Amazon Sell-Off: Why Now May Be the Best Time to Buy Amazon Stock
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to report strong growth, but its stock fell last week after weak guidance and worries about tariffs. It's a huge company with many moving parts, but the market is focusing on the negative.That's because the market is forward-looking, and these are concerns about the future. But maybe it's not forward-looking enough. If you look into the second quarter, perhaps Amazon's update was disappointing. But the company has a habit of beating guidance, like it did in the first quarter. Furthermore, if you look down the road a few years, this dip starts to look like an excellent buying opportunity.Amazon reported a solid 2025 first quarter. Sales increased 10% year over year (currency neutral) to $155.57 billion, beating even the high end of guidance of $155.5 billion, and operating income was $18.4 billion, up from $15.3 billion last year and beating the high end of guidance of $18 billion. Earnings per share (EPS) rose from $0.98 last year to $1.59 this year, easily beating Wall Street's expectations of $1.37.Continue reading
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to report strong growth, but its stock fell last week after weak guidance and worries about tariffs. It's a huge company with many moving parts, but the market is focusing on the negative.
That's because the market is forward-looking, and these are concerns about the future. But maybe it's not forward-looking enough. If you look into the second quarter, perhaps Amazon's update was disappointing. But the company has a habit of beating guidance, like it did in the first quarter. Furthermore, if you look down the road a few years, this dip starts to look like an excellent buying opportunity.
Amazon reported a solid 2025 first quarter. Sales increased 10% year over year (currency neutral) to $155.57 billion, beating even the high end of guidance of $155.5 billion, and operating income was $18.4 billion, up from $15.3 billion last year and beating the high end of guidance of $18 billion. Earnings per share (EPS) rose from $0.98 last year to $1.59 this year, easily beating Wall Street's expectations of $1.37.
