TECHi.comAmazon is a cloud, advertising, logistics, and marketplace platform. The stock thesis increasingly depends on AWS AI demand, advertising margin expansion, retail efficiency, and whether massive infrastructure spending earns attractive returns.
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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) stock profile and business model
What Amazon.com, Inc. does, how the business earns money, and how valuation, peers, ownership, and risk shape the TECHi profile.
Section freshness
Price Aug 7, 4:00 PM EDT · Statements Jun 29, 8:00 PM EDT
Investor profile snapshot
AMZN live price, business model and key metrics
Start with the live market print, then use this profile to connect Amazon.com, Inc.'s operating model with revenue, margins, peer context, and investor risk.
Market closedLatest regular-session print
$274.48
▲ +$2.22(+0.82%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeiQuote as of Aug 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
NASDAQ market is closed. Showing the latest available regular-session trade from Aug 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT.
Market data source
Today31%
$272.75L Aug 7 '26$278.31H Aug 7 '26
52-week86%
$196.00$287.20
Long-term ranges5Y, 10Y, Since first printHide
5Y94%
$81.43L Jan 6 '23$287.20H Aug 3 '26
10Y95%
$34.11L Jun 27 '16$287.20H Aug 3 '26
Since first print96%
$1.29L Aug 11 '06$287.20H Aug 3 '26
Live price
$274.48
Live during market hours
Market cap
$2.96T
Equity scale
Forward P/E
38.90
Consensus valuation multiple
Analyst view
Buy
Target $324.94 (+18.38% implied)
Company · Profile
About Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Sector, leadership, and how Amazon.com, Inc. earns its revenue.
Consumer Cyclical
Company · Profile
About Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Sector, leadership, and how Amazon.com, Inc. earns its revenue.
Amazon.com, Inc.
NASDAQ · AMZN · US
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 1994
- Employees
- 1,576,000
- CEO
- Andy Jassy
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
How Amazon.com, Inc. makes money
AWS
Cloud and AI workloads drive the multiple
AWS remains the segment most investors use to value Amazon because cloud margins and AI demand can move consolidated earnings faster than retail sales alone.
Advertising
A high-margin compounder inside commerce
Amazon advertising benefits from shopper intent and marketplace data, creating a profit engine that is structurally different from low-margin first-party retail.
Retail
Scale matters, but margins decide
The logistics network is a moat when utilization is high and a drag when delivery speed, grocery, or international expansion consume too much capital.
Capex
Trainium and data centers are the test
Amazon infrastructure spending is a bet that AI demand, custom silicon, and AWS share can produce returns large enough to justify the cash outlay.
Key takeaways for AMZN
AMZN stock is best framed through AWS, advertising, and operating leverage rather than retail revenue alone.
AI infrastructure spending is both the largest catalyst and the largest near-term free-cash-flow question.
The quote page should separate live market data from the durable thesis: cloud reacceleration, ads growth, and retail margin discipline.
Business identity
Amazon.com, Inc. company facts and operating footprint
Amazon is a cloud, advertising, logistics, and marketplace platform. The stock thesis increasingly depends on AWS AI demand, advertising margin expansion, retail efficiency, and whether massive infrastructure spending earns attractive returns.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Founded
- 1994
- Employees
- 1,576,000
- CEO
- Andy Jassy
- Country
- US
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
Registration and filing identifiersShowHide
- Asset type
- Common Stock
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Latest quarter
- Jun 30, 2026
- CIK
- 0001018724
Key metrics
AMZN valuation, revenue and margin profile
- Market cap
- $2.96T
- Equity scale
- Revenue TTM
- $775.68B
- Trailing twelve months
- Forward P/E
- 38.90
- Consensus earnings multiple
- Net margin
- 17.44%
- Profit after expenses
- Revenue growth
- 19.62%
- Latest YoY quarter
Margin quality snapshot
Gross margin50.77%
Operating margin12.08%
Net margin17.44%
Competitors
AMZN competitors and peer context
Peer data is limited for this ticker.
Risk heatmap
AMZN business risks investors should monitor
Valuation sensitivity
Elevated38.90x
Use the forward P/E and PEG context before treating the profile as cheap or expensive.
Balance-sheet flexibility
MonitorD/E 0.24 · CR 1.03
Debt load and near-term liquidity shape how much strategic patience the company has.
Growth durability
Monitor19.62%
Latest YoY revenue growth is the first check on whether the business model is still expanding.
Market sensitivity
ElevatedBeta 1.45
Higher beta can amplify drawdowns when rates, earnings expectations, or sector appetite shift.
Regulatory and operating pressure
MonitorConsumer Cyclical
Industry rules, supply chains, customer concentration, and macro demand remain the main operating risks to monitor.
AI atlas links
AMZN leadership and product context
AMZN ownership and registration profile
- Float shares
- 9.66B
- Insider ownership
- 8.87%
- Institutional ownership
- 68.08%
- Address
- 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA, 98109-5210, US
Size & scale
- Market cap
- $2.96T
- Enterprise value
- $3.10T
- Shares outstanding
- 10.79B
- Currency
- USD
Frequently asked
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What does Amazon.com, Inc. do?
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