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AMZN vs. AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA, DIS, and WMT

Should you be buying Amazon.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amazon.com include Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), and Walmart (WMT).

Amazon.com vs. Its Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 73 more articles in the media than Amazon.com. MarketBeat recorded 308 mentions for Apple and 235 mentions for Amazon.com. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Apple's score of 0.90 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
179 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
191 Very Positive mention(s)
41 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
26 Negative mention(s)
9 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.54% 23.84% 11.14%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Apple has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amazon.com. Amazon.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.83$59.25B$6.5634.91
Apple$391.04B8.81$93.74B$6.5935.23

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $262.87, indicating a potential upside of 14.79%. Apple has a consensus target price of $237.37, indicating a potential upside of 2.25%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amazon.com and Apple tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMZN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AMZN vs. The Competition

MetricAmazon.comINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.44T$75.22B$27.53B$9.78B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%172.55%4.04%
P/E Ratio34.9127.5727.4126.59
Price / Sales3.8328.278.12110.44
Price / Cash21.66314.7757.7259.26
Price / Book7.327.234.686.58
Net Income$59.25B$2.26B$872.89M$265.95M
7 Day Performance0.07%-0.14%0.23%0.17%
1 Month Performance-2.18%1.83%3.32%3.90%
1 Year Performance28.29%51.67%16.11%19.67%

Amazon.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6884 of 5 stars
$229.00
-1.1%
$262.87
+14.8%
+28.3%$2.44T$637.96B34.911,556,000Trending News
AAPL
Apple
4.6357 of 5 stars
$227.76
+1.3%
$237.98
+4.5%
+1.4%$3.38T$391.04B34.56164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.4679 of 5 stars
$206.72
+3.0%
$215.19
+4.1%
+29.3%$2.50T$350.02B22.01190,200Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8646 of 5 stars
$206.09
+3.2%
$211.53
+2.6%
+30.3%$2.49T$350.02B21.95183,323Trending News
META
Meta Platforms
4.4935 of 5 stars
$754.79
+2.1%
$822.41
+9.0%
+41.7%$1.90T$164.50B27.3374,067Trending News
Insider Trade
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9601 of 5 stars
$507.23
+0.6%
$612.54
+20.8%
+21.5%$3.77T$281.72B37.19228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.2161 of 5 stars
$1,204.65
-0.1%
$1,297.66
+7.7%
+72.3%$511.89B$39.00B51.3314,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9142 of 5 stars
$177.99
+1.7%
$192.44
+8.1%
+45.9%$4.34T$130.50B57.4236,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TSLA
Tesla
4.4303 of 5 stars
$340.01
+6.2%
$303.31
-10.8%
+55.9%$1.10T$97.69B196.54125,665Trending News
Insider Trade
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8156 of 5 stars
$118.66
+2.1%
$131.18
+10.5%
+31.0%$213.35B$91.36B18.60233,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
WMT
Walmart
4.7336 of 5 stars
$96.82
-1.2%
$110.07
+13.7%
+25.6%$772.66B$680.99B36.402,100,000Trending News

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