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Amazon.com (AMZN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$259.32 -5.54 (-2.09%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$259.65 +0.33 (+0.13%)
As of 07:37 PM Eastern
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About Amazon.com Stock (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$255.19
$262.25
50-Day Range
$199.34
$275.06
52-Week Range
$196.00
$278.56
Volume
40.25 million shs
Average Volume
49.06 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.79 trillion
P/E Ratio
31.02
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$312.67
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Amazon.com Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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96th Percentile Overall Score

AMZN MarketRank™: 

Amazon.com scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 13th out of 203 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Amazon.com has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.95, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 57 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $312.67, representing about 20.6% upside from its current price of $259.32.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Amazon.com has been the subject of 51 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Amazon.com's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Amazon.com are expected to grow by 29.96% in the coming year, from $7.71 to $10.02 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 31.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.65.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 31.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 16.46.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Amazon.com has a PEG Ratio of 1.98. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Amazon.com has a P/B Ratio of 6.77. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Amazon.com's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.93% of the float of Amazon.com has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Amazon.com has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Amazon.com has recently decreased by 2.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Amazon.com does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Amazon.com does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Amazon.com will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.00% next year. This indicates that Amazon.com will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • News Sentiment

    Amazon.com has a news sentiment score of 0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 320 news articles for Amazon.com this week, compared to 20 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1365 people have searched for AMZN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 22% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    524 people have added Amazon.com to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 61% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Amazon.com insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $49,128,874.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    8.90% of the stock of Amazon.com is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    72.20% of the stock of Amazon.com is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Amazon.com's insider trading history.
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AMZN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon.com's stock was trading at $230.82 at the start of the year. Since then, AMZN stock has increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $259.3210.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis.
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Amazon.com's stock split before market open on Monday, June 6th 2022.The 20-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 9th 2022. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, June 3rd 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 2,000 shares after the split.

Amazon.com subsidiaries include GlowRoad, Veeqo, Umbra3D, Prione, MGM Studios, Perpule, Selz, and more.

Amazon.com's top institutional investors include Bank of America Corp DE (0.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.62%), Amundi (0.57%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey P Bezos, Jeffrey P Bezos, Amazon Com Inc, Andrew R Jassy, Douglas J Herrington, Adam Selipsky, Shelley Reynolds, Jonathan Rubinstein, Brian T Olsavsky, David Zapolsky, Daniel P Huttenlocher, Matthew S Garman and Keith Brian Alexander.
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Shares of AMZN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Amazon.com investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Dell Technologies (DELL), Tesla (TSLA), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) and V.F. (VFC).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
4/29/2026
Today
5/19/2026
AGM 2026
5/20/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
7/30/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
INTERNET COMMERCE
Sub-Industry
Internet Retail
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:AMZN
CIK
1018724
Employees
1,576,000
Year Founded
1994

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$370.00
Low Price Target
$218.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+20.6%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.95
Research Coverage
60 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$8.36
Trailing P/E Ratio
31.02
Forward P/E Ratio
33.63
P/E Growth
1.98
Net Income
$77.67 billion
Net Margins
12.22%
Pretax Margin
15.55%
Return on Equity
19.92%
Return on Assets
9.86%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.27
Current Ratio
1.18
Quick Ratio
1.01

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$716.92 billion
Price / Sales
3.89
Cash Flow
$13.12 per share
Price / Cash Flow
19.77
Book Value
$38.29 per share
Price / Book
6.77

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
10,757,110,000
Free Float
9,799,726,000
Market Cap
$2.79 trillion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.46

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This page (NASDAQ:AMZN) was last updated on 5/19/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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