Wall Street analysts lifted their price targets on Amazon stock ahead of the Facebook and Instagram parent's quarterly earnings report July 31.
Needham analyst Laura Martin lifted her outlook on Amazon shares on Tuesday to $265 from $220, citing “strong” revenue growth for the company's cloud division, AWS, “record-breaking” Amazon Prime days, waning tariff woes, and lower costs in its logistics operations (i.e. deliveries) due to generative artificial intelligence.
“AMZN is reporting strong improvement in its labor productivity, which we believe is a lead indicator to upside share price performance,” Martin added.
Deutsche Bank analyst Lee Horowitz also lifted his price target on Amazon stock to $266 from $230, noting that “consumers continue to spend” as “tariff concerns wane,” a positive sign for online commerce. He also noted “healthy” advertising revenue and “AI tailwinds” for AWS revenue as positive indicators for Amazon ahead of its second quarter earnings report.
To be sure, Amazon is facing some internal turmoil. The company has seen backlash from employees after CEO Andy Jassy wrote a memo to staffers that AI will lead to job cuts across the company. Meanwhile, workers with disabilities said the company has used AI to deny their requests for accommodations and have filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board, alleging Amazon has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act with its RTO policies.
