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AMZN vs. AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA, DIS, and WMT

Should you be buying Amazon.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amazon.com include Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), and Walmart (WMT).

Amazon.com vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. Apple's return on equity of 172.48% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 172.48% 31.58%
Amazon.com 10.54%24.90%11.44%

Apple has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amazon.com. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$400.37B7.55$93.74B$6.5930.71
Amazon.com$637.96B3.57$59.25B$6.1434.98

In the previous week, Apple had 4 more articles in the media than Amazon.com. MarketBeat recorded 374 mentions for Apple and 370 mentions for Amazon.com. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Apple's score of 0.80 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
195 Very Positive mention(s)
52 Positive mention(s)
67 Neutral mention(s)
39 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
200 Very Positive mention(s)
69 Positive mention(s)
43 Neutral mention(s)
23 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple presently has a consensus price target of $237.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.23%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $262.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.21%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Apple has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Apple on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMZN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AMZN vs. The Competition

MetricAmazon.comINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.49T$74.69B$26.87B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.38%177.15%4.08%
P/E Ratio32.7431.3327.8223.80
Price / Sales3.5736.668.4688.12
Price / Cash22.14289.6453.6657.96
Price / Book7.967.365.435.55
Net Income$59.25B$2.26B$880.44M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-7.21%-6.82%-5.16%-4.56%
1 Month Performance-2.35%2.08%-2.39%4.49%
1 Year Performance27.90%55.90%17.99%18.05%

Amazon.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7636 of 5 stars
$214.75
-8.3%
$262.45
+22.2%
+16.7%$2.49T$637.96B32.741,556,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AAPL
Apple
4.9169 of 5 stars
$213.88
+0.1%
$234.94
+9.8%
-7.3%$3.19T$391.04B33.31164,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GOOG
Alphabet
4.9391 of 5 stars
$194.08
+0.5%
$215.19
+10.9%
+10.1%$2.36T$350.02B20.67190,200Trending News
Dividend Announcement
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.5412 of 5 stars
$193.18
+0.5%
$211.32
+9.4%
+10.8%$2.34T$350.02B20.57183,323Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
META
Meta Platforms
4.1767 of 5 stars
$712.68
-0.3%
$752.33
+5.6%
+50.7%$1.79T$164.50B27.8074,067Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9437 of 5 stars
$513.71
+0.6%
$551.21
+7.3%
+25.7%$3.82T$245.12B39.70228,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NFLX
Netflix
4.6531 of 5 stars
$1,180.49
0.0%
$1,297.66
+9.9%
+85.4%$501.63B$39.00B50.3014,000Trending News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.6446 of 5 stars
$173.50
-0.1%
$181.22
+4.4%
+59.1%$4.23T$130.50B55.9736,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
TSLA
Tesla
4.2544 of 5 stars
$316.06
+3.5%
$302.75
-4.2%
+39.6%$1.02T$97.69B182.69125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
DIS
Walt Disney
4.7944 of 5 stars
$121.44
-0.4%
$128.13
+5.5%
+25.3%$218.32B$91.36B24.83233,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WMT
Walmart
4.494 of 5 stars
$97.45
+0.9%
$106.67
+9.5%
+41.0%$777.72B$680.99B41.652,100,000Trending News
Short Interest ↑

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