Stock Performance - Amazon's stock is up approximately 45% year-to-date, positioning it in the middle of the "Magnificent Seven" but underperforming both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 [1] - Apple's stock is down nearly 2% since its last earnings report [1] AWS Performance - Analysts anticipate AWS to grow by about 17% this quarter, while also demonstrating signs of reacceleration in the latter half of the year [2] - AWS missed revenue estimates for the third consecutive quarter in Q1 [2] Investment and Capex - Capex is projected to exceed 100 billion this year, with approximately 74 billion allocated to cloud infrastructure and in-house chips [3] - Amazon is strengthening its ties with Anthropic [3] Retail Performance - Analysts expect approximately 10% year-over-year growth in North America retail [4] - The online stores segment will provide insights into the current state of the US shopper [4]
Amazon bets big on cloud as rivals gain ground ahead of earnings