Amazon share price rise stalls despite AWS re-acceleration and AI investment surge

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​Since then, no follow through has been seen, though, with the Amazon share price range trading in the $250.00 region as investors digest the implications.

​AWS remains the company’s most critical engine of profitability and growth, and its renewed momentum helped to ease concerns about competitive positioning.

​Diversified growth across business segments

​Advertising, third-party seller services and international market expansion added to the diversified growth profile, suggesting a broader recovery across Amazon’s ecosystem beyond just cloud services.

​Analysts highlighted that cloud growth above 20% for a segment of AWS’s scale is a meaningful signal that demand for AI-related workloads and advanced compute services continues to intensify.

​Strategically, Amazon used the quarter to highlight the scale and breadth of its AI ambitions across both infrastructure and consumer applications.

​The company confirmed that its Trainium2 AI chips were fully reserved and saw 150% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) growth, demonstrating strong customer adoption.

​AI investments span infrastructure and applications

​Amazon launched Project Rainier with nearly half a million Trainium2 chips, introduced new EC2 instances built on Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell architecture and expanded power-capacity availability.

​Alongside this infrastructure investment, consumer-facing AI tools such as the Rufus shopping assistant and generative AI listing tools for sellers began rolling out in more markets.

​Amazon also continued to broaden its media and entertainment offering, with higher engagement on Thursday Night Football, new global NBA coverage and expanded cloud-gaming options via Luna.

​These initiatives demonstrate Amazon’s multi-pronged approach to AI, spanning both enterprise infrastructure and consumer applications.

​Re-rating potential depends on execution

​Amazon’s valuation narrative hinges on its ability to execute during an investment-intensive period. Amazon appears poised for a re-rating, provided that AWS growth accelerates into the low-20% range or better.

​Advertising remains strong with growth above 20% and the company’s substantial investments in AI and infrastructure begin translating into operating efficiency and margin expansion.

​If all goes well, fundamental analysts believe the stock could reasonably trade towards the $280.00–$300.00 range or higher over the next 12-18 months.

​Yet the trajectory is far from guaranteed given the sheer magnitude of spending and elevated execution risk.

​According to LSEG Data & Analytics 19 analysts have a ‘strong buy’, 50 a ‘buy’ and 3  a ‘hold’ recommendation with a mean long-term price target at $288.62, up 18% from current levels (as of 14/11/2025).

​Amazon LSEG Data & Analytics chart