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Amazon.com (AMZN)

Q3'25 earnings call · held October 30, 2025 · compared with the Q2'25 call · management-credibility review
10/12
Disclosure score
1 high, 2 medium, 5 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story is Amazon transforming into a power utility - 3.8 gigawatts added in 12 months with plans to double again by 2027. Everyone sees the 20% AWS growth, but the real story is infrastructure at utility scale. The binding constraint isn't demand, it's power capacity - as Jassy said, 'as fast as we're adding capacity, we're monetizing it.' The grocery perishables bet is working with customers returning twice as often, but free cash flow deteriorating to $14.8B from massive capex will test patience. My view changes if the $125B+ annual capex doesn't translate to sustained 20%+ AWS growth or if power constraints persist past 2026.

The 30-second version

  • AWS is quietly becoming a power company with 3.8 gigawatts added in 12 months
  • The grocery perishables bet is working: they're already a top 3 U.S. grocer at $100B+ GMV
  • Trainium2 is fully subscribed and multibillion-dollar, but they need Trainium3 to broaden beyond 'small number of very large customers'

What changed this quarter

MetricQ2'25Q3'25Change
Revenue$167.7B (+12% YoY)$180.2B (+12% YoY)Steady growth rate maintained
Operating Income$19.2B (+31% YoY)$17.4B (but $21.7B excluding charges)+$2.5B beat on normalized basis
AWS Revenue$30.9B (+17.5% YoY)$33.0B (+20.2% YoY)+270 bps acceleration to 11-quarter high
AWS Run Rate$123B annualized$132B annualized+$9B sequential increase
AWS Backlog$195B (+25% YoY)$200B (excluding October deals)Accelerating with October surge
Advertising Revenue$15.7B (+22% YoY)$17.6B (+22% YoY)Sustained 22% growth for 3rd consecutive quarter
North America Op Margin7.5%6.9% (ex-charges)-60 bps normalized margin compression
International Op Margin4.1%2.9% (impacted by severance)Margin expansion ex-charges
Capex$31.4B in Q2$34.2B in Q3+$2.8B sequential increase
Free Cash Flow (TTM)$18.2B$14.8B-$3.4B deterioration

Accountability tracked

8 new promises made4 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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