Amazon (AMZN) made a compelling case for itself this earnings season. The company reported its fastest growth in Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 18 quarters, highlighting accelerating momentum in its cloud business. “There’s a lot to be excited about, and we have much more coming for customers in the second half of the year and beyond,” CEO Andy Jassy said in the second-quarter earnings report.
Amazon reported revenue of $200.6 billion. Net income was startlingly high at $62.64 billion, thanks to a $53.39 billion windfall in non-operating income that the company attributed largely to its investment in Anthropic. That helped push EPS to a whopping $5.82.