Amazon earnings beat expectations with strong cloud growth

Amazon posted better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter on Wednesday. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: * **Earnings per share:** $2.78 vs. $1.64 * **Revenue:** $181.52 vs. $177.30 billion Wall Street was also looking at other key revenue numbers: * **Amazon Web Services:** $37.59 billion vs. $36.64 billion, according to StreetAccount * **Advertising:** $17.24 billion vs. $16.87 billion, according to StreetAccount Source: [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/amazon-amzn-q1-earnings-report-2026.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/amazon-amzn-q1-earnings-report-2026.html)