazon: the company takes in around $2.5 billion in sales every 33 hours. Shares of Amazon were nearly unchanged after the news. Around 35 million Prime customers w ...

Welcome back to Market on Close. I'm Marley Caden here in Chicago alongside Sam Bodis at the New York Stock Exchange. To close out our show today, just some final thoughts on the session and some headlines that stood out to both myself and to Sam.First, of course, Micron's earnings coming up, a top and bottom beat there and better than expected guidance, but also Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. He reiterated today concerns about the softening labor market that continue to outweigh worries about rising ...

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. squared off in court against the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that the company duped customers into signing up for the Prime subscription service and then made it too hard to cancel. At a four-week trial that kicked off this week in Seattle federal court, a nine-person jury will decide whether Amazon broke consumer protection laws — potentially exposing the company to billions of dollars in penalties and refund ...

A trial in federal court in Seattle will determine if millions of customers signed up for Prime because it's a great deal, or because they were duped. ...

Investors who buy the stock today get access to an outstanding long-term growth story.Amazon (AMZN -0.16%) has not been the star of 2025. As of mid-September, the stock is up only about the mid-single digits year to date, while the S&P 500 is up roughly in the low teens. That gap has opened even as the retailer and cloud leader posted strong financial results and guided to solid growth.Amazon, of course, is the e-commerce and cloud-infrastructure giant behind online retail, Prime, and Amazon Web Services (A ...

核心投资理念 - 投资并非纯数学练习 需关注定性因素 如管理层能力和企业文化 [16][17][18] - 采用长期投资框架 建议终身持有并持续买入优秀个股 [7][9][34] - 通过寻找卓越公司并长期持有来战胜市场 最低持有20只股票构建组合 [6][8][13] 投资策略框架 - 采用六项选股标准：行业龙头地位、可持续竞争优势、历史涨幅优异、优秀管理层、强大消费者吸引力、被普遍认为高估值 [36][37][39][41][44][45] - 专注于创新型企业 特别是新兴行业中的颠覆者 [37][38][47] - 高估值可作为买入信号 因财务报告无法反映品牌价值、创新能力和文化等关键要素 [45][76][77][78][82][87] 行业观点 - 人工智能时代与互联网黎明期存在高度相似性 将带来范式重置 [9][95] - 不认可传统行业分类方式 认为"科技股"等标签已失去意义 [48][49][89] - 关注能够跨越行业边界进行创新的企业 [80][89] 公司案例 - 亚马逊1997年买入后持有至今 经拆股调整后成本价为0.16美元 [38] - 英伟达2005年推荐 持有20年后经拆股调整成本价为0.16美元 [38] - 星巴克1998年推荐后短期下跌33% 但长期上涨34倍 [26][27] - 直觉外科2004年以71倍市盈率推荐 看好其手术机器人技术 [83][84] 管理层重要性 - 首席执行官对公司投资回报具有重大影响 但财务报告中无相应指标 [18][42] - 即使优秀管理者也会犯错 需要观察其应变能力和责任感 [60][61][63] - 以里德·哈斯廷斯(Netflix)和埃隆·马斯克为例 说明创新者价值创造能力 [56][61] 投资行为建议 - 只对盈利头寸加仓 不对亏损头寸补仓 [30][31] - 避免情绪化决策 市场波动常过度反应基本面变化 [63][64][65][66] - 投资组合应反映个人对未来愿景 可配置5-10%投机性头寸用于学习和娱乐 [10][11][12][15]

流媒体业务整合 - Hulu将完全整合至Disney+平台 但仍保留独立分类 国际版Disney+中Hulu将取代Star品牌 [1] - 整合后用户可通过单一支付访问两个平台内容 技术实现难度较低 此前已通过Disney+应用提供Hulu内容作为过渡 [16] - 合并管理将降低运营成本 订阅套餐价格仅比原单独订阅高1-4美元/月 有利于广告投放业务的协同发展 [17][18] 财报表现 - 2025财年第三季度营收237亿美元 调整后每股收益1.61美元 同比提升16% 超出市场预期的1.47美元 [3] - 有线电视业务收入下滑15% 其中国际电视业务拖累明显 导致该部门运营利润同比下降28% [4] - 流媒体部门收入同比增长6%至62亿美元 实现3.46亿美元运营利润 扭转去年同期亏损局面 [5] - 上季度Disney+新增140万订阅用户（其中美加地区100万） Hulu流媒体用户增加130万 但直播电视服务流失数十万用户 [7][8] 指标披露变更 - 2026财年第一季度起不再公布Disney+和Hulu的订阅用户数及ARPU数据 保留整体盈利能力披露 [11] - 决策理由为指标对业务评估意义下降 与Netflix去年取消同类披露的做法一致 但恰逢订阅增速放缓阶段 [14][15] - 管理层强调新披露方式更符合媒体行业变革趋势及公司资产整合特点 [12] 市场竞争格局 - JustWatch数据显示 合并后的Disney+与Hulu在美国市场观看时长已与Netflix/Prime Video持平 [19] - 2023年第二季度全美仅三个流媒体平台实现观看时长增长 除Disney+/Hulu外为Max平台 [19] - 流媒体业务目前占公司总营收约25% 主题公园/电影/体育等其他业务板块表现稳健 [20] 资本市场反应 - 股价因营收略低于预期而下跌 但分析师普遍维持"强力买入"评级 目标价135.12美元较现价有17%上行空间 [3][21] - 参考Netflix案例 取消用户数披露后股价初期承压但后续翻倍 显示盈利指标更受市场关注 [18]

财务表现 - 第二季度每股收益1.68美元 同比增长36.6% 超出市场预期26.32% [1] - 净利润达182亿美元 同比增长34.8% 净销售额1677亿美元 同比增长13% 超出管理层指引区间1590-1640亿美元 [1] - 剔除汇率影响后净销售额同比增长12% [2] - 经营现金流1211亿美元 同比增长12% 自由现金流降至182亿美元 [19] 业务板块表现 - 产品销售额682亿美元 占比40.7% 同比增长10.8% 服务销售额994亿美元 占比59.3% 同比增长15.1% [4] - 北美地区收入1000亿美元 占比59.7% 同比增长11.1% 国际收入367亿美元 占比21.9% 同比增长16.1% [4] - AWS收入308亿美元 占比18.4% 同比增长17.5% 但增速落后于微软Azure(39%)和谷歌云(32%) [5][11] - 广告服务收入156亿美元 同比增长23% 实体店销售额55.9亿美元 同比增长8% [6] 会员与零售业务 - Prime订阅服务收入122亿美元 同比增长12% [7] - Prime Video保持市场领先地位 内容投入增强用户粘性 [8] - 2025年Prime Day创历史最佳表现 [9] - 在线商店销售额614亿美元 同比增长11% [6] AWS与AI战略 - AWS经营利润102亿美元 利润率面临压力 [11] - 推出Kiro开发工具 Bedrock AgentCore安全平台 S3 Vectors存储方案等AI产品 [12] - 与百事 Airbnb 纳斯达克等企业达成新合作 [13] - 计划2025年投入超1000亿美元建设AI基础设施 预计AWS利润率将从39.5%降至35% [14] 成本与支出 - 经营费用1485亿美元 同比增长11.4% 占收入比例下降150个基点至88.6% [15] - 技术与基础设施支出271亿美元 同比增长21.8% [15] - 北美经营利润75.1亿美元 同比增长48.4% 国际经营利润14.9亿美元 [16][17] 资产负债表 - 现金及等价物577亿美元 较上季度减少 有价证券354亿美元 长期债务526亿美元 [18] 业绩指引 - 第三季度营收指引1740-1795亿美元 同比增长10-13% 汇率影响约130个基点 [21] - 预计第三季度经营利润155-205亿美元 低于市场预期 股价盘后下跌7% [20]