https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/aws/Recent content in AWS on Marianne CarolineHugoen-usSun, 01 Nov 2026 03:07:34 +0000https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/amazon-q3-2026-sales-up-12-as-margins-widen/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:07:34 +0000https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/amazon-q3-2026-sales-up-12-as-margins-widen/<h2 id="a-quarter-of-two-halves-stronger-operations-softer-headline-profit">A quarter of two halves: stronger operations, softer headline profit</h2> <p>Amazon closed the three months to 30 September 2026 with net sales of $201.94bn, a 12% rise on the $180.17bn booked a year earlier. Strip out an unfavourable currency effect of $0.90bn and the underlying growth rate nudges up to 13%.</p> <p>The more striking figure sits further down the income statement. Operating income jumped 61% year on year to $28.08bn, against $17.42bn in the third quarter of 2025. Consolidated operating margin widened to 13.9%, up from 9.7% twelve months before — a shift of more than four percentage points that underlines how much more profitable each pound and dollar of sales has become.</p>