AMZN Stock — Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

Updated October 2, 2026.

AMZN is a Stock. Total return is 256815.2% over the past 29.4 years, 255403.6 points ahead of SPY at 1411.6%.

Amazon.com operates as a diversified retailer and technology company with three main business segments: North America retail, International retail, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud computing platform providing compute, storage, artificial intelligence, database, and analytics services. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices such as Kindle and Echo products, operates advertising and subscription services including Amazon Prime, and enables third-party sellers and content creators to sell through its platforms. Amazon does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders.

AMZN performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-02.

Total return is 256815.2% over the past 29.4 years, 255403.6 points ahead of SPY at 1411.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 13.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 21.7%.

AMZN key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/15/1997

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$251.52 (as of 2026-10-02)

Market cap

$2,712,973,589,629

Average volume

33393100.0

Beta

1.443

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

19.96

Forward P/E

23.6407

EPS

$12.60

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AMZN risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 21.7%.

Who may consider AMZN — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AMZN does not currently distribute); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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