Amazon's latest Q3 results have an impact on Indian E-Commerce. Check out my views!

1. The Impact of Amazon’s Q3
results on Indian E-Commerce
Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal
25.10.2015
http://therodinhoods.com

2. This deck is based on the latest results of
Amazon via its official press release

3. How this deck will flow:
I will first display a series of solo slides which
will later be captured in a consolidated slide
with my explanation.
This will allow you to rewind & view the
slides in isolation again (if you need to given
that they may appear blurred when grouped
together)

7. What this means: 1) Amazon’s Sales
are increasing and International Sales
(India + Others) is a significant chunk.
2) In the USA it makes profits; abroad
it makes losses on its sales.
The impact on Indian e-com: Amazon is proud of its Indian story as evident by
the call-out in the earnings call. The bottom right side chart clearly shows that
Amazon makes losses in India (and other International markets). It’s a clear
public strategy of Amazon that will only gain momentum. Indian e-com players
will have to contend with this, given that Amazon has made its Indian loss
strategy public via its breakdown of results.

9. What this means: AMAZON MAKES MASSIVE MONEY FROM ITS CLOUD BUSINESS
The impact on Indian e-com: Ask anyone, “What is Amazon?” They will say, “An
e-com Company”. But look at this slide! Amazon has a Rs. 45,000 CRORE yearly
cloud business which is highly profitable! THIS IS THE KILLER from Amazon. Its
cloud business will be a Cash Fire hose that will keep funding its International
(India & others) Business – much to the discomfort of our local players.

12. What this means: Amazon makes operational profits quarterly and for Trailing
Twelve Months (TTM)
The impact on Indian e-com: As Indian e-com companies plan to list in the USA
(Indian Stock Markets do not allow loss-making companies to list themselves
yet), the buyers of such stock are going to compare Amazon and Alibaba’s
profitability with new Indian e-com Stock. Also, given that Amazon operates in
India means that its shareholders are already participating in the Indian Story.
So the question will be (at least in my mind), “Why buy a new going-to-list
Indian e-com Co that makes only losses”?

15. What this means: Amazon is generating mountains of CASH even AFTER
paying for hard assets like computers, leases, etc. (see right side image)
The impact on Indian e-com: Amazon is a CASH machine. It’s generating
enough cash not just to balance its operations and loss making businesses in
India, but also to pay for its hardware and new leases (warehouses, etc.).
Cash IS the fuel of loss making Indian e-com Companies and Amazon seems
to have a free, ever growing supply!

17. What this means: Amazon cannot scale its ‘digital goods business’ - its growth in
the USA is a struggle and outside of the USA, it is de-growing.
The impact on Indian e-com: Clearly, the sales of ‘non-physical’ goods remain a
challenge in India. Unlike iTunes and Google Play, even Amazon is struggling to
grow its App Store business in the USA and in markets like India it’s even more
challenging. All Indian e-coms will have to struggle with this reality.

19. What this means: Amazon makes thousands of Crores from “Ads, Credit
Cards”, etc.
The impact on Indian e-com: Given that Amazon operates with massive scale
in the USA, its supplementary income is phenomenal and laced with massive
margins. This is a ‘side business’ that provides easy cash – all of which can be
used for anything by Amazon.

21. What this means: Amazon does NOT sell more shares 
The impact on Indian e-com: Amazon shareholders aren’t getting diluted while
enjoying this massive success. This is quite the opposite of Indian e-com
Companies whose VCs are adding on rounds after rounds in the Companies,
hoping for growth and profitability. Sometime down the line, high cost capital
will become ‘impatient’..?

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