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Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) is a leading internet retail business based in the US. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, it is now the world’s biggest online retailer. Amazon is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 1,608,000 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars. New Zealanders can buy Amazon stock by signing up to a trading platform with access to US markets.
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Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Amazon's stock price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was $97.71, which is 95.34% down on its pre-crash value of $2095.97 and 1,564.14% down on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the stocks fell as low as $1626.0318.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Amazon stocks at the start of February 2020, those stocks would have been worth $951.42 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $48.86.
| Open | $98.18 |
|---|---|
| High | $100.84 |
| Low | $98.00 |
| Close | $100.61 |
| Previous close | $97.71 |
| Change | $2.90 |
| Change % | 2.968% |
| Volume | 57,504,495 |
| 52-week range | $81.43 - $170.83 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $95.69 |
| 200-day moving average | $108.65 |
| Wall St. target price | $133.64 |
| PE ratio | N/A |
| Dividend yield | $0 (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $-0.27 |
Historical closes compared with the close of $100.61 from 2023-03-20
| 1 week (2023-03-15) | 4.58% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-02-22) | 5.03% |
| 3 months (2022-12-22) | 20.07% |
| 6 months (2022-09-22) | -14.24% |
| 1 year (2022-03-22) | -96.95% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-03-22) | -96.77% |
| 3 years (2020-03-20) | 1846.09 |
| 5 years (2018-03-21) | 1581.86 |
Valuing Amazon stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Amazon's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
| Revenue TTM | $514 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 2.38% |
| Gross profit TTM | $225.2 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.73% |
| Return on equity TTM | -1.92% |
| Profit margin | -0.53% |
| Book value | $14.26 |
| Market capitalisation | $972.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Amazon.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 33.42
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Amazon's overall score of 33.42 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 52nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Amazon is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 10.63/100
Amazon's environmental score of 10.63 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Amazon is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 18.52/100
Amazon's social score of 18.52 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Amazon is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 12.78/100
Amazon's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Amazon is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 3/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Amazon scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Amazon hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.
We're not expecting Amazon to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Amazon's shares were split on a 20:1 basis on 6 June 2022. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 20 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Amazon shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 95% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Amazon shares which in turn could have impacted Amazon's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Amazon's shares have ranged in value from as little as $81.43 up to $170.8315. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Amazon's is 1.2536. This would suggest that Amazon's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Amazon. com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Its products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale; and products offered by third-party sellers The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Rings, Blink, eero, and Echo; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as fulfillment, advertising, and digital content subscriptions.
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