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- $260.21
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- $258.53 – $264.18
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AMZN’s 6.1% advance came alongside a broad risk-on session and a re-rating of AWS growth and AI strategy after last week’s results; the move looks well-supported rather than event-driven deterioration.
AMZN
AMAZON.COM INC
As of Nov 4, 2026
74/100
Looks healthyHealth ScoreWhy it moved
AMZN rose +6.1% while the S&P 500 gained +0.3% and the Nasdaq 100 gained +0.6%, so the stock clearly outpaced the tape. Its peer set also firmed — EBAY +5.5%, CPNG +12.0%, ETSY +7.1%, and M +7.6% — which points to a sector-wide e-commerce/consumer-platform bid rather than a company-specific jump. The most direct driver in the facts is the market’s reweighting of Amazon’s AWS growth and AI strategy after last week’s earnings, amplified by the postelection rally.
Normal volatility?
This looks like a large but defensible swing for a higher-beta name, not a sign of business deterioration. AMZN’s beta is 1.54, so it naturally moves more than the market, and the stock is backed by revenue growth of +15.3% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +12.1% YoY, and EPS +74.8% YoY (TTM). Margins are also healthy at gross +51.4%, operating +13.1%, and net +16.9%, which supports the rerating. Valuation is not cheap at PE 20.1, forward PE 21.7, and PEG 0.77 — PEG is price/earnings divided by growth, so below 1.0 can look attractive when growth is positive — but strong growth is already in the price, which means the stock can swing sharply on sentiment even when fundamentals remain intact.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2027-02-03. The fact set does not give analyst revenue or EPS consensus for that report, so I can’t quote a market expectation for the next print. What the market is waiting to learn, given the recent news flow, is whether AWS growth is holding up, whether AI-related spending is translating into durable cloud demand, and whether margins stay near the current TTM levels of gross +51.4%, operating +13.1%, and net +16.9%. The recent move is also framed by last week’s earnings reaction in the facts, but no prior-print percentage reaction is provided here, so I won’t infer a historical pattern beyond that re-rating narrative.
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