AMZN - Amazon.com, Inc.
| Previous Close | 1,658.38 |
| Open | 1,638.00 |
| Bid | 1,588.00 x 800 |
| Ask | 1,589.50 x 2200 |
| Day's Range | 1,585.12 - 1,642.57 |
| 52 Week Range | 1,160.55 - 2,050.50 |
| Volume | 5,773,092 |
| Avg. Volume | 6,769,381 |
| Market Cap | 778.395B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.96 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 89.19 |
| EPS (TTM) | 17.85 |
| Earnings Date | Jan 30, 2019 - Feb 4, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | N/A (N/A) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | N/A |
| 1y Target Est | 2,136.26 |
- Motley Fool•12 hours ago
How the Logistics Industry Works
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The social network is reportedly in talks with premium networks to sell subscriptions.
- Motley Fool•15 hours ago
You Can See 7 of This Year's Top 10 TV Shows On Netflix
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- TheStreet.com•18 hours ago
Amazon vs. Apple: A Tale of Two Corporate Expansions
Not one, but two tech giants could be putting down roots in a U.S. city near you. The iPhone maker revealed plans this week to build a major new campus in Austin, Texas, in addition to new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, Calif., and expansions in Pittsburgh, Pa. New York and Boulder, Colo. In Austin for example -- the site of Apple's new campus, which may accommodate 15,000 workers eventually -- the cost of living is 3.4% lower than the national average according to CompTIA, an association of tech professionals that tracks emerging tech hubs.
- American City Business Journals•19 hours ago
E-commerce retailers race to meet Atlanta consumer delivery demands
From Home Depot to Walmart, e-commerce retailers are vying to put products in customers' hands faster.
- Motley Fool•20 hours ago
Are Collaborative Robots an Opportunity or a Threat for Manufacturing?
A new wave of collaborative robots is dramatically improving the efficiency of smaller industrial businesses. What will this mean for investors?
- Motley Fool•22 hours ago
Better Buy: Alibaba vs. Amazon
The two digital marketplace and technology platforms have a lot in common, but one is a better value.
- MarketWatch•23 hours ago
Weekend roundup: How to get your company lumped in with Sears | One good day for GE | How colleges help banks gouge students
Cynical investors are used to verbal sleight of hand from corporate executives. After Kroger (KR) CEO Rodney McMullen talked up the food retailer’s digital sales efforts, an analyst couldn’t help but be reminded of similar talk years ago from Sears (SHLDQ) CEO Eddie Lampert. Shares of General Electric (GE) surged 7% on Dec. 13 — its biggest one-day gain in three years — after a JPMorgan analyst said the stock had fallen far enough.
- Motley Fool•23 hours ago
How Will Tech Companies Make Money From Artificial Intelligence?
Here's how NVIDIA, Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft are getting ready for -- and already benefiting from -- this transformational tech.
- Motley Fool•yesterday
Apple's Original Content Ambitions Are Growing
A move to produce feature films is the latest sign Apple wants a piece of the streaming market.
- Bloomberg•yesterday
Amazon Destruction Forces Brazil’s Cowboys to Ranch Like Texans
For decades, ranchers in Brazil’s Para state have expanded their properties with fire and ax, clearing huge pieces of the Amazon jungle. It was a point of pride that their cows were fattened up naturally, while rivals in the U.S. and elsewhere increasingly used grain feedlots. Amazon deforestation isn’t banned by the government, but it is severely limited.
- The Wall Street Journal•yesterday
[$$] The Amazon HQ2 Fiasco Was No Outlier
In September 2017 Amazon issued an open invitation for North American cities to put in bids for hosting the company’s $5-billion “HQ2” (that is, second headquarters) and the 50,000 jobs it’s expected to bring. When Amazon announced last month that it would split HQ2 between New York City and Arlington, Va., losing applicants cried foul: They accused Amazon of an extraordinary bait-and-switch, enticing dozens of bidders to increase the competition and the incentive offers, only to end up with two of the most obvious candidates all along.
- Market Realist•2 days ago
Netflix’s First African Original Series Is on the Way
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- American City Business Journals•2 days ago
There's a new John Schoettler in town and his name is Patrick Miller
Amazon quietly brought Miller over this spring from Facebook, where he led real estate in the Americas. Schoettler remains with Amazon as vice president of real estate as the company launches its HQ2 split between New York and Virginia.
- Investing.com•2 days ago
Amazon.com Falls 3%
Investing.com - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) fell by 3.07% to trade at $1,607.41 by 14:39 (19:39 GMT) on Friday on the NASDAQ exchange.
Market Realist•2 days agoWhy S&P 500 Could Crash to 2,490–2,420 Key Support Range Soon
The broader market sell-off that began in October doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. On the fundamental side, investors’ worries related to rising interest rates and global trade tensions were the two key reasons for this sell-off in October. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s dovish comments in November helped US equities to regain investors’ confidence to some extent.
- American City Business Journals•2 days ago
Amazon opens sortation center in Birmingham
The opening of Amazon's fulfillment center won't happen until 2019, but the online retail giant has already established a presence in Birmingham.
- American City Business Journals•2 days ago
Target acquired delivery service Shipt a year ago — here's how the service grew in 2018, and what's next
A year ago Thursday, Target Corp. bought grocery delivery service Shipt in a $550 million deal, allowing it to completely reconfiguring delivery options for its customers and providing a new way for Target to compete with Amazon.com Inc. (NYSE: AMZN) by offering same-day delivery on groceries and other essentials. Since then, Target has expanded Shipt's reach from the 70 markets it was in before the acquisition to 200 markets now, and Shipt's membership has tripled year-over-year, Target said in a year-later recap on its A Bullseye View corporate blog, which added that it plans more expansion, both geographically and in products offered, in 2019. Birmingham, Ala.-based Shipt was founded in 2014, and runs a $99-per-year membership-based grocery marketplace and same-day delivery platform.
- CNBC•2 days ago
Amazon has explored getting into consumer health diagnostics — testing for disease at home
Amazon looked at buying a start-up developing at-home health tests called Confer Health, but talks broke down a few months ago. As recently as this summer, it had a team dedicated to diagnostics within its moonshots group "Grand Challenge." It is unknown whether the group is still active. A move into the home health-testing space would be a signal of Amazon's ambitions to remake the entire health care supply chain, and could compete with testing giants Quest and LabCorp.
