Amazon Posts $62.64 Billion Q2 Profit as $53.39 Billion Anthropic Gain Lifts Results
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Updated · Barchart · Aug 5
Amazon Posts $62.64 Billion Q2 Profit as $53.39 Billion Anthropic Gain Lifts Results
1 articles · Updated · Barchart · Aug 5
Summary
$62.64 billion in Q2 net income dwarfed Amazon’s operating performance after a $53.39 billion non-operating gain, largely tied to its Anthropic investment, helped drive EPS to $5.82 on $200.6 billion in revenue.
AWS supplied the core business momentum, delivering its fastest growth in 18 quarters as Amazon said AI demand is accelerating across both cloud infrastructure and traditional workloads.
More than 15% stock gains since the report suggest investors are overlooking heavier spending even after Amazon raised its capital-expenditure forecast to $220 billion from $200 billion and disclosed trailing 12-month free cash flow of negative $7.6 billion.
A $25 billion AI revenue run rate and another $25 billion run rate for Trainium and Inferentia chips show Amazon is trying to turn aggressive AI investment into multiple profit streams beyond e-commerce.
Anthropic has become a major hidden asset: Amazon’s disclosed $13 billion investment was valued at $190.4 billion in Q2, underscoring how startup stakes are now shaping reported earnings.