NASDAQ:AMZN - Amazon.com Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The e-commerce giant reported $4.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $4.46 by $0.23. The e-commerce giant earned $69.98 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $68.72 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 4.27% and a return on equity of 22.52%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 23.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $5.75 EPS. View Amazon.com's Earnings History.

Amazon.com is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Amazon.com.

42 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Amazon.com's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,850.00 to $2,550.00. On average, they anticipate Amazon.com's stock price to reach $2,192.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Amazon.com.

42 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amazon.com in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 41 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Amazon.com.

Headlines about AMZN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Amazon.com earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the e-commerce giant a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Amazon.com.

Amazon.com saw a drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,400,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the September 15th total of 3,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,280,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Amazon.com's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Amazon.com include Netflix (NFLX), Booking (BKNG), Expedia Group (EXPE), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Shutterfly (SFLY), Groupon (GRPN), 1-800-Flowers.Com (FLWS), Petmed Express (PETS), Overstock.com (OSTK), U.S. Auto Parts Network (PRTS), Geeknet (GKNT), HomeAway (AWAY) and Vitacost.com (VITC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Amazon.com investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Netflix (NFLX), Canopy Growth (CGC), Tesla (TSLA), Alphabet (GOOG), Booking (BKNG) and Boeing (BA).

Amazon.com's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.37%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.36%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.35%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.31%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.23%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.18%). Company insiders that own Amazon.com stock include Andrew R Jassy, Brian T Olsavsky, Daniel P Huttenlocher, David Zapolsky, Indra K Nooyi, Jeffrey A Wilke, Jeffrey M Blackburn, Jeffrey P Bezos, Judith A Mcgrath, Patricia Q Stonesifer, Shelley Reynolds, Thomas O Ryder and Tom A Alberg. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Amazon.com.

AMZN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, PointState Capital LP, Banco Santander S.A., SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Railway Pension Investments Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Amazon.com company stock in the last year include Andrew R Jassy, Brian T Olsavsky, David Zapolsky, Indra K Nooyi, Jeffrey A Wilke, Jeffrey M Blackburn, Jeffrey P Bezos, Judith A Mcgrath, Patricia Q Stonesifer and Shelley Reynolds. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amazon.com.

AMZN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, State Street Corp, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Voya Investment Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and National Pension Service. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amazon.com.

Shares of AMZN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMZN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,751.60.

Amazon.com has a market capitalization of $868.44 billion and generates $232.89 billion in revenue each year. The e-commerce giant earns $10.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or $20.14 on an earnings per share basis. Amazon.com employs 647,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Amazon.com.

The official website for Amazon.com is http://www.amazon.com/.

Amazon.com's mailing address is 410 TERRY AVENUE NORTH, SEATTLE WA, 98109. The e-commerce giant can be reached via phone at 206-266-1000 or via email at [email protected]