Amazon beats Wall Street expectations with strong cloud business growth
Amazon(AMZN) The Guardian·2024-11-01 04:29
Amazon became the latest of the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants to report quarterly earnings on Thursday, with all eyes once again on cloud computing and any sign of a return on vast AI investments. Shares in the e-commerce giant rose in after-hours trading.The company reported revenue of $158.9bn against analyst expectations of $157.2bn, and earnings per share of $1.43, compared to $1.16 expected by Bloomberg analysts.Amazon reported $27.5bn for the previous three months, a 19% increase, in line with analy ...