Amazon.com Company Profile (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon.com trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMZN."

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $1.00. The firm earned $37.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $37.18 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 9.38% and a net margin of 1.28%. The business's revenue was up 24.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.78 EPS. View Amazon.com's Earnings History.

Amazon.com is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 25th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Amazon.com.

48 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Amazon.com's shares. Their forecasts range from $719.07 to $1,300.00. On average, they anticipate Amazon.com's stock price to reach $1,096.39 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Amazon.com.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Amazon.com stock:

• 1. Loop Capital analysts commented, "secret sauce," Loop Capital Markets' Anthony Chukumba commented in an initiation note. The analyst initiates coverage of Amazon's stock with a Buy rating and $1,200 price target.Amazon has years of strong growth ahead because of its "secret sauce" — that is its Prime membership, Chukumba argued. The Prime membership program not only offers unlimited speedy delivery but the "myriad" of additional Prime benefits makes the program increasingly sticky for consumers. In addition, the strong growth seen in Prime membership allows Amazon to "no longer solely rely on being the low-price leader."Aside from Prime, Amazon boasts another business segment with a similar growth profile, Chukumba continued. Amazon's cloud business, called Amazon Web Services, stands to benefit from many years ahead of profit growth as it continues to win new companies looking to outsource their computing and storage needs. Even though Amazon's AWS unit is a "first mover" in the space versus other cloud providers it continues to innovate and offer superior functionality.The case for owning Amazon's stock can also be attributed to the company's culture and management team, Chukumba also argued. At the forefront is its CEO and founder Jeff Bezos who leads with a "powerful — yet underestimated — competitive advantage."Finally, Amazon's free cash flow generation continues to show signs of improvements from the past few years which is especially important given Amazon's reputation of overseeing "seemingly never ending investments." (9/12/2017)
• 2. DA Davidson analysts commented, "king of bricks AND clicks" earned the company additional support from Wall Street. D.A. Davidson's Tom Forte initiates coverage of Amazon's stock with a Buy rating and a 12–18-month $1,300 price target and a five-year out price target of $1,800.Now that Amazon officially operates a physical retail presence through the acquisition of grocery chain Whole Foods, it is well positioned to gain even more market share from the entire retail sector, Forte argued in his initiation note. The expansion into physical retail was necessary to continue disrupting the sector even more.Amazon's new physical retail space when combined with its market-leading cloud unit called Amazon Web Services will help the company "sustain its profitable revenue growth" for the foreseeable future, the analyst added.In fact, Amazon's M&A plans are expected to continue as the company is eyeing potential acquisitions of other grocery categories as well as apparel retailers and gas stations, the analyst suggested.Finally, the secret behind Amazon's success is that it is able to empower other businesses to leverage its advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning through AWS to "further separate its efforts from legacy retailers." (9/6/2017)
• 3. KeyCorp analysts commented, "We believe the banner has lost market share to other competitors in natural/Organics (Costco, KR, Trader Joe’s, among others). The 22% initial price adjustments in key items are material and help bridge the gap (see Exhibit 1 herein). We also expect AMZN to continue to roll out additional 365 banner locations in an effort to make WFM’s price points more accessible. Look for other synergies to be adopted quickly. WFM is running a special on Echo ($99.99) and Echo Dot ($44.99). We expect the rollout of lockers to stores in short order. The Company will also adopt Prime as the loyalty program for WFM. Over time, this will enable AMZN to better understand online and in-store purchase behavior. Amazon’s aggressive moves to use price is a bit of a strategy pivot. While price is a component of AMZN’s Prime offering, we think it has increasingly leaned on convenience and delivery speed as some of the primary value propositions. The move to aggressively use price is similar to the strategy used within the book category. In comparison, in areas like apparel, AMZN has actually moved to MAP pricing as it has attracted key vendors." (8/28/2017)
• 4. Cantor Fitzgerald analysts commented, "Solid top-line growth expected to continue. Our 2Q17 revenue, EBITDA, and GAAP EPS estimates are $37.240B (+22.5% Y/Y), $4.630B (12.4% margin), and $1.29 vs. consensus (FactSet) estimates of $37.20B, $4.64B, and $1.41, respectively. We expect gross profit to increase 24.0% Y/Y to $13.914B, for a gross margin of 37.4% (up 50bps Y/Y), reflecting a higher mix of AWS, 3P, and digital, partially offset by aggressive investment in devices, content, and fulfillment." (7/26/2017)
• 5. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Amazon is one of the largest online retailers in the world. Over the last one year, the stock has underperformed the Zacks Electronic Commerce industry. Amazon is driving value across all its businesses and especially the retail business remains very hard to beat on price, choice and convenience. The company has a solid loyalty system in Prime and its FBA strategy, and content addition continues to add selection to Prime memberships. The AWS generates much higher margins than retail, so it has a very positive impact on Amazon’s profitability. Devices and IoT is also a potential growth area. However, Prime saturation in the U.S. market and competition in online retail remains concern." (7/24/2017)

Some companies that are related to Amazon.com include Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA), Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Home Depot, Inc. (The) (HD), McDonald's Corporation (MCD), Inditex (IDEXY), The Priceline Group (PCLN), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), CVS Health Corporation (CVS), Starbucks Corporation (SBUX), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), Lowe's Companies (LOW), JD.com (JD), Kering Unspon (PPRUY), TJX Companies, Inc. (The) (TJX), eBay (EBAY), Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (WMMVY), Hennes & Mauritz AB (HNNMY) and Compass Group PLC (CMPGY).

Amazon.com's management team includes the folowing people:

• Jeffrey P. Bezos, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
• Brian T. Olsavsky, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
• Andrew R. Jassy, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon Web Services
• Jeffrey A. Wilke, Chief Executive Officer - Worldwide Consumer
• David A. Zapolsky, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
• Jeffrey M. Blackburn, Senior Vice President - Business Development
• Shelley L. Reynolds, Vice President, Worldwide Controller, Principal Accounting Officer
• Patricia Q. Stonesifer, Lead Independent Director
• Tom A. Alberg, Independent Director
• John Seely Brown, Independent Director

Amazon.com's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.59%), BlackRock Inc. (4.98%), FMR LLC (3.84%), State Street Corp (3.38%), Capital World Investors (3.09%) and Capital Research Global Investors (2.23%). Company insiders that own Amazon.com stock include Andrew R Jassy, Brian T Olsavsky, David Zapolsky, Diego Piacentini, Jeffrey A Wilke, Jeffrey M Blackburn, Jeffrey P Bezos, Patricia Q Stonesifer, Shelley Reynolds, Thomas O Ryder and Tom A Alberg. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Amazon.com.

Amazon.com's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Jennison Associates LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, FMR LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co., Capital International Investors, Fisher Asset Management LLC and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Amazon.com stock in the last year include Andrew R Jassy, Brian T Olsavsky, David Zapolsky, Jeffrey A Wilke, Jeffrey P Bezos, Shelley Reynolds and Tom A Alberg. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amazon.com.

Amazon.com's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC and PointState Capital LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amazon.com.

Shares of Amazon.com can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Amazon.com stock can currently be purchased for approximately $974.19.