Taking on analysts’ expectations and winning: Amazon.com Inc (AMZN)

With 69.76 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 37.49 million shares. During the session, the Internet Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $190.6 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $185.23. The 52-week range on AMZN shows that it touched its highest point at $201.20 and its lowest point at $131.71 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $221.65. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.15.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AMZN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.01%, but this was up by 0.89% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 11.02% while six-month performance rose 0.91%. The stock gained 40.06% in the past year, while it has gained 22.68% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AMZN yields 4.17 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.84. For the next quarter, that number is 1.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of 63.18% for this year and 23.50% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 23.55%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 10.38 billion AMZN shares are outstanding with a float of 9.36 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2024-10-15, short shares totaled 83.92 million, which was 80.0 higher than short shares on 1726185600. In addition to Mr. Jeffrey P. Bezos as the firm’s Founder & Executive Chairman, Mr. Andrew R. Jassy serves as its President, CEO & Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.64255995 of AMZN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-06-30, AMZN reported revenue of $147977000000.0 and operating income of $14672000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $27832000000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.26.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AMZN since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.