What does Amazon.com, Inc. do?

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the largest companies in the world. It started in 1994 selling books online and today is a conglomerate of technology, commerce, and cloud. HQ in Seattle, Washington; ~1,575,000 employees. CEO Andy Jassy (since July 2021, succeeding founder Jeff Bezos, now executive chairman). Four main segments: (1) North America Store — e-commerce in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico: what most people know as "Amazon." It includes the Prime membership (fast shipping, Prime Video, music) with hundreds of millions of members locked into the ecosystem. (2) International Store — the same commerce business outside North America (Europe, Japan, India, Brazil, and more). (3) AWS (Amazon Web Services) — the crown jewel. It's the cloud: it rents out servers, storage, and computing power to companies, governments, and startups across the internet (Netflix, banks, apps you use daily run on AWS). It's the world's cloud leader and the real profit engine: only ~21% of sales, but nearly 60% of all operating profit. AWS is at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence wave: it offers Bedrock (a platform for companies to use AI models) and designs its own chips — Trainium (for training AI), Graviton, and Nitro — so it doesn't depend solely on Nvidia. (4) Advertising — its third pillar, nearly invisible to the public but huge: the ads you see when searching for products. It already bills more than $70 billion a year (grew 24% in Q1 2026) and is extremely profitable. Capital allocation: Amazon pays NO dividend — it reinvests almost everything. In 2026 it plans to spend ~$200 billion in capital expenditure (capex), most of it on AI data centers (in 2025 it already spent ~$131.8 billion). This giant bet pressures free cash flow in the short term but aims to dominate the AI infrastructure of the next decade. 2026 context: the market is debating whether this colossal AI spending will pay off. Andy Jassy insists it will: in Q1 2026 they processed more AI tokens through Bedrock than in all prior years combined, and AWS reaccelerated to 28%. Live risks: competition from Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, regulatory pressure (the FTC has an antitrust lawsuit against it), and the question of whether the ~$200 billion in capex translates into profit.

Why did Vectorial Data pick AMZN?

AMZN at $227.39 is buying the world's leader in cloud and e-commerce just as its most profitable business (AWS) reaccelerates and Artificial Intelligence becomes its next big engine. Specific reasons: (1) AWS is a profit machine: in Q1 2026 AWS grew 28% — its fastest pace in 15 quarters — at an annualized level of ~$150 billion, and it contributes nearly 60% of all of Amazon's operating profit with only ~21% of sales. (2) AI as a tailwind, not a threat: AWS sells the infrastructure that AI is built on (Bedrock, and its own Trainium chips at more than $20 billion in annual run rate). In Q1 2026 they processed more AI tokens through Bedrock than in all prior years combined. (3) The hidden third pillar — advertising: it already bills more than $70 billion a year (+24%) at very high margins; a business almost no one notices that funds the rest. (4) Record margins: Q1 2026 delivered $23.9 billion in operating income and a 13.1% margin, the highest in Amazon's history — it's no longer the "grows but doesn't earn" company. (5) Brutal reinvestment with a decade-long vision: ~$200 billion of capex in 2026 to lock down AI and cloud infrastructure; whoever controls the data centers controls the next decade of technology. Analysts: 'Strong Buy', average target ~$313 (~+38% from $227.39), with 63 analysts covering the stock.

What are the risks of investing in AMZN?

Risks: (1) Colossal AI spending — the #1: Amazon plans to invest ~$200 billion in 2026 (mostly data centers). If that capex doesn't translate into profit, free cash flow sinks (in 2025 it already fell to ~$7.7 billion from ~$32.9 billion) and the market loses patience. (2) Demanding valuation: at ~32x trailing earnings, the price already assumes the cloud and AI will keep accelerating; any AWS slowdown hits the stock hard. (3) Fierce cloud competition: Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are growing fast and fighting for the same AI customers; AWS's dominance isn't guaranteed. (4) Regulatory/antitrust risk: the U.S. FTC has an active antitrust lawsuit against Amazon; an adverse ruling could force structural changes. (5) Pays NO dividend: it's 100% a bet on growth; you receive no income while you wait. (6) Labor and operating costs: with ~1.575 million employees, union, wage, and logistics pressures can compress the commerce margin.

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Stocks/AMZN

AMZN — Amazon.com, Inc.

Consumer CyclicalNorth AmericaUnited StatesBlockchain certified

$227.39

Target: $312.99 (+37.6%)

P/E Ratio

32.1

P/E Forward

23.3

Dividend

—

Market Cap

$2473.17B

EPS

$7.17

Consensus

Strong Buy

What they do

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the largest companies in the world. It started in 1994 selling books online and today is a conglomerate of technology, commerce, and cloud. HQ in Seattle, Washington; ~1,575,000 employees. CEO Andy Jassy (since July 2021, succeeding founder Jeff Bezos, now executive chairman).

Four main segments:

North America Store — e-commerce in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico: what most people know as "Amazon." It includes the Prime** membership (fast shipping, Prime Video, music) with hundreds of millions of members locked into the ecosystem.

International Store** — the same commerce business outside North America (Europe, Japan, India, Brazil, and more).

AWS (Amazon Web Services) — the crown jewel. It's the cloud: it rents out servers, storage, and computing power to companies, governments, and startups across the internet (Netflix, banks, apps you use daily run on AWS). It's the world's cloud leader and the real profit engine: only ~21% of sales, but nearly 60% of all operating profit. AWS is at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence wave: it offers Bedrock (a platform for companies to use AI models) and designs its own chips** — Trainium (for training AI), Graviton, and Nitro — so it doesn't depend solely on Nvidia.

Advertising — its third pillar, nearly invisible to the public but huge: the ads you see when searching for products. It already bills more than $70 billion a year** (grew 24% in Q1 2026) and is extremely profitable.

Capital allocation: Amazon pays NO dividend — it reinvests almost everything. In 2026 it plans to spend ~$200 billion in capital expenditure (capex), most of it on AI data centers (in 2025 it already spent ~$131.8 billion). This giant bet pressures free cash flow in the short term but aims to dominate the AI infrastructure of the next decade.

2026 context: the market is debating whether this colossal AI spending will pay off. Andy Jassy insists it will: in Q1 2026 they processed more AI tokens through Bedrock than in all prior years combined, and AWS reaccelerated to 28%. Live risks: competition from Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, regulatory pressure (the FTC has an antitrust lawsuit against it), and the question of whether the ~$200 billion in capex translates into profit.

Why we like it

AMZN at $227.39 is buying the world's leader in cloud and e-commerce just as its most profitable business (AWS) reaccelerates and Artificial Intelligence becomes its next big engine. Specific reasons:

AWS is a profit machine: in Q1 2026 AWS grew 28% — its fastest pace in 15 quarters — at an annualized level of ~$150 billion, and it contributes nearly 60% of all of Amazon's operating profit with only ~21% of sales.
AI as a tailwind, not a threat: AWS sells the infrastructure that AI is built on (Bedrock, and its own Trainium chips at more than $20 billion in annual run rate). In Q1 2026 they processed more AI tokens through Bedrock than in all prior years combined.
The hidden third pillar — advertising: it already bills more than $70 billion a year (+24%) at very high margins; a business almost no one notices that funds the rest.
Record margins: Q1 2026 delivered $23.9 billion in operating income and a 13.1% margin, the highest in Amazon's history — it's no longer the "grows but doesn't earn" company.
Brutal reinvestment with a decade-long vision: ~$200 billion of capex in 2026 to lock down AI and cloud infrastructure; whoever controls the data centers controls the next decade of technology. Analysts: 'Strong Buy', average target ~$313 (~+38% from $227.39), with 63 analysts covering the stock.

Key Risk

Risks:

Colossal AI spending — the #1: Amazon plans to invest ~$200 billion in 2026 (mostly data centers). If that capex doesn't translate into profit, free cash flow sinks (in 2025 it already fell to ~$7.7 billion from ~$32.9 billion) and the market loses patience.
Demanding valuation: at ~32x trailing earnings, the price already assumes the cloud and AI will keep accelerating; any AWS slowdown hits the stock hard.
Fierce cloud competition: Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are growing fast and fighting for the same AI customers; AWS's dominance isn't guaranteed.
Regulatory/antitrust risk: the U.S. FTC has an active antitrust lawsuit against Amazon; an adverse ruling could force structural changes.
Pays NO dividend: it's 100% a bet on growth; you receive no income while you wait.
Labor and operating costs: with ~1.575 million employees, union, wage, and logistics pressures can compress the commerce margin.

This is educational and informational content, not financial advice. Always consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.

Vectorial Data picked AMZN on 2026-06-26 at $227.39.

Last updated: Invalid Date

Dividends received by the Vectorial portfolio

AMZN has not paid a dividend to the portfolio yet.

Full Research

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) — Research Completo

Precio: $227.39 | P/E TTM: ~32.1x | Div Yield: 0% | Market Cap: ~$2,473B USD (~$2.47 billones)

¿Qué es Amazon?

La empresa detrás de la tienda online más grande del mundo —pero su verdadero motor de ganancias es AWS, la nube que renta servidores y cómputo a medio internet. Fundada en 1994 por Jeff Bezos; HQ en Seattle. NO paga dividendo: reinvierte casi todo en crecimiento e IA.

4 Segmentos

Segmento	Qué es	Nota
Tienda Norteamérica	Comercio electrónico EE.UU./Canadá/México + Prime	El "Amazon" que todos conocen
Tienda Internacional	Comercio fuera de Norteamérica	Europa, Japón, India, Brasil
AWS (la nube)	Renta de servidores y cómputo + IA (Bedrock, chips Trainium)	~21% de ventas, ~60% de la ganancia operativa
Publicidad	Anuncios al buscar productos	3er pilar: >$70 mil millones/año, +24%

La tesis: AWS + IA + publicidad + márgenes en máximo

AWS reaceleró a 28% en Q1 2026 (su ritmo más rápido en 15 trimestres), a ~$150 mil millones anualizados.
IA: AWS vende la infraestructura de la IA. Procesaron por Bedrock más tokens en Q1 2026 que en todos los años previos juntos. Sus chips propios (Trainium, Graviton, Nitro) ya superan $20 mil millones de ritmo anual.
Publicidad: tercer pilar oculto, >$70 mil millones/año, altamente rentable.
Margen récord: 13.1% de margen operativo en Q1 2026, el más alto de su historia.

Último trimestre (Q1 2026 — reportado 29 abr 2026)

Métrica	Q1 2026
Ventas netas	$181.5 mil millones (+17%)
Ganancia operativa	$23.9 mil millones (margen 13.1%, récord)
EPS diluido	$2.78 (incluye ~$16.8B de ganancia pre-impuestos por su inversión en Anthropic)
AWS ventas	$37.6 mil millones (+28%)
AWS ganancia operativa	$14.2 mil millones
Publicidad	$17.2 mil millones (+24%)

Liderazgo

CEO: Andy Jassy (desde julio 2021; fundador Jeff Bezos hoy es presidente ejecutivo).
Dividendo: $0 (100% reinversión; ~$200 mil millones de capex planeado en 2026).

Anchor Fact

La mayoría cree que Amazon gana su dinero vendiendo productos. Falso. Casi 60% de TODA la ganancia de Amazon viene de AWS —su negocio de nube— que representa apenas ~21% de las ventas. En Q1 2026, AWS dejó $14.2 mil millones de ganancia operativa de los $23.9 mil millones totales de la empresa. La tienda online es el escaparate; la nube es la caja registradora. Y esa caja registradora acaba de reacelerar a 28%, su ritmo más rápido en casi 4 años, justo cuando la Inteligencia Artificial se construye encima de ella.

Top 5 Risks

Gasto descomunal en IA (~$200 mil millones de capex en 2026) — si no da retorno, el flujo de caja se hunde
Valuación exigente (~32x utilidad) — descuenta aceleración continua de AWS
Competencia en la nube — Microsoft Azure y Google Cloud pelean los mismos clientes de IA
Riesgo antimonopolio — la FTC de EE.UU. tiene una demanda activa contra Amazon
NO paga dividendo — 100% apuesta por crecimiento; sin ingreso mientras esperas

Analyst Consensus

Rating: Strong Buy (63 analistas)
Target promedio: ~$313 (~+37.6% desde $227.39)

Tesis en una línea

La tienda online más grande del mundo cuya verdadera mina de oro es la nube (AWS), reacelerando a 28% justo cuando la Inteligencia Artificial se construye encima de ella.

Research fecha: 26 Jun 2026 | Próxima revisión: Dic 2026

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Researched: 6/26/2026Updated: 6/26/2026Next review: 12/26/2026

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