Amazon beat earnings. Wall Street wanted fireworks.

Amazon crushed Q1 earnings, but the stock still took a hit - thanks to soft guidance and fresh tariff drama.

Forbes' Derek Saul breaks down how AWS held up, why Wall Street's not impressed, and how a phone call from Trump to Bezos (!) became part of the earnings narrative.

We read the whole thing - now let's break it down.

Amazon crushed the numbers - and still got punished.

Q1 came in hot: $155.7B in revenue and $1.59 EPS, beating Wall Street across the board. AWS grew 17% to $29.3B - solid, not spectacular. But then came the wet blanket: Q2 guidance landed below expectations, with revenue projected at $159-$164B and operating income falling short of the Street's hopes. Result? The stock dropped over 2% after hours, because in this market, "good" only counts if it's euphoric.

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Then came the tariff twist.

Amazon flagged "tariff and trade policy" risks as a major X factor going forward - a red flag that didn't show up in the last quarter. With half of Amazon's sellers based in China, Trump's latest trade salvos are hitting uncomfortably close. The drama escalated earlier this week when the White House called Amazon's (nonexistent) plan to display tariff markups a "hostile political act." Trump even rang up Bezos personally to squash it. According to the President, "problem solved" - but the market's still sweating.

And yet, the vibes were high... until they weren't.

Amazon stock had rallied 3% earlier in the day, riding the coattails of blowout Meta and Microsoft earnings. But that momentum fizzled fast once the outlook hit. Now all eyes are on Andy Jassy and how he plans to thread the needle between growth, cloud momentum, and a tariff-laced political minefield. AWS is still printing, but investors want more than resilience - they want clarity.

🤔What Do You Think?

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