Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) gained 1.58% over the past five trading sessions after gaining 3.46% the five prior.
AMZN, CAH, LRN and EAT stand out with strong interest coverage ratios to help weather 2026's shifting market tides.
Amazon's stock trailed its ‘Magnificent Seven' counterparts in 2025. Growth in the company's cloud-computing, advertising and retail segments could spark a turnaround.
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Although they are among the world's most profitable companies, the immense spending on various AI investments from the hyperscalers in the Mag 7 has been scrutinized.
Amazon's (AMZN) late October earnings sent the Mag 7 stock to new all-time highs before falling 10% from that record. Shares now trade just over flat year-over-year, and as Rick Ducat points out, faces a key resistance level near the end of 2025.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been a long-term winner, but it didn't give investors much to cheer about in 2025.
Amazon's profitability underscores the success of established and emerging growth sources. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is launching several new products, and more approvals could be around the corner.
Amazon is positioned as a dominant AI infrastructure and monetization leader, with Q3 2025 net sales up 13% to $180.2 billion. The same infrastructure is monetized through Amazon's own workloads and externally through AWS customers, third-party services, and advertising. AMZN's aggressive AI capex is backed by robust cash flow ($130.7B TTM OCF) and multi-segment monetization, including custom silicon, higher margin services, and growing commerce.
Amazon said on Sunday it has decided not to pursue plans to deliver goods by drone in Italy, saying that while it had made good progress with aerospace regulators, broader business regulatory issues did not support the project.
This year belonged to Alphabet. It could be Amazon's turn among the Mag Seven in 2026.
Amazon has been seeing great operating leverage, while its cloud computing growth should continue to accelerate. Dutch Bros has both same-store sales drivers and a long runway of expansion in front of it.