Amazon’s stock has strong upside potential over the year.
Amazon (AMZN +1.85%) was one of the more disappointing megacap artificial intelligence (AI) stocks last year, managing just a 5% gain. However, 2026 should be a much better year for the stock.
Let’s look at where it could finish 2026.
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A cloud computing leader
Amazon’s most important segment at this time is its cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon pioneered the infrastructure-as-a service model, and it remains the largest cloud computing company in the world today. AWS is also the company’s most profitable business, and its fastest-growing segment.
However, AWS’s growth has trailed that of the other two big cloud providers, Microsoft‘s Azure and Alphabet‘s Google Cloud, which saw revenue growth of 40% and 34% last quarter, respectively. By comparison, AWS grew its revenue by 20% in Q3, but that was an acceleration from 17.5% revenue growth it posted in Q2 and the 17% growth it…
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