Amazon’s cloud growth accelerates while heavy investment drains free cash flow
Amazon ($AMZN)’s third-quarter 2026 revenue increased 12% to $201.9 billion, with AWS sales rising 39% to $46.0 billion. Operating income climbed to $28.1 billion from $17.4 billion. Net income nevertheless slipped to $20.7 billion, or $1.89 per diluted share, as the comparison included large Anthropic investment gains a year earlier. The shift of Prime Day into the second quarter also restrained reported sales growth. For fourth-quarter 2026, Amazon forecasts revenue of $240–247 billion and ope