What to Watch When Amazon Reports Earnings

If you're an Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholder or are interested in the stock, mark your calendar. The company plans to release its latest quarter results on Jan. 30.

The earnings report follows a period of underperformance for the stock. Shares have risen 10% over the past 12 months. This compares to the S&P 500's 25% gain over this same timeframe. Following this underwhelming performance, investors will be watching the earnings release closely to see if the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant fired on all cylinders during the important holiday period.

Here are some areas of Amazon's business worth checking on when the fourth-quarter update is released.

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