In the past week, AMZN stock has gone down by -0.44%, with a monthly gain of 2.14% and a quarterly surge of 9.20%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.81%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.00% for Amazon.com Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.54% for AMZN’s stock, with a 15.72% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) Right Now?
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 41.31x compared to its average ratio. AMZN has 36-month beta value of 1.18. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 48 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 18 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AMZN is 9.48B, and currently, short sellers hold a 0.75% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AMZN on February 14, 2025 was 36.65M shares.
AMZN) stock’s latest price update
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s stock price has decreased by -0.97 compared to its previous closing price of 230.37. However, the company has seen a -0.44% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. youtube.com reported 2025-02-14 that The Super Bowl is in the books, with the Philadelphia Eagles delivering a commanding win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Companies paid a steep $8 million for a 30-second TV spot, up from $7 million in 2024.
Analysts’ Opinion of AMZN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AMZN stocks, with Wedbush repeating the rating for AMZN by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for AMZN in the upcoming period, according to Wedbush is $280 based on the research report published on January 27, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Wedbush, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AMZN reach a price target of $260, previously predicting the price at $250. The rating they have provided for AMZN stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on January 06th, 2025.
Wolfe Research gave a rating of “Outperform” to AMZN, setting the target price at $270 in the report published on January 03rd of the current year.
AMZN Trading at 0.13% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AMZN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.93% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.00%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.81%, as shares surge +3.87% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +8.78% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AMZN rose by +0.02%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +26.66% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $234.15. In addition, Amazon.com Inc saw 3.99% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AMZN starting from DOUGLAS HERRINGTON, who proposed sale 39,105 shares at the price of $232.76 back on Feb 12 ’25. After this action, DOUGLAS HERRINGTON now owns shares of Amazon.com Inc, valued at $9,102,080 using the latest closing price.
RUBINSTEIN JONATHAN, the Director of Amazon.com Inc, sale 4,351 shares at $229.85 during a trade that took place back on Dec 09 ’24, which means that RUBINSTEIN JONATHAN is holding 88,203 shares at $1,000,077 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AMZN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.11 for the present operating margin
- 0.48 for the gross margin
The net margin for Amazon.com Inc stands at 0.09. The total capital return value is set at 0.15. Equity return is now at value 24.29, with 10.28 for asset returns.
Based on Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.31 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.89. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.46. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 54.18.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 68.59 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.49. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.86. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.5for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.02. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.06.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
