Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took the opportunity on the earnings call to remind investors that AWS is still significantly larger than its rivals. Investors were skeptical of the company's plans to spend $200 billion in capital expenditures this year.
Despite weakness in Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock following its earnings release, Wall Street analysts remain broadly bullish on the shares over the coming year.
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Amazon AMZN missed EPS estimates in its December-quarter report, but the business is otherwise literally firing on all cylinders.
In the aftermath of its Q4 post-earnings selloff, Amazon stock is trading near its cheapest P/E valuation in a decade.
Tech's megacaps announced major increases in capex for 2026, with the four hyperscalers now expecting combined spending of close to $700 billion. Reaching those numbers is going to mean a big drop in free cash flow, with Amazon projected to turn negative this year.
Amazon's Anthropic stake is now valued at $60.6 billion, a seven-fold increase. Amazon has invested $8 billion in Anthropic so far.
Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.But shares fell 11% in after hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company's plans to increase capital spending by nearly 60% to $200 billion from last year's $128 billion as it sees opportunities in artificial intelligence, robots, semiconductors and satellites. The company's fourth-quarter profits also were slightly below analysts' projections.Wall Street analysts were expecting capital spending to rise to around $147 billion this year, according to FactSet.Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy told investors on the call following the earnings release that it anticipates strong long-term return on the invested capital.
An 11% drop in Thursday, Jan. 5's after-hours session tells you most of what you need to know about how the market received Amazon.com Inc.'s NASDAQ: AMZN latest earnings report. In an already fragile week for equities, and tech stocks in particular, Amazon's results gave investors little reason to be forgiving.
AMZN tops Q4 revenue estimates as AWS growth reaccelerates to 24%, but shares slide after guidance and a $200 billion 2026 capex plan spook investors.
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares fell more than 7% to about $205 on Friday following the company's fourth quarter earnings report, as investors digested the $200 billion capital expenditure plan and disappointing first quarter margin guidance. While AWS and retail results impressed, analysts from Jefferies, Wedbush, and Bank of America warned that Amazon's towering capital expenditures could keep investors on edge.
New tax laws around research and capital investment reduced Amazon's U.S. corporate income taxes by more than half in 2025, even as the company's profits rose, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Feb. 6). Amazon's current U.S. taxes declined from $9 billion to $1.2 billion, and its federal income taxes paid on a cash basis dropped from $7 billion to $2.