How high can Amazon stock go in 5 years?
Forecasters predict that Amazon will reach $200 per share a year from now and will continue to rise to $250 per share at the end of 2026. In 2027, the prediction is for a price of $300, and $250 by the end of 2028. Much of Amazon's future success, like that of many tech companies, will depend on the trajectory of AI.
Price Forecast and Prediction for 2025: We expect to see revenue growth just over 11% and EPS of $5.74 for the year. We expect the stock to still trade at a similar multiple next year, putting our estimate for the stock price for Amazon at $287 in 2025, which is 57.94% higher than the stock is trading today.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) hit the magic price of $1,000 per share on the morning of May 30, but there's no indication that CEO Jeff Bezos has any intention of splitting the stock, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Month | Amazon Inc. (#AMZN) Projected Values | |
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Minimum, $ | Maximum, $ | |
June 2024 | 187 | 219 |
July 2024 | 203 | 245 |
August 2024 | 219 | 257 |
In 2030, the Amazon stock will reach $ 812.23 if it maintains its current 10-year average growth rate. If this Amazon stock prediction for 2030 materializes, AMZN stock will grow 349.17% from its current price.
Year | Price Target | % Change From Current Price |
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2025 | $287.00 | Upside of 51.99% |
2026 | $371.00 | Upside of 96.48% |
2027 | $308.00 | Upside of 63.12% |
2028 | $361.90 | Upside of 91.66% |
2025 | 2040 | |
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AMZN stock forecast (5% yearly growth) | $184 | $401 |
AMZN stock forecast (10% yearly growth) | $193 | $885 |
AMZN stock forecast (S&P 500 historical 11.13% ROI) | $194 | $1,052 |
AMZN stock forecast (QTEC historical 17.1% ROI) | $202 | $1,940 |
If you had invested $10,000 in Amazon stock on Jan. 1, 2000 (just before the dot-com crash), your investment would be worth over $470,000 today.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2024, 12 analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for AMZN, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.52 to $4.61 per share. AMZN also boasts an average earnings surprise of 48.2%.
Forecasters predict that Amazon will reach $200 per share a year from now and will continue to rise to $250 per share at the end of 2026. In 2027, the prediction is for a price of $300, and $250 by the end of 2028. Much of Amazon's future success, like that of many tech companies, will depend on the trajectory of AI.
What is the long-term outlook for Amazon stock?
Time Period | AMZN Stock % Gain | S&P 500 % Gain |
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2024* | 27.04 | 18.8 |
2023 | 81 | 24.2 |
2022 | -49.6 | -19 |
2021 | 2.4 | 27 |
No. Amazon (AMZN) isn't expected to split its stock in 2024 because it only went through this process two years ago. Amazon's last stock split happened in June 2022. However, stock market analysts believe it could be a possibility over the longer term if the company's share price continues to rise.
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AMZN Stock 12 Month Forecast
Based on 44 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for Amazon in the last 3 months. The average price target is $222.93 with a high forecast of $250.00 and a low forecast of $200.00. The average price target represents a 14.56% change from the last price of $194.60.
A long-term holding. If you'd bought $10,000 worth of Amazon stock 10 years ago, today your investment would be worth more than $114,690. With that, Amazon proves it's made a great long-term holding.
Year | Median Price Prediction | Potential Low |
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2024 | $216 | $183 |
2025 | $237 | $199 |
2026 | $298 | $271 |
2030 | $561 | $460 |
Year | Mid-Year | Tod/End,% |
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2026 | $263 | +66% |
2027 | $309 | +81% |
2028 | $368 | +103% |
2029 | $404 | +138% |
Five Year Stock Price Total Return for Amazon.com is calculated as follows: Last Close Price [ 182.55 ] / Adj Prior Close Price [ 99.72 ] (-) 1 (=) Total Return [ 83.1% ] Prior price dividend adjustment factor is 1.00.
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ServiceNow (NOW) | 1.49 | Strong Buy |
Assurant (AIZ) | 1.50 | Strong Buy |
Howmet Aerospace (HWM) | 1.50 | Strong Buy |
Insulet (PODD) | 1.50 | Strong Buy |
Amazon has a mean target price of $202.49, which is 12% higher than yesterday's closing prices. Its Street-high target price of $230 implies an upside of 27.2% over the next 12 months. Analysts are overwhelmingly bullish on Amazon, and multiple brokerages listed it as a top pick for 2024.
Global warming accelerates destruction of the Amazon. Deforestation and climate change could damage or destroy as much as 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest by 2030, according to a new report from environmental group WWF.
Is Amazon a good stock to hold forever?
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has proven to be a buy-and-hold-forever investment, and there's plenty of historical data and performance metrics to back up this claim. Since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1997, Amazon's stock has skyrocketed. Adjusted for splits, the stock debuted at around US$1.50 per share.
Amazon split its shares last summer when its price tag reached over $3,000.
The bottom line on Amazon stock? Which brings us to what $1,000 invested in Amazon stock 20 years ago would be worth today. As you can see in the above chart, if you had invested $1,000 in Amazon stock a couple of decades ago, it would today be worth about $78,000. That's good for an annualized total return of 24.4%.
If you had purchased $1,000 worth of Amazon stock at $18 per share during its 1997 IPO, that would've been 55.56 shares. Factoring in the numerous stock splits over the years, those 55.56 shares would grow to 13,334.4 shares in 2024.
If you had invested in Netflix ten years ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today. According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in February 2014 would be worth $9,138.15, or a gain of 813.81%, as of February 12, 2024, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.