Amazon is following a lackluster 2025 with a mounting sell-off in 2026.
It’s been a rough period for Amazon (AMZN +2.59%) investors.
Amazon stock rose a mere 5.2% in 2025, which was less than all of its “Magnificent Seven” peers.
Year-to-date in 2026, Amazon is trading down 10%, making it the second-worst-performing Magnificent Seven stock (behind Microsoft, which is down 18%). Zoom out, and Amazon is now down 18.4% from its all-time high.
Here’s why the sell-off in Amazon is a buying opportunity for patient investors.
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Growth stocks are falling
Over time, earnings drive stock prices. But in the near term, emotions and sentiment can heavily impact price action. The sell-off in Amazon is unsurprising, given that the stock market currently favors safe and steady, dividend-paying companies with predictable cash flows and business models that can hold up regardless of artificial intelligence (AI) disruption.
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