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Amazon has zero Sell ratings among 60 analysts, yet the crowded Buy consensus leaves few upgrades to push the stock higher.
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AWS revenue jumped 39% to $46 billion, its sixth straight quarter of faster growth, while the operating margin hit a record 14%.
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Jim Cramer calls megacap tech "millstones around investors," and Amazon's 4% one-year gain and $76 billion quarterly capex lend that view weight.
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Wall Street has taken one side on Amazon( NASDAQ:AMZN ). Of 60 listed analysts, all but two rate the stock Buy or better. None rate it Sell or Strong Sell. The consensus price target of $326.74 implies plenty of room to run and a share price at that level would be an all-time high. That is clearly a bullish signal.
24/7 Wall St. ran the same test on Microsoft( NASDAQ:MSFT ) in Not One Analyst Rates Microsoft a Sell. Is the Consensus View Right? Amazon gets the same scrutiny here.
What Bulls Are Paying For in AWS
The headline numbers from the third quarter missed estimates. GAAP EPS came in at $1.89 against a $1.96 estimate, and revenue of $201.94 billion compared with a $202.20 billion forecast. Analysts look past that because AWS revenue rose 39.3% to $46 billion. That was its sixth straight quarter of faster growth, and the AWS backlog reached $578 billion. Consolidated operating margin hit 13.9%, the highest in the company's history.
Estimates keep increasing. The fiscal 2026 EPS consensus is $10.5805, compared with $10.4079 ninety days ago. Over the past 30 days, analysts made more upward revisions than downward ones. The fiscal 2027 estimate rose to $12.8122 from $12.3016 over 90 days. It has slid slightly from $12.9132 a week ago.
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Cramer's Millstone Case Against Megacap Tech
On the Mad Money episode that aired November 3, 2026, Jim Cramer included Amazon on his list of disappointing tech leaders: "For the last few years we've been conditioned to think that tech will be led by an Alphabet or an Amazon, Nvidia, a Meta, a Microsoft. But those have almost been millstones around investors." He added: "I would like to wait for the crescendo before I commit too much money back to tech."
The price data backs him up. Amazon has gained only 4.0% over one year and trades about 10% below its 52-week high of $287.20. Spending is also climbing. Cash capex reached $75.9 billion in the third quarter, the full-year 2026 figure is heading toward roughly $220 billion, and management expects to spend much more in 2027. As a result, the free cash flow yield is negative, at −0.44%.
Crowded Consensus Meets Split 13F Filings
When nearly every analyst already rates a stock a Buy, there are few upgrades left to push it higher. One miss can also trigger cuts across the whole group at once. The 13F filings show less agreement than the ratings do. Among 30 filers as of June 30, 2026, 15 added shares, seven cut, one opened a new position, and one sold. Coatue Management held a stake of $2.82 billion. D.E. Shaw and Appaloosa added shares, while Two Sigma, Point72, and Tiger Global cut back. These filings show positions on that quarter-end date only.
Verdict for Retail Investors
On fundamentals, the evidence favors the bulls. AWS growth is speeding up, margins hit a record, and estimates are rising. The stock trades above both its 50-day average of $253.79 and its 200-day average of $243.50, at a forward P/E of 23. Shares also rose 6.1% in the week after the earnings miss. Cramer is right about the past year's returns and the cash being spent, but those concerns look backward.
Amazon's fourth-quarter report will show which side is right. If AWS growth beats the third quarter's 39.3%, that makes seven straight quarters of faster growth and supports the zero-Sell consensus. If AWS slows down while capex keeps rising, Cramer's millstone argument gets much stronger. Investors should watch that one number closely.
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