On Thursday, Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), gained 1.46% to $563.91.
Amazon.com, declared financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Operating cash flow raised 72% to $9.8 billion for the trailing twelve months, contrast with $5.7 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2014. Free cash flow raised to $5.4 billion for the trailing twelve months, contrast with $1.1 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2014. Additional measures of free cash flow can be found in the Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics.
Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 489 million on September 30, 2015, contrast with 481 million one year ago.
Net sales raised 23% to $25.4 billion in the third quarter, contrast with $20.6 billion in third quarter 2014. Not Taking Into Account the $1.3 billion unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales raised 30% contrast to third quarter 2014.
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates through the North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. The company serves consumers through retail websites, such as amazon.com, amazon.ca, and amazon.com.mx, which primarily comprise merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers.
Shares of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (NYSE:HLT), inclined 2.77% to $25.23, during its last trading session.
Hilton Worldwide, declared an upgrade to LightStay, its state-of-the-art, in-house corporate responsibility measurement platform across the company’s more than 4,440 properties globally. With new features and enhancements, this next generation of LightStay now serves as the comprehensive, one-solution platform for all environmental, operational and social impact reporting for Hilton’s global portfolio of hotels.
The year-long upgrade was based on in-depth analysis of hotel data across Hilton’s global portfolio from the last five years. With thousands of metrics, Hilton improved LightStay to assist hotels better manage energy and water usage in addition to drive improvement across hundreds of indicators over time.
This next generation of LightStay tracks historical energy and weather data to forecast future energy usage levels and predict the impact of performance on cost and annual consumption, taking into account variables such as occupancy and weather. The system cross-references the data hotels submit with predictable performance and sends automatic alerts to hotel teams when performance falls below predictable levels. Hilton designed LightStay to provide three-month forecasting of energy and water consumption at each property and identify any discrepancies in usage, enabling hotel operating teams, owners and administration groups to take corrective action to influence future performance. All of the hotel teams in the Hilton portfolio are required to track and complete improvement projects each year, enabling the full portfolio to benefit from over 4,800 energy efficiency projects.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a hospitality company, owns, leases, manages, develops, and franchises hotels, resorts, and timeshare properties worldwide. The company operates hotels under the Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Canopy by Hilton, Curio - A Collection by Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton, and Hilton Grand Vacations brands.
Finally, Shares of Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN), ended its last trade with 1.85% gain, and closed at $5.78.
Santander Holdings, declared that its Board of Directors declared a dividend on SHUSA’s Preferred Stock. A dividend payment of $0.45625 per share is payable on November 16, 2015 to holders of record on November 1, 2015 for SHUSA’s Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE:SOVPRC).
Banco Santander, S.A. provides various banking products and services for individuals and companies. The company offers various deposit products, such as demand and time deposits; mortgages, auto finance, and personal credits; consumer finance; and mobile banking and electronic banking services.