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Amazon hits $3 trillion market cap as Jeff Bezos plans $4 billion share sale
Amazon’s market value surpassed $3 trillion for the first time in August 2026, driven by strong second‑quarter results. The company reported Q2 2026 revenue of $200.6 billion, up about 20 % year‑over‑year, with AWS sales of $42.2 billion, a 37 % increase, and net income of $62.6 billion. Earnings per diluted share were $1.97, beating expectations, and the stock rose to a record high near $286 per share.
Founder Jeff Bezos filed a Form 144 filing to sell 15 million Amazon shares, valued at roughly $4 billion, under a pre‑arranged 10b5‑1 plan. The announcement triggered a roughly 2 % drop in Amazon’s share price in the following session. Analysts note that Amazon’s capital‑expenditure outlook has risen as the company expands AI‑related infrastructure, but market sentiment remains broadly positive.
The milestone places Amazon among a handful of tech giants—Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft—whose market capitalizations have crossed the $3 trillion threshold, underscoring the impact of AI‑driven cloud growth on the company’s valuation.
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Alphabet (Google) · Alphabet Inc. · Amazon · Amazon Web Services · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Amazon shares · Amazon.com Inc. · Amazon.com, Inc. · Andy Jassy · Apple · Apple Inc. · Artificial Intelligence (AI) market
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- [● 3 SOURCES] Meta Platforms reported second‑quarter 2026 revenue of $60.8 billion, up 28% year‑over‑year.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Meta Platforms' free cash flow for the quarter fell to $784 million, a 91 % decline from $8.5 billion a year earlier.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Meta Platforms' operating income for the second quarter was $18.8 billion, down 8 % from the same period a year earlier.
- [● 3 SOURCES] Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta together have pledged about $2.4 trillion in long‑term AI infrastructure spending.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Major cloud providers, including Google and Amazon, face a risk of negative free‑cash‑flow as AI capex escalates.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Meta Platforms' capital expenditures in Q2 2026 were $31.08 billion, 83 % higher than Q2 2025.
- [● 3 SOURCES] Meta Platforms raised the lower end of its 2026 capital‑expenditure guidance to $130 billion, with an upper bound of $145 billion.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The four companies experienced a combined market‑value loss of roughly $2.7 trillion during a June 2026 sell‑off.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Amazon Web Services revenue grew 37% year‑over‑year in the second quarter. wixx.com · www.estrepublicain.fr
- [● 8 SOURCES] Amazon raised its 2026 capital‑expenditure forecast to about $220 billion. www.spacemoney.com.br · startups.com.br · wixx.com · convergenciadigital.com.br · www.estrepublicain.fr · +3 more
- [● 2 SOURCES] Meta raised the lower end of its 2026 capex guidance to $130 billion, keeping the upper bound at $145 billion.
- [● 15 SOURCES] Amazon's market capitalization exceeded $3 trillion for the first time. bazaartimes.com · www.lalsace.fr · www.ot.gr · wixx.com · www.estrepublicain.fr · +9 more