Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) first-quarter results, announced on Tuesday, surpassed Wall Street expectations, driven by strong performance in its cloud segment, which benefited from the surge in demand for artificial intelligence services.
The company reported Q2 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.98 and revenue of $143.31 billion, exceeding the predicted EPS of $0.84 and revenue of $142.65 billion. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) division, the cloud revenue segment, experienced 17% growth, reaching $25 billion and surpassing the expected 14.7% growth rate, with a yearly revenue run rate of $100 billion. The North America segment also performed well, with sales rising 12% year-over-year to $86.3 billion.
For the upcoming second quarter, Amazon provided revenue guidance of $144 billion to $149 billion, which is below the anticipated $150.2 billion. Operating income was projected to be between $10 billion and $14 billion.