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Amazon Q2 Earnings Beat Expectations on Strong Cloud Growth; Shares Surge Over 9% After Hours

2026-07-30 Read:5446

JULY 30, 2026 — Amazon released its second-quarter earnings report today, outperforming Wall Street expectations in both total revenue and cloud division performance. Driven by the stellar results, Amazon's stock surged more than 9% in after-hours trading.

Here is how Amazon's actual results compare against consensus estimates from LSEG analysts:

Earnings Per Share (EPS): $5.75 vs. $1.82 expected

Total Revenue: $200.61 billion vs. $196.47 billion expected

Amazon Web Services (AWS): $42.2 billion vs. $40.54 billion expected

Advertising: $19.81 billion vs. $19.43 billion expected

AWS revenue surged 37% year-over-year for the quarter, easily topping Wall Street’s forecasted 31% growth rate. In the earnings release, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy highlighted that this represents the fastest growth rate for the cloud segment in 18 quarters.