The facts

  1. The quarter ended on 30 September. Revenue rose 12%; net income fell to $20.7 billion from $21.2 billion. The prior-year quarter included $9.5 billion of pre-tax Anthropic investment gains. [1]

  2. The $42.4 billion free-cash outflow covers the trailing 12 months, not just the third quarter. The comparable period a year earlier produced a $14.8 billion inflow. [1][2]

  3. AWS sales rose about 39% year on year to $46.0 billion. Amazon’s total operating income rose to $28.1 billion from $17.4 billion. [1][2]

  4. Amazon forecast fourth-quarter sales of $240 billion to $247 billion. That range includes the $244.51 billion LSEG analyst average cited by Reuters, but its $243.5 billion midpoint is lower. The forecast is not an achieved result. [1][2]

  5. Yahoo Finance reported a Bloomberg third-quarter revenue consensus of $202.25 billion, above the $201.9 billion result. Reuters’s LSEG benchmark instead concerns fourth-quarter guidance. [1][3]

  6. Amazon maintained its forecast of approximately $220 billion in 2026 cash capital expenditure. Guidance remains uncertain. [1][2]

Still unconfirmed

  • Fourth-quarter sales and income are management forecasts. Actual outcomes and the eventual market reaction remain unknown.

Sources

References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 20:56 UTC.

  1. Amazon.com announces third quarter results

    Amazon · Primary source · 29 Oct 2026

    The actual updated company report was read, including the financial results, trailing-12-month cash-flow definition and fourth-quarter guidance. The investor-relations mirror returned 403, so the readable company newsroom report is used.

  2. Amazon slides on light fourth-quarter sales estimates, cash burn

    Reuters, via WHTC · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026

    Actual updated report by Deborah Mary Sophia and Greg Bensinger read. WHTC is a licensed Reuters host. Extended-trading moves are distinguished from the regular-session close.

  3. Amazon earnings live: Q3 earnings miss sends stock lower

    Yahoo Finance · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026

    Daniel Howley’s actual original report and updates read. Independently owned from Reuters and Amazon. No precise EPS miss is asserted from an unverified accounting-basis comparison.

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