Oleh Maksym Misichenko · Nasdaq ·
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The panelists have a mixed view on Amazon's stock reaching $300. While some argue that AWS's AI chip business could drive significant EPS growth, others caution about the heavy capex required, potential margin erosion due to competition, and the uncertainty around AI chip economics. The panel also highlights the regulatory risks in the advertising business and the potential drag on free cash flow.
Risiko: Heavy capex requirements and potential margin erosion due to competition in the AWS business.
Peluang: Potential EPS growth from the AWS AI chip business.
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Seiring Amazon Web Services mendapat manfaat dari permintaan yang didorong oleh AI, pertumbuhan unit tersebut saja bisa mendorong saham di atas $300 per saham.
Bisnis lain seperti periklanan, chip AI, dan Amazon Leo mendorong gelombang pertumbuhan berikutnya.
Tidak hanya Amazon beroperasi di berbagai industri, tetapi juga mendapatkan pangsa pasar yang signifikan di masing-masing industri tersebut.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) diperdagangkan di sekitar $274 per saham, sedikit di bawah rekor tertinggi sepanjang masa, dan tampaknya siap menjadi saham $300 lebih lanjut tahun ini. Perusahaan teknologi ini memberikan tingkat pertumbuhan tinggi di berbagai industri sambil meningkatkan margin keuntungan.
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Investor telah memantau belanja modal Amazon karena perusahaan bertujuan untuk mendapatkan pangsa pasar di industri infrastruktur AI yang berkembang pesat. Namun, serangkaian kuartal terakhir menunjukkan bagaimana investasi tersebut telah diterjemahkan menjadi pertumbuhan langsung.
Amazon Web Services telah menjadi penerima manfaat terbesar. Pertumbuhan terus berakselerasi untuk bagian bisnis tersebut. Pada Q1, penjualan melonjak 28% dari tahun ke tahun karena lebih banyak pelanggan beralih ke Amazon untuk membangun fondasi digital untuk aplikasi dan situs web AI mereka.
Tidak lama lagi tingkat pertumbuhan penjualan AWS nyaris tidak mencapai belasan persen. Pada Q4 2023, AWS tumbuh hanya 13% dari tahun ke tahun, penurunan tajam dari tingkat pertumbuhan 20% pada Q4 2022.
Tingkat pertumbuhan pendapatan AWS baru melampaui 20% lagi pada tahun 2025, dan akselerasi mereka yang berkelanjutan menunjukkan tingkat pertumbuhan 30% dimungkinkan pada akhir tahun ini. Hasil tersebut dapat memberi Amazon banyak momentum menuju harga saham $300. Wall Street tidak menunggu Amazon untuk memberikan berita itu: Di antara 46 analis yang meliput saham tersebut, target harga satu tahun rata-rata adalah $319.
Kebanyakan orang memandang Amazon sebagai pasar daring, dan beberapa investor menganggapnya sebagai pasar daring yang juga menawarkan layanan komputasi awan. Namun, persepsi itu tidak menyentuh permukaan tentang apa yang ditawarkan Amazon untuk investor jangka panjang.
Ia telah mengintegrasikan segmen periklannya secara mulus ke dalam pengalaman berbelanja, dan unit tersebut telah memberikan kuartal berturut-turut pertumbuhan pendapatan tahun-ke-tahun lebih dari 20%, termasuk peningkatan 24% pada Q1. CEO Andy Jassy menyoroti keberhasilan segmen periklanan, dengan mencatat bahwa ia mencapai lebih dari $70 miliar pendapatan dalam 12 bulan terakhir. Ia juga menyebutkan bisnis chip AI Amazon yang baru, yang melampaui tingkat pendapatan $20 miliar.
Perusahaan bahkan memiliki layanan internet satelit bernama Amazon Leo. Kompetitor Starlink adalah bisnis yang relatif baru yang baru-baru ini dipilih oleh Delta Airlines untuk menjadi penyedia layanan Wi-Fi di dalam pesawat, mulai tahun 2028.
Raksasa teknologi ini memiliki perpaduan bisnis yang terbukti dan berkembang serta usaha spekulatif yang memiliki potensi untuk mendapatkan pangsa pasar yang substansial di ceruk mereka dalam beberapa tahun ke depan. Sementara itu, hasil pendapatan masih bagus. Panduan Q2 Amazon mengimplikasikan pertumbuhan pendapatan tahun-ke-tahun sebesar 16% hingga 19%. Perjalanan ke $300 per saham tampaknya sangat mungkin pada akhir tahun 2026.
Sebelum Anda membeli saham Amazon, pertimbangkan hal ini:
Tim analis Motley Fool Stock Advisor baru-baru ini mengidentifikasi apa yang mereka yakini sebagai 10 saham terbaik untuk dibeli investor sekarang… dan Amazon bukan salah satunya. 10 saham yang masuk dalam daftar tersebut dapat menghasilkan imbal hasil yang luar biasa dalam beberapa tahun mendatang.
Pertimbangkan kapan Netflix masuk dalam daftar ini pada 17 Desember 2004... jika Anda menginvestasikan $1.000 pada saat rekomendasi kami, Anda akan memiliki $465.733! Atau ketika Nvidia masuk dalam daftar ini pada 15 April 2005... jika Anda menginvestasikan $1.000 pada saat rekomendasi kami, Anda akan memiliki $1.313.467!
Sekarang, perlu dicatat bahwa imbal hasil rata-rata Stock Advisor adalah 985% — kinerja yang mengungguli pasar dibandingkan dengan 211% untuk S&P 500. Jangan lewatkan daftar 10 teratas terbaru, yang tersedia dengan Stock Advisor, dan bergabunglah dengan komunitas investasi yang dibangun oleh investor individu untuk investor individu.
**Imbal hasil Stock Advisor seperti pada 30 Mei 2026. *
Marc Guberti tidak memiliki posisi dalam saham apa pun yang disebutkan. The Motley Fool memiliki posisi di dan merekomendasikan Amazon. The Motley Fool merekomendasikan Delta Air Lines. The Motley Fool memiliki kebijakan pengungkapan.
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"Sustained AWS re-acceleration faces capex and competitive risks the article under-weights relative to near-term price targets."
The article correctly flags AWS rebounding to 28% YoY growth in Q1 and ad revenue at a $70B run-rate, plus the new AI-chip business. Yet it glosses over the multi-year capex ramp required to chase AI share, which historically pressures free-cash-flow conversion even when top-line accelerates. Q2 guidance of only 16-19% revenue growth is respectable but not the 30% AWS trajectory needed to push shares materially higher without margin expansion. Competition from Azure and Google Cloud, plus potential customer spend optimization, remains under-discussed.
AWS operating margins have already begun expanding despite rising capex, and the high-margin ad segment could offset any infrastructure dilution, allowing the stock to clear $300 on current momentum alone.
"AWS acceleration is real but already priced in; $300 requires either margin surprise or multiple expansion that depends on capex discipline the article doesn't address."
The article conflates AWS acceleration with stock re-rating potential, but misses critical valuation math. At $274, AMZN trades ~28x forward P/E on consensus 2026 earnings. AWS growing 28-30% is impressive, but it's already ~$100B revenue—incremental contribution to consolidated earnings is material but not transformative enough to justify a 9.5% pop to $300 without multiple expansion. The ad business ($70B run rate) and AI chip ($20B run rate) claims lack margin detail; high-revenue, low-margin businesses don't drive stock multiples. Amazon Leo is speculative noise. The article also ignores: (1) capex intensity—AWS growth requires sustained heavy investment that caps margin expansion, (2) competitive pressure from Azure's AI momentum and GCP's pricing, (3) macro sensitivity of enterprise IT spending if rates stay elevated.
If AWS sustains 30% growth while operating leverage kicks in (capex moderates as % of revenue), and advertising margins compress less than feared, consolidated EPS growth could exceed 20%, justifying 32-35x multiple and $320+ target. The article undersells this scenario.
"Amazon's path to $300 is contingent on maintaining high AWS growth rates while simultaneously proving that massive AI-related CapEx can drive sustainable margin expansion rather than just top-line revenue."
The article's optimism on Amazon (AMZN) reaching $300 relies heavily on a linear extrapolation of AWS's recent 28% growth rebound. While AWS is clearly benefiting from generative AI infrastructure demand, the article ignores the massive capital expenditure (CapEx) cycle required to sustain this. Amazon's free cash flow is being aggressively funneled into data centers and proprietary AI silicon. If the ROI on these massive infrastructure investments doesn't materialize in margin expansion by late 2025, the stock could face a significant valuation compression. Furthermore, the $70 billion advertising run rate is impressive, but it faces increasing regulatory scrutiny and saturation risks in the core retail business, which remains a low-margin anchor.
If AWS growth accelerates to 30% as projected, the operating leverage from cloud services could offset the high CapEx, justifying a premium multiple expansion regardless of the retail segment's performance.
"AMZN's path to $300 hinges on outsized AWS growth and monetization of newer bets; however, AWS deceleration and higher operating costs could cap upside and prevent a year-end break above 300."
The article leans on AWS AI demand as a growth engine and cites ad revenue, chips, and Leo as multi-year catalysts. My read: the setup is credible but fragile. AWS growth exceeding 25-30% in the near term would be a big upside, yet cloud-growth deceleration, competition from Azure/Google Cloud, and expensive capex could erode margins just as AI-related spend peaks. Leo and AI chips are speculative monetization bets with execution risk and long timelines. Valuation already prices aggressive growth; any miss in 2H2026 or macro headwinds could re-rate AMZN, keeping a move to $300 as contingent on multiple uncertain bets rather than a guaranteed outcome.
If AWS sustains 28-30% growth with improving margins and Leo/ad monetization lands faster than expected, AMZN could comfortably clear $300 and re-rate higher sooner than the article implies.
"AI-chip margins could add $2.50+ EPS, clearing $300 without multiple expansion."
Claude's 28x forward P/E on 2026 consensus earnings assumes steady AWS and ad contributions, yet overlooks how the $20B AI-chip run-rate could deliver 35-40% incremental margins by late 2025. That alone adds roughly $2.50 to EPS, enough to support $300 at unchanged multiples. The missing variable is whether Azure's own capex surge forces similar pricing pressure on AWS deals, eroding those margins faster than modeled.
"AI chip upside is real but timing of margin realization vs. capex intensity creates a near-term FCF headwind that could cap stock re-rating until late 2026."
Grok's $2.50 EPS add from AI chips assumes 35-40% incremental margins, but that's speculative—Amazon hasn't disclosed chip unit economics or attach rates. More critically, nobody's addressed the timing mismatch: if capex peaks in 2025-26 while chip revenue ramps, FCF compression could persist through the period when the stock needs to justify $300. That's a 12-18 month valuation drag, not a multiple-expansion catalyst.
"Retail fulfillment efficiencies provide a critical margin buffer that offsets the FCF pressure from AWS infrastructure spending."
Claude is right about the FCF drag, but both he and Grok are ignoring the retail segment's hidden leverage. Amazon’s regionalization of its fulfillment network has already driven significant margin expansion in North America. If this retail efficiency holds, it acts as a buffer for the AWS capex cycle. The $300 target isn't just about AWS AI chips; it’s about the consolidated margin profile improving as retail logistics costs finally decouple from topline growth.
"AI-chip margins are not proven; chip-driven uplift to $300 is speculative without disclosed ROI and unit economics."
Grok's 35-40% incremental margins from the AI-chip ramp assume ROI and unit economics Amazon hasn't disclosed. Even with high chip revenue, the enduring capex burden and amortization could erode margin leverage, especially if Azure/GCP pricing power intensifies. Until AWS chip economics are disclosed and ROI materializes, using a chip-led uplift to justify a $300 target feels speculative and risks a later re-rating if free cash flow stays pressured.
The panelists have a mixed view on Amazon's stock reaching $300. While some argue that AWS's AI chip business could drive significant EPS growth, others caution about the heavy capex required, potential margin erosion due to competition, and the uncertainty around AI chip economics. The panel also highlights the regulatory risks in the advertising business and the potential drag on free cash flow.
Potential EPS growth from the AWS AI chip business.
Heavy capex requirements and potential margin erosion due to competition in the AWS business.