Why Amazon Shares Are Diving

Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN shares are trading lower by 11.60% to $98.09 during Friday's pre-market session after the company reported worse-than-expected third-quarter sales results and issued fourth-quarter sales guidance below analyst estimates.

What Happened?

Amazon reported third-quarter revenue of $127.1 billion, an increase of 15% year-over-year. The total came in shy of a Street estimate of $127. 84 billion according to data from Benzinga Pro.

The company reported earnings per share of 28 cents in the third quarter, beating a Street estimate of 22 cents per share.

Meanwhile, Amazon is guiding for fourth-quarter revenue to be in a range of $140 billion to $148 billion versus an analyst estimate of $155.15 billion...Read More

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Amazon has a 52-week high of $188.11 and a 52-week low of $89.00.

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