Amazon stock is down significantly after earnings and due to the overall market pullback. Earnings contained bright spots that Wall Street overlooked. There are challenges ahead, but two metrics indicate that AMZN stock is significantly undervalued.
Shortly before Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock took a massive dive in late July and early August, which has seen its price decline by over 16% in a couple of weeks, the e-commerce and technology behemoth's founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos cashed in on over $1.7 billion in Amazon shares.
Much of Amazon's recent growth can be credited to its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Investors should also pay attention to other key growth drivers.
The tech sector is filled with companies that have outperformed the S&P 500. In fact, more than a quarter of the S&P 500 consist of tech companies.
Wall Street wasn't impressed with Amazon's Q2 earnings. However, AWS growth continues accelerating, and the stock trades below historical valuations.
Over the long term, Amazon stock usually goes up when its operating profit goes up. Remaining performance obligations fell in the second quarter and AI infrastructure expenses continue to rise.
Amazon's sales results and guidance came up short of analyst expectations. The company has a big opportunity with AI and advertising.
Amazon's sell-off has been overly done, with FQ2'24 still bringing forth robust performance metrics and FQ3'24 guidance implying a profitable growth trend. With advertising opportunities growing, international segment returning to profitability, and AWS still market leading, we believe that the stock is extremely cheap at current levels. Combined with the healthier balance sheet and raised consensus forward estimates, AZMN continues to offer a compelling Buy opportunity for investors looking to buy the dip.
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