Talk to me about Amazon stock's future

i mean i use amazon for like everything....and so does everyone i know

Waited for a dip that never came and got in in the high 1200s.
You could wait for a slightly cheaper price, but might as well get in now. Should be fine with a long term plan

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You could wait for a slightly cheaper price, but might as well get in now.

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I’m thinking about starting a thread about the platform, but M1 Finance dropped all of their fees for their products (IRAs, stocks, indexes, etc), and seem to be taking the Robinhood route to generate income.

It has a lot cook and useful services (customized ETF’s, customized and customizable “pies” to put into a portfolio), but one of the best features, in my opinion, is you can buy fractional shares of stocks and funds.

So if one can’t afford $1600 to buy one share of Amazon, but has $160 instead (or even $1.60) then you can buy that fraction of a share with the money one can afford to invest.

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It has a lot cook and useful services (customized ETF’s, customized and customizable “pies” to put into a portfolio), but one of the best features, in my opinion, is you can buy fractional shares of stocks and funds.

So if one can’t afford $1600 to buy one share of Amazon, but has $160 instead (or even $1.60) then you can buy that fraction of a share with the money one can afford to invest.

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not clear on how thst works but typically if your buying fractions doesn't someone else own the stock on paper?

while i prefer highly profitable dividend yielding stocks...
amzn is still the best in industry...and is a current "strong buy" on zacks.

Last Earnings Report Quarter Ending 03/2018 Report Date Apr 26, 2018...

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Sales Surprise 1.73% EPS Surprise 168.03% Quarterly EPS 3.27 Annual EPS (TTM) 6.35 Amazon delivered first-quarter 2018 earnings of $3.27 per share, crushing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by $2.05 (168%) and also soared 121% year over year. Net Sales of $51.04 billion comfortably surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $50.17 billion. The figure surged almost 43% year over year and beat management’s guided range of $47.75-$50.75 billion. After adjusting for foreign exchange, revenues increased 36% year over year. North America revenues (60.2% of sales) jumped 46.4% from the year-ago quarter to $30.73 billion. International revenues (29.1% of sales) increased 34.5% to almost $14.88 billion.

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Reasons To Buy:..

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Amazon.com is one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world. Although the primary product line was books at first, the company rapidly diversified into a host of other product categories. The current focus is on building video content, primarily for Prime subscribers because the growth prospects in that market are considerable. Product selection, a superior user experience, bargains and customer feedback have helped the company build a strong position for itself in the fast-growing ecommerce market. The growth of the e-commerce industry with consumers increasingly buying things online has proved to be favorable for the company. While the big brands may build their own online stores over time, a platform like Amazon allows discovery by new buyers. Smaller players are far more dependent on Amazon as they don’t have the resources that Amazon has to invest in technology and fulfilment to generate the kind of reach that Amazon can deliver. Moreover, considering opportunities in international markets, the company’s high growth rates are likely to be sustained over the next few years.

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Amazon’s strategy of gradually merging online and offline retail looks promising. It will not only reshape the retail landscape but also help it fend off competition, if it could manage a first mover advantage. It has added online and offline features to its bookstores and is going the same way with innovations such as drive-in-grocery delivery service (AmazonFresh Pickup - order groceries online and collect them from a store nearby) and “cashier-less” stores (Amazon Go – the company’s first brick-and mortar grocery store). We expect online retail sales to decelerate while the overall retail market still holds a lot of potential. So, moves like these will help Amazon tap a large number of customers who prefer to shop offline, while not doing away with the online business. Amazon is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure as a service to enterprise customers.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) business as it is called generated revenues of $4.6 billion in the third quarter, growing at over 40% year over year in each of the last five quarters. Even more encouraging is the fact that AWS generates much stronger margins than the traditional retail business, which should remain a positive for the company’s profitability as it continues to grow in the mix. AWS is gaining momentum with customers including Adobe, GE Oil & Gas, Kellogg’s, Airbnb, hilips, Pinterest, Spotify, Tata Motors, Unilever, McDonalds, BMW, British Gas, Capital One, US Department of State and USDA Food and Nutrition Service.

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No idea, but one big risk as they continue to grow is antitrust policy. Could they become like Ma Bell?

Zero-click ordering, just wait for it

amazon's business is really awesome, and I think they will dominate a whole variety of sectors.

their PE ratio is still ridiculous though. So you really are banking on their growth, or them operationalizing and cutting costs.

i have a friend that works there at a sr position. He started 3 years ago, and his stock options are enough to retire. I told him to cash out and do it, but he won't.

Pe is ridiculous, but the stock price is more closely correlated to the fcf I believe.

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i have a friend that works there at a sr position. He started 3 years ago, and his stock options are enough to retire. I told him to cash out and do it, but he won't.

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???

Stock has wildly outperformed, but it's up 3.5-4.0x, not 300x.