AMZN

Amazon
Broadline Retail · Consumer Discretionary · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$265.84
+2.5% on the session
1-year return
+14.8%
+29.8% over six months
Volatility
34.4%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-21.7%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Amazon is a broadline retail name in the consumer discretionary sector. Over the past year it returned +14.8%, against +2.5% over three months and +7.4% over one. It trades 11.6% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 34.4% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -21.7%, and it has traded a median $10.3B a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.55 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it follows the index loosely.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Discretionary#20 of 47
Stronger than 59% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#296 of 500

How AMZN scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 1 others in Broadline Retail.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.5%
1 week-0.5%
1 month+7.4%
3 months+2.5%
6 months+29.8%
1 year+14.8%
12-1 momentum+6.9%
Volatility (1y, annualized)34.4%
Max drawdown (1y)-21.7%
Distance vs 200-day average+11.6%
Return per unit of risk0.43
Median daily dollar volume$10.3B
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