Amazon Projects 12% Revenue Growth for 2026, Emerging as Top Magnificent Seven Stock
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 1h ago
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
- Revenue Growth Projection: Amazon anticipates a 12% year-over-year revenue increase in 2025, boosting earnings per share from $5.53 to $7.06, which represents a nearly 28% growth, highlighting the company's strong market performance and enhanced profitability.
- Cloud and Advertising Synergy: While facing some challenges in its cloud computing segment, Amazon's rapidly growing advertising business is expected to further enhance overall profit margins, indicating the company's success in diversifying its revenue streams.
- Flexible Business Model: Amazon's partnership with Hertz, allowing the sale of used cars on its platform, showcases its adaptability, which is likely to expand its revenue base and strengthen its competitive position in the market.
- Market Appeal: Despite Amazon's stock rising less than 6% in 2025, significantly trailing the S&P 500's 18% and Nasdaq's 22% gains, this underperformance presents a potential buying opportunity for investors, likely drawing increased attention to the stock.
AMZN
$232.52+Infinity%1D
Analyst Views on AMZN
Wall Street analysts forecast AMZN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AMZN is 294.71 USD with a low forecast of 250.00 USD and a high forecast of 340.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
43 Analyst Rating
40 Buy
3 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 232.380
Low
250.00
Averages
294.71
High
340.00
Current: 232.380
Low
250.00
Averages
294.71
High
340.00
About AMZN
Amazon.com, Inc. provides a range of products and services to customers. The products offered through its stores include merchandise and content it has purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. The Company’s segments include North America, International and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It serves consumers through its online and physical stores and focuses on selection, price, and convenience. Customers access its offerings through its websites, mobile apps, Alexa, devices, streaming, and physically visiting its stores. It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero, and develops and produces media content. It serves developers and enterprises of all sizes, including start-ups, government agencies, and academic institutions, through AWS, which offers a set of on-demand technology services, including compute, storage, database, analytics, and machine learning, and other services.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
