Amazon.com, Inc.'s AWS outage this Monday disrupted major industries worldwide, highlighting, in my opinion, the cloud's centrality. AMZN stock is probably the worst performing out of the Mag7, but is finally seeing bullish sentiment get revived on the dominant positioning of Amazon Web Services and new automation green shoots. Amazon's aggressive automation plan, to replace 600,000 jobs with robots, aims to boost margins and long-term growth, reinforcing its status as an optimizer.
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The world's largest cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has experienced a major outage that has impacted thousands of organizations, including banks, financial software platforms such as Xero, and social media platforms such as Snapchat.
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After five years of lagging the S&P 500, I am buying Amazon for the first time. I will detail why the risk-reward profile has fundamentally changed. Amazon's free cash flow just collapsed by 66% to $18.4 billion, which has spooked the market. The FCF drop is driven by a massive, deliberate surge in AI CapEx. Amazon is building a full-stack AI business—from custom chips to developer tools—that the market is ignoring.
The AWS outage affected sites from Amazon to Disney + to Coinbase. Transcript: CAROLINE WOODS: It's still pumpkin spice season - but Starbucks is gearing up for the holidays.
Amazon is undergoing a major investment phase, with over $100B planned for data center expansion to support AI and automation. Despite short-term free cash flow pressure, AWS and advertising are driving higher margins and profitability, positioning AMZN for long-term growth. At $216, AMZN trades at 14x EV/EBITDA forward 2025, with potential to reach $230 per share if EBITDA targets are met by 2026.
Amazon.com, Inc. is rated a Buy due to solid fundamentals, rising margins, and significant potential AI-driven productivity improvements. AMZN's aggressive AI investments are expected to boost efficiency and profitability, even as they drive workforce reductions across the company. Widespread AI adoption poses a long-term risk to global consumption by reducing jobs and incomes, potentially impacting overall economic demand. AMZN investors should keep an eye on these trends.
From Reddit and Snapchat to Delta and Zoom, more than a thousand websites around the globe were knocked offline early Monday—and continued to have problems into the afternoon—after a major outage at Amazon Web Services, the single largest cloud service provider in the world.
Positive price performance on the back of a major outage at AWS potentially marks the bottom for Amazon stock, which has been a significant underperformer this year. Heading into its quarterly report, Amazon appears primed to exceed business expectations once again, powered by strong growth in retail sales and continued momentum in AWS and Ads. As per TQI's Valuation Model, Amazon's stock is fairly valued at current levels, and it offers compelling long-term risk/reward.