Key Takeaways Amazon shares tumbled in the wake of the company's quarterly results, but analysts say there's an opportunity to buy the dip.AWS may have underwhelmed investors relative to the cloud growth seen from peers like Microsoft and Google.

Amazon shares fell around 7 per cent in after-hours trading as the US ecommerce giant posted underwhelming projections for the third quarter due to high spending on artificial intelligence. Chief executive Andy Jassy also warned of further uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and said he remained “unsure” who would absorb potentially higher costs over time.