Amazon, the global giant of e-commerce, recorded in the third quarter of 2026 a net profit of 20,685 million dollars (18,577 million euros), which represents a decline of 2.4% compared with the gains obtained between July and September of the previous fiscal year.
In that same period, the company’s total revenue rose to 201,944 million dollars (181,360 million euros), 12% more than a year earlier. Within this figure, product sales advanced 1.2%, to 75,296 million dollars (67,621 million euros), while the marketing of services surged 19.4%, to 126,648 million dollars (113,739 million euros).
By geographic areas, Amazon’s revenues in North America totaled 112,852 million dollars (101,349 million euros) in the third quarter, 6.2% more in year-on-year terms. In international markets, revenue reached 43,108 million dollars (38,714 million euros), which represents an increase of 5.4%.
In parallel, the cloud computing division AWS obtained between July and September a turnover of 45,984 million dollars (41,297 million euros), which implies an increase of 39.3% compared with the same period of the previous year.
With these data, in the first nine months of 2026 Amazon accumulated a net profit of 113,587 million dollars (102,009 million euros), 101% more than in the first nine months of the previous year. In that same interval, total revenues stood at 584,069 million dollars (524,534 million euros), 16% above the figure from a year ago.
"Our investment in AWS in functionality and infrastructure is paying off, with year-on-year revenue growth of more than 39% in the third quarter and revenue growth projections of more than 40% in both 2027 and 2028," declared Andy Jassy, president and chief executive officer of Amazon. "Never before has there been a business with 1 trillion dollars in revenue, and we could have two in the next 5 to 10 years," he added.
Forecasts for the close of the fiscal year
Looking ahead to the fourth quarter, the multinational anticipates that its net sales will be in a range of between 240.000 and 247.000 million dollars (215.537 and 221.823 million euros), which would mean a year-on-year increase of between 12% and 16%. These estimates incorporate a negative impact of close to 60 basis points derived from exchange-rate variations.
As for operating income, Amazon calculates that it will move between 28.500 and 33.500 million dollars (25.595 and 30.085 million euros), above the 25.000 million dollars (22.453 million euros) obtained in the fourth quarter of 2025.
In addition, the company expects cash capital investments for 2026 to reach approximately 220.000 million dollars (197.575 million euros).
In the markets, Amazon shares closed Thursday's session with a decline of 4,25%. After the quarterly accounts and the forecasts for the coming months were released, the shares deepened their losses with a drop of more than 7% in "after hours" trading.