Amazon.com Inc (AMZN): Today's Featured Internet Laggard
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(
) pushed the Internet industry lower today making it today's featured Internet laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.4%. By the end of trading, Amazon.com fell $3.00 (-1.1%) to $280.98 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,443,148 shares of Amazon.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,689,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $280.00-$284.87 after having opened the day at $284.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $283.98. Other companies within the Internet industry that declined today were:
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), down 10.0%,
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), down 9.0%,
Mediabistro
(
MBIS
), down 7.4% and
ChinaCache International Holdings
(
), down 7.0%.
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. The company operates in two segments, North America and International. Amazon.com has a market cap of $128.6 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 12.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 24 analysts that rate Amazon.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Amazon.com
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full Amazon.com Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 7.4%,
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), up 6.9%,
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), up 5.2% and
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), up 4.2%.
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