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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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.14%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.14% 24.14% 10.90%
Apple 24.30%167.24%31.35%

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $250.02, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. Apple has a consensus price target of $235.11, suggesting a potential upside of 10.65%. Given Apple's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
45 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

In the previous week, Apple had 38 more articles in the media than Amazon.com. MarketBeat recorded 266 mentions for Apple and 228 mentions for Amazon.com. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Apple's score of 0.89 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
157 Very Positive mention(s)
23 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
163 Very Positive mention(s)
22 Positive mention(s)
61 Neutral mention(s)
17 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.81$59.25B$6.1437.33
Apple$391.04B8.12$93.74B$6.4233.10

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$2.40T$73.01B$26.57B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%177.11%4.05%
P/E Ratio37.3325.1725.6418.43
Price / Sales3.8121.335.7699.61
Price / Cash21.3933.3717.0928.17
Price / Book8.498.435.805.70
Net Income$59.25B$2.26B$880.45M$257.84M
7 Day Performance1.55%2.11%0.32%1.87%
1 Month Performance9.30%22.32%7.58%13.28%
1 Year Performance25.15%111.96%27.13%19.15%

Amazon.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.404 of 5 stars
$229.19
+1.4%
$250.02
+9.1%
+23.5%$2.40T$637.96B37.331,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AAPL
Apple
4.8557 of 5 stars
$207.85
-1.0%
$235.27
+13.2%
-5.9%$3.10T$391.04B32.35164,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.6648 of 5 stars
$178.01
+1.6%
$207.63
+16.6%
+3.7%$2.16T$350.02B19.83190,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8302 of 5 stars
$176.98
+1.5%
$200.13
+13.1%
+4.2%$2.15T$350.02B19.72183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
META
Meta Platforms
3.6468 of 5 stars
$736.13
+2.1%
$727.95
-1.1%
+47.7%$1.85T$170.36B28.7074,067Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.5551 of 5 stars
$500.58
+0.8%
$527.36
+5.3%
+16.7%$3.72T$245.12B38.67228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.3095 of 5 stars
$1,278.45
+0.2%
$1,185.61
-7.3%
+90.9%$543.69B$39.00B60.3814,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5037 of 5 stars
$163.24
+2.0%
$176.47
+8.1%
+46.2%$3.98T$130.50B52.6636,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
TSLA
Tesla
4.6809 of 5 stars
$294.65
-1.1%
$301.13
+2.2%
+37.8%$950.81B$97.69B162.20125,665Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DIS
Walt Disney
4.6111 of 5 stars
$121.05
-0.6%
$125.83
+3.9%
+26.8%$217.92B$91.36B24.79233,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
WMT
Walmart
4.8895 of 5 stars
$97.01
-0.1%
$106.67
+10.0%
+34.3%$775.15B$680.99B41.512,100,000Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:AMZN) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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