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Amazon.com, Inc.AMZNCOMMENTMay 26, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 18, 2026. Market Open.
Compounder. Have to hold your nose to buy at current valuations, but you only have to look 2-3 years down the road to get to a more comfortable valuation. AWS is a driver, and AI will really come to the fore over the next 2 years. Invested heavily in e-commerce, and it's starting to see some profitability, juggernaut of the future.
Excellent company with strong assets in cloud computing and Amazon Web Services. eCommerce also continuing to preform well. Participated in "Magnificent 7 Rally". Has been earnings estimates the past 3 quarters. Increased demands in A.I. will contribute to demand in web services. Profit margins are exceptional in software. Will continue to hold. Believes growth is sustainable and will continue.
It is the biggest player in e-commerce and has a variety of products. Soon it can even sell cars. Also it is growing its cloud business. In addition it has a huge advertising business which is competing with Google and others. It has cut back on costs and is well structured.
He has mixed feelings on this. Valuation is quite high at 66X forward earnings, but it is still showing a 35% long-term growth rate. PEG ratio is about 1.9-2X, a little more expensive than what he likes. They are doing very well and dominating the North American online retail space. What is interesting is Amazon Web Services whose revenues are doing very well and accelerating. However, they could face some competition from very well capitalized players such as Alphabet (GOOG-Q) and Microsoft (MSFT-Q) down the road. Valuations are slightly above where he would like them to be.