Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

In the past six months, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) stock has shown a significant increase of 31.33%. Key events impacting the stock price include earnings reports, Prime sales events, and insider trading. Amazon reported its Q2 2025 earnings on July 31, 2025, beating analysts' consensus estimates. Amazon's second Prime sales event of the year, "Prime's Big Deal Days," which ran in October, offered millions of deals and led to an approximate 1% increase in Amazon shares ahead of the event. Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman, remains the largest individual shareholder, owning approximately 8.43% of outstanding shares and recently sold a portion of his shares.

Demand for Amazon's products and services exhibits seasonality, driven by events like the holiday season, Amazon Prime Day, and weather-related trends. Back-to-school shopping and other events also create specific product surges.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is a multinational technology company involved in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Its major products and services include e-commerce, cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS), digital content and streaming, electronic devices, advertising, and other services like Amazon Pay and Amazon Prime.

Amazon operates globally with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and Arlington, Virginia. It has online stores in 18 countries and ships to over 100 countries. Its distribution network includes fulfillment centers in numerous countries, with the United States being its most successful market.

Amazon has a reputation as a disruptor of industries through technological innovation. However, it has faced criticisms regarding anti-competitive practices, treatment of workers, counterfeit products, delivery issues, and tax avoidance.

Amazon is a publicly traded company primarily owned by its shareholders. Institutional investors hold approximately 61.68% of Amazon's shares, with major holders including Vanguard Group Inc. and BlackRock, Inc. Jeff Bezos is the largest individual shareholder, owning approximately 8.28% to 8.43% of outstanding shares.