--> AMZN +17% After Hours
* Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.19 per share, $0.30 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.11); revenues rose 19.9% year/year to $23.18 bln vs the $22.4 bln consensus and $20.6-22.8 bln guidance.
* Operating income $464 mln vs. ~$50 estimates and ($500)-50 mln guidance.
AWS net sales +81% to $1.8 bln; operating income +408% to $391 mln.
* Co issues guidance for Q3:
- sees Q3 revs of $23.3-25.5 bln vs. $23.9 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
- Operating income (loss) is expected to be between $(480) million and $70 mln vs. ($240) mln ests, compared to $(544) million in 3Q14.
-->Amazon jumping on earnings after the close; here are some sympathy plays
EBAY BABA WMT BBY ..... Shipping: UPS FDX... Cloud: RAX RHT CRM CSCO EQIX BLOX QLIK GIMO BV BCOV ORCL TWOU QTWO ... ETFs: (NDX 100 & SPX 500 component): QQQ IYW XLK XLY SPY...More speculative name is DANG, some see it as the Chinese version of Amazon, speculative though..AMZN currently at 564.30 (+17%)