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Amazon's AWS Leads Revenue Growth and Margin Expansion

Guavy AI Editorial Team Published August 3, 2026

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Amazon's cloud business segment, AWS, is driving its margin expansion and revenue growth. In Q2 '26, AWS led the way with a 36.7% year-over-year (YoY) revenue increase, along with a 39% operating margin.

This high-margin performance is fueling overall margin improvement for Amazon to 13.7%. The company's High-Margin Services, such as ads, third-party seller services, and subscriptions, are expanding while the retail segment remains low-margin.

Amazon posted negative free cash flow (FCF) in Q2 '26, but this is being offset by robust operating cash flow. Looking ahead, Amazon is set to increase its capital expenditures (CapEx) to $220B by 2027 to double cloud capacity.

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