Seattle's Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) dominates e-commerce and cloud computing, with AWS providing the backbone for over 30% of the internet, driving the company’s profitability. Bezos is no longer at the helm, but Amazon has gone from strength to strength.
It has been growing and expanding into more areas like artificial intelligence (AI), streaming services, and logistics. If you’re thinking about buying Amazon shares, remember that past performance doesn’t dictate future results and although Amazon stock has been on a monumental tear for decades, regulatory scrutiny and rising costs could impact future margins.
May 1, 2025: Amazon shares dipped as the company released its Q1 results, showing earnings a little ahead of expectations, but accompanied by caution towards Q2. Warnings over tariff uncertainty and recession fears, combined with AWS cloud revenue growth falling short of expectations (nonetheless an impressive 16.9% vs 17.4%) left some shareholders thinking it was the right time to sell. Perhaps they headed across to Microsoft, which posted bumper growth AND next-quarter expectations for its cloud-computing arm Azure just two days earlier.
April 29, 2025: A report by Punchbowl News claimed that amazon will soon highlight to consumers how much Trump tariffs increase the cost of products. The report drew attention at a White House briefing marking Trump's first 100 days in office, where White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted what she called a "hostile and political act". Amazon's Tim Doyle responded seeking to quash the rumours, saying "This was never approved and is not going to happen".
April 8, 2025: Amazon's self-driving vehicle arm, Zoox, has announced it's expanding its testing into a sixth US city – Los Angeles. The company hopes to launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Las Vegas and Los Angeles this summer. Zoox will be competing with Alphabet equivalent, Waymo, which already operates in Los Angeles and San Francisco (amongst other cities).
April 2, 2025: Amazon has made a last-minute bid for the popular short-video app TikTok, according to the New York Times. The report comes ahead of an April 5 deadline for a potential TikTok ban, according to Investor's Business Daily.
Both exchange rates and share prices fluctuate in real time, so the costs estimated here should be considered as a guide only. They don't factor in spreads, which can be hard to pin down. Always refer to the platform itself for availability and pricing.
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£0 (0.45% for funds) | £1 | £1,444.91 |
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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Amazon), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
Amazon is a major part of the NASDAQ, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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| Invesco S&P 500 ETF (SPXP) |  |
5.90% | 97.43% | Invest Capital at risk |
| Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap ETF 1C (XSPX) |  |
5.86% | 97.01% | Invest Capital at risk |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF USD (Acc) (CSP1) |  |
5.83% | 95.63% | Invest Capital at risk |
| HSBC S&P 500 ETF (HSPX) |  |
4.64% | 84.42% | Invest Capital at risk |
Rather um, big. In fact, this is how Amazon's market cap ($2 trillion) compares to the GDP of countries.
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $189.98
| 1 week (2025-04-27) | 0.52% |
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| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 11.10% |
| 3 months (2025-02-04) | -19.98% |
| 6 months (2024-11-04) | -4.77% |
| 1 year (2024-05-04) | 2.02% |
| 2 years (2023-05-04) | 79.81% |
| 3 years (2022-05-04) | 63.20% |
| 5 years (2020-05-04) | 63.93% |
All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
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