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

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$254.60 +1.50 (+0.59%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$253.85 -0.75 (-0.29%)
As of 05:07 PM Eastern
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About Amazon.com Stock (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$251.98
▼
$255.36
50-Day Range
$245.96
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$266.43
52-Week Range
$196.00
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$287.20
Volume
33.73 million shs
Average Volume
45.89 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.75 trillion
P/E Ratio
20.48
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$325.12
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Amazon.com, Inc. is a global technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Originally launched as an online bookstore, the company has expanded into a broad digital marketplace offering consumer products across numerous categories, including electronics, household goods, apparel, groceries and other merchandise. Amazon also sells products under its own brands and provides logistics, fulfillment and delivery services that support its retail operations and third-party sellers.

The company’s principal businesses include online and physical retail, Amazon Web Services (AWS), digital advertising, subscription services and consumer technology. AWS provides cloud computing, storage, database, analytics, artificial intelligence and other technology services to businesses, governments and organizations. Amazon’s subscription offerings include Prime, which provides delivery benefits as well as access to entertainment and other services, while its devices and digital content businesses include products and services such as Kindle, Fire TV and related media offerings.

Amazon serves customers and business clients in markets around the world through localized websites, fulfillment networks, physical stores and cloud infrastructure. Its international operations include e-commerce marketplaces and AWS regions across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other geographies. Andy Jassy serves as Amazon’s president and chief executive officer, while founder Jeff Bezos serves as executive chair.

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Amazon.com Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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99th Percentile Overall Score

AMZN MarketRank™: 
4.965341354955 of 5 stars

Amazon.com scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 4th out of 475 stocks in the consumer discretionary 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 $325.12, representing about 28.2% upside from its current price of $253.63.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Amazon.com has been the subject of 40 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 41.06% in the coming year, from $7.55 to $10.65 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 20.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.03.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 20.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.93.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Amazon.com has a PEG Ratio of 2.04. 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 6.62. 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

    0.95% 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 2.81, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Amazon.com has recently increased by 8.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • 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 Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Amazon.com is 1.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Amazon.com will have a dividend payout ratio of 1.88% next year. This indicates that Amazon.com will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Amazon.com's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Amazon.com has a news sentiment score of 0.85. 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 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 278 news articles for Amazon.com this week, compared to 15 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2523 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

    384 people have added Amazon.com to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 102% 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 $18,580,515.00 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 News Headlines

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AMZN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon.com's stock was trading at $230.82 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AMZN shares have increased by 9.9% and is now trading at $253.63.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $3.93. The business's quarterly revenue was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Amazon.com shares split on the morning of Monday, June 6th 2022.The 20-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 9th 2022. The newly minted shares were issued 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.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Amazon.com: GlowRoad, Veeqo, Umbra3D, Prione, MGM Studios, Perpule, Selz, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of Amazon.com include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.08%), Asset Management One Co. Ltd. (0.04%), Ninety One UK Ltd (0.04%) and PineStone Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey P Bezos, Jeffrey P Bezos, Andrew R Jassy, Douglas J Herrington, Adam Selipsky, Shelley Reynolds, Brian T Olsavsky, Jonathan Rubinstein, 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 NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet (GOOG).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
7/30/2026
Today
10/28/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
10/29/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

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

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$400.00
Low Price Target
$218.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+27.7%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.95
Research Coverage
60 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$12.43
Trailing P/E Ratio
20.48
Forward P/E Ratio
33.72
P/E Growth
2.04
Net Income
$77.67 billion
Net Margins
17.44%
Pretax Margin
22.62%
Return on Equity
18.00%
Return on Assets
8.97%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.23
Current Ratio
1.03
Quick Ratio
0.87

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$775.68 billion
Price / Sales
3.54
Cash Flow
$13.72 per share
Price / Cash Flow
18.56
Book Value
$38.29 per share
Price / Book
6.65

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
10,786,313,000
Free Float
9,826,331,000
Market Cap
$2.75 trillion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.45

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This page (NASDAQ:AMZN) was last updated on 10/28/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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