Amazon Q2 2026 net sales rise 20% to $200.6 billion; operating income up 43%
Amazon reported second quarter 2026 net sales of $200.6 billion, up 20% from a year earlier, and operating income of $27.5 billion, up 43%. Net income was $62.6 billion, or $5.75 per diluted share, helped by $53.4 billion of non-operating other income, primarily from its Anthropic investments, while trailing twelve-month free cash flow turned to an outflow of $7.6 billion as investment in artificial intelligence rose.
Key points
- Q2 2026 net sales were $200.6 billion, up 20% from $167.7 billion in Q2 2025; AWS segment sales rose 37% to $42.2 billion.
- Operating income was $27.5 billion versus $19.2 billion in Q2 2025; AWS operating income was $16.6 billion versus $10.2 billion.
- Net income was $62.6 billion, or $5.75 per diluted share, versus $1.68 a year earlier, including $53.4 billion of non-operating other income.
- Third quarter 2026 guidance calls for net sales of $197.0 billion to $202.0 billion and operating income of $22.5 billion to $26.5 billion, compared with $17.4 billion in Q3 2025.
The filing
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