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

Company Overview

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. In addition, the company offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, independent publishers, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, it provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising. Additionally, the company offers Amazon Prime, a membership program. The company's products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers, and employees. Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $211.42 to $217.44
• 50-Day Range: $203.93 to $234.11
• 52-Week Range: $151.61 to $242.52
• Volume: 77.65 million shs
• Average Volume: 43.92 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.25 trillion
• P/E Ratio: 32.26
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $262.45
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Amazon.com Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Amazon.com scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 17th out of 420 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Amazon.com has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.02, and is based on 46 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Amazon.com has been the subject of 35 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.91%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Amazon.com are expected to grow by 17.91% in the coming year, from $6.31 to $7.44 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 32.26, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.10.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 32.26, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 28.65.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Amazon.com has a PEG Ratio of 1.57. 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 7.84. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.59% of the outstanding shares of Amazon.com have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Amazon.com has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.5, 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 11.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Amazon.com does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.25

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.59% of the outstanding shares of Amazon.com have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Amazon.com has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.5, 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 11.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.88

News Sentiment

Amazon.com has a news sentiment score of 0.88. 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 0.69 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 416 news articles for Amazon.com this week, compared to 211 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

745 people have searched for AMZN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 63% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

225 people have added Amazon.com to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 80% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $5,674,394,548.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

10.80% of the stock of Amazon.com is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

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.

AMZN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AMZN shares performed this year?

Amazon.com's stock was trading at $219.39 at the start of the year. Since then, AMZN stock has decreased by 3.5% and is now trading at $211.65.

How were Amazon.com's earnings last quarter?

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.37. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Amazon.com's stock split?

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.

Does Amazon.com have any subsidiaries?

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

Who are Amazon.com's major shareholders?

Amazon.com's top institutional investors include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (1.25%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.43%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.25%) and Swedbank AB (0.14%). 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, Keith Brian Alexander and Matthew S Garman.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Amazon.com?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Amazon.com own?

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: 7/31/2025
• Today: 8/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: INTERNET COMMERCE
• Sub-Industry: Internet Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AMZN
• CIK: 1018724
• Web: www.amazon.com
• Phone: (206) 266-1000
• Fax: 302-636-5454
• Employees: 1,556,000
• Year Founded: 1994

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Amazon.com: $262.45
• High Price Target: $305.00
• Low Price Target: $195.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.02
• Research Coverage: 49 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.56
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.26
• Forward P/E Ratio: 33.54
• P/E Growth: 1.57
• Net Income: $59.25 billion
• Net Margins: 10.54%
• Pretax Margin: 12.38%
• Return on Equity: 23.84%
• Return on Assets: 11.14%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.15
• Current Ratio: 1.02
• Quick Ratio: 0.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $637.96 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.52
• Cash Flow: $10.42 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.31
• Book Value: $26.98 per share
• Price / Book: 7.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,616,350,000
• Free Float: 9,469,787,000
• Market Cap: $2.25 trillion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.31