Amazon share price today

Amazon's share price today stands at $224.92, Open. $219.84 ; Previous Close. $223.29 ; High. $226.13 ; Low. $218.98 ; 52 Week High. $233.00 ; 52 Week Low: $144.05

The stock opens at $219.84, after a previous close of $223.29. The stock reached a daily high of $226.13 and a low of $218.98, with a 52-week high of $233.00 and a 52-week low of $144.05.

You can buy Amazon shares starting ₹84.976 or $1 as on 21 Dec 2024​​​​ on the INDmoney app.

Indian investors can buy Amazon shares in fractions or a part of the whole stock value instead of the entire stock. In simple terms, you can even buy 0.1 or any fraction of Amazon stock units. 

Let us understand this better with an example, if you have $10 or ₹849.76 to invest and the cost of Amazon stock is $227.03 or ₹19,234, you can still invest your $10 or ₹847.2 and get 10/227.03 that is 0.0440 units of the Amazon stock in your account. 

Another way to understand this is, if 1 Amazon stock costs $227.03 or ₹19,234, you can buy Amazon stock worth $250 or ₹21,180 which will give you 250/227.03 units which means you will get 1.10 Amazon shares.

An investor investing in US stocks from India not only benefits from stock or capital returns but also gets the benefit of dollar appreciation versus rupees.

If an Indian resident would have invested in Amazon from India, 5 years ago then the total returns (including dollar appreciation) from Amazon stocks would be 205%. The annualised return would be 25%. 

To understand this in simple terms, capital appreciation in the last 5 years from Amazon stocks would be 157.84%. 

On top of this, the investors will enjoy the gains from appreciation in dollar value versus rupees which would be 18.13%. The calculation is for the last 5 years.

Hence, investing in US stocks from the US will only give an investor capital gains, but an Indian investor will enjoy additional gains from dollar appreciation.

Amazon stock has given 205% returns in the last 5 years, whereas Walmart stock has given 182%. $100 invested in Amazon stock 5 years ago would have become $305 and $100 invested in Walmart or Google stock would have become $282 and $309, respectively.
 

5 Year returns of Amazon → 205% (157.84% & 18.13%)

5Y returns of Walmart → 182% (138.64% & 18.13%)

5Y returns of Google → 209% (161.89% & 18.13%)

$100 invested in Amazon stock vs Walmart and Google stock 5 years ago:
 

Amazon has not paid any dividends in the last five years. So if you had 10 Amazon shares you would have received nothing in dividends in India from your Amazon stocks.

Amazon is a popular stock amongst top global investors. Top 3 institutional investors include: Vanguard Group Inc ($182 billion), Blackrock, Inc ($151 billion), State Street Corp ($81 billion), Fmr Llc ($74 billion)

Source: Nasdaq

Amazon vs Walmart: 

Revenue and Profit (Q3 2024)

Amazon: Revenue at $159 billion, driven by e-commerce, AWS, and Prime. Profit at $15.2 billion, fueled by AWS and advertising.

Walmart: Revenue at $169 billion, with strength in physical stores and e-commerce. Profit at $4.57 billion, supported by e-commerce growth and memberships.

Market Share

Amazon: 37.8% of US retail e-commerce; 310+ million active users globally.

Walmart: 6% US e-commerce share but leads in US groceries with 20%.

Global Reach

Amazon: Operates in 200+ countries with localized marketplaces.

Walmart: Active in 19 countries, focusing on North America and select markets.

Amazon vs Google:

Revenues

Google Cloud saw a 35% year-over-year (YoY) revenue increase in Q3 2024, reaching $11.4 billion.

AWS reported a 19% YoY revenue growth, generating $27.5 billion. 

Global Cloud Market

Amazon Web Services (AWS) leads with a 31% share in Q3 2024.

Google Cloud holds an 11% share.

AWS remains more than twice the size of Google Cloud but expands at nearly half the pace.

Cloud Operating Margins:

AWS reported a 38% operating margin in Q3

Google Cloud achieved a 17% operating margin in Q3