Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported quarterly earnings of $2.78 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.66 by 67.47 percent. This is a 74.84 percent increase over earnings of $1.59 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $181.519 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $177.300 billion by 2.38 percent. This is a 16.58 percent increase over sales of $155.700 billion the same period last year.