LemonTradesAmazon stock price today
Amazon’s stock price today, live: the after-hours quote, the chart, its earnings and the news moving it.
- Pre-market
- $257.87 −1.72% 7:43 AM ET
- Day’s range
- $259.29–$264.35
- 52-week range
- $196.00–$287.20
- Market value
- $2,832B
- P/E (12 months)
- 21
- Volume
- 31.0M
The chart fills in as the desk logs prices.
What’s moving Amazon
The headlines from the last three days that the LemonTrades desk scored highest for AMZN, with why each one matters.
- Wed 8:23 AMAnthropic Has Committed $450 Billion to Cloud Computing, Its Draft IPO Filing Shows
Massive cloud commitments directly boost revenue for Anthropic's primary cloud provider.
- Wed 2:06 PMAmazon's Nvidia Chips Are Sitting in Warehouses Without Power as AI Spending Soars, Business Insider Reports
Power bottlenecks may delay return on heavy AI infrastructure spending.
- Wed 12:40 PMAmazon eyes 300K holiday hires
Large seasonal hiring target signals robust consumer demand expectations for retail.
- Wed 11:48 AMAlphabet Slips 2% Despite NASDAQ Rally as Pichai Says Google Cloud Is Giving Up Revenue for AI Capacity; Amazon Dips, Microsoft Holds Steady
Cloud capacity trade-offs and tech sector sentiment weigh slightly on Amazon.
- Wed 11:09 AMTrump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’ in pre-midterm shift
Higher data centre operational costs threaten cloud infrastructure profitability.
- Wed 8:22 AMAmazon plans €16bn investment across Germany in 2027
Heavy European infrastructure spending signals long-term cloud expansion and growth.
Today’s Amazon view from the LemonTrades desk
Bearish lean. Shares trade below the prior day low as AI capex worries, data-centre policy risk and broad risk-off selling combine.
- 259.29 prior day low
- 257.82 overnight low
- 264.36 prior day high
- 248.60 5-day low
What would flip it: A move back above 259.29 and toward 262.8, the overnight high, would neutralise the bias. · Easing Middle East tensions lifting index futures.
A directional bias for the day, not a price target or advice. Members get it every weekday for each market they follow.
Amazon stock chart
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Daily closes, split-adjusted. Highest close: $284.02 on Aug 3, 2026, −7.6% from here.
AMZN returns
| Period | AMZN then | Return | $1,000 became |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 weekOct 14, 2026 | $254.08 | +3.3% | $1,033 |
| 1 monthSep 21, 2026 | $258.45 | +1.6% | $1,016 |
| 6 monthsApr 22, 2026 | $255.36 | +2.8% | $1,028 |
| This yearDec 31, 2025 | $230.82 | +13.7% | $1,137 |
| 1 yearOct 21, 2025 | $222.03 | +18.2% | $1,182 |
| 3 yearsOct 20, 2023 | $125.17 | +109.7% | $2,097 |
| 5 yearsOct 21, 2021 | $171.75 | +52.8% | $1,528 |
| 10 yearsOct 21, 2016 | $40.95 | +541.1% | $6,411 |
| Since listingMay 15, 1997 | $0.10 | +268,051.2% | $2,681,512 |
Quarterly results
| Quarter to | Revenue | Net income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026filed Jul 31, 2026 | $200.61B | $62.65B | $5.75 |
| Mar 31, 2026filed Apr 30, 2026 | $181.52B | $30.26B | $2.78 |
| Dec 31, 2025filed Feb 6, 2026 | $213.39B | $21.19B | $1.95 |
| Sep 30, 2025filed Oct 31, 2025 | $180.17B | $21.19B | $1.95 |
| Jun 30, 2025filed Aug 1, 2025 | $167.70B | $18.16B | $1.68 |
| Mar 31, 2025filed May 2, 2025 | $155.67B | $17.13B | $1.59 |
From Amazon’s 10-Q and 10-K filings (GAAP; EPS diluted). Earnings over the last four quarters: $12.43 a share.
About Amazon
Amazon runs the biggest online store in the US, Amazon Web Services (AWS, the largest cloud provider), a fast-growing advertising business and Prime. AWS earns most of its profit, so cloud growth drives the stock.
What moves AMZN stock
- AWS growth against Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, especially in AI.
- Capital spending: Amazon expects to spend about $220 billion in 2026, mostly on AI data centers.
- Retail margins and the US shopper, including tariffs and holiday sales.
- Advertising: one of the fastest-growing ad businesses in the world.
Q2 2026 results (July 30, 2026)
- Revenue of about $201 billion; AWS sales up 37% to $42.2 billion, its fastest growth since 2021.
- Capital spending forecast for 2026 raised to about $220 billion from $200 billion.
- Third-quarter guidance: sales of $197–202 billion and operating income of $22.5–26.5 billion. Q3 results are due in late October.
Sources: S&P Global: AWS reaccelerates
Questions
What is AMZN stock’s price today?
$262.52 at the last trade, updated every minute above.
Does Amazon pay a dividend?
No. Amazon has never paid one; it reinvests its cash.
When does Amazon report earnings?
Usually on the last Thursday of January, April, July and October, after the US close.
Did Amazon stock split?
Yes, most recently 20-for-1 in June 2022.
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