The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

AMZN

Concerning the House

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, fire tablets, fire TVs, echo, ring, blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. In addition, the company offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, independent publishers, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, it provides compute, storage, Artificial intelligence, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising. Additionally, the company offers Amazon Prime, a membership program. The company's products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers, and employees. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

United States · www.amazon.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$574.78B+23.7%
Operating income$79.97B+37.8%
Net income$59.25B+38.0%
Cash from ops$139.51B+26.4%
Quotation

$265.13

-2.15 (-0.8%)

52w hi$284.02
52w lo$198.79
Vol30.36M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.03

Short-0.02
Medium-0.14
Long+0.15

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

Amazon.com, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Internet Retail

Market cap$2.86T
Enterprise value$3.01T
Trailing P/E21.33x
Forward P/E25.54x
EV / EBITDA17.83x
P / S (ttm)3.69x
Profit margin17.4%
Return on equity30.6%
Revenue growth+19.6%
Earnings growth+242.3%
Debt / equity45.62
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.40
Corr SPX0.67
Annual vol34.1%
Annual ret+29.2%
Sharpe0.86
Max DD-30.9%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.36
Sector+0.01
Technical+0.03
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$267.23$269.58$264.70$265.1330.36M
Aug 12$273.18$273.46$267.10$267.2829.94M
Aug 11$278.69$278.84$271.36$272.2731.90M
Aug 10$274.01$280.14$273.60$278.0935.73M
Aug 7$272.87$278.31$272.75$274.4833.86M