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At least 14 Wall Street firms raised their Amazon (AMZN) stock price targets to between $310 and $350 following first-quarter earnings, fueled by AWS’s acceleration to 28% year-over-year growth, the fastest in 15 quarters.
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AWS’s momentum and Amazon’s vertically integrated AI infrastructure are convincing analysts that the company will gain a sustained share of cloud and AI workloads, although $200 billion in annual capital and $119.1 billion in debt load create execution risk if backlog conversion slows.
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At least 14 Wall Street firms issued price target increases on Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) following the company’s first quarter 2026 earnings reported on April 29. The new prices are now grouped between $310 and $350, with TD Cowen leading the way at $350 from $300.
The synchronized analyst update wave focuses on Amazon Web Services (AWS) reaccelerating to 28% year-over-year (YoY) growth, the fastest in 15 quarters. For prudent investors, the question is whether AWS has emerged as the lasting winner in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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Firm |
Action |
old target |
New goal |
Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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TD Cowen |
High target price |
$300 |
$350 |
Buy |
|
Barclays |
High target price |
$300 |
$330 |
Overweight |
|
JPMorgan |
High target price |
$280 |
$330 |
Overweight |
|
Canaccord |
High target price |
$300 |
$330 |
Buy |
|
Citi |
High target price |
$285 |
$325 |
Buy |
|
Wolfe Research |
High target price |
$245 |
$320 |
Get over |
|
Guggenheim |
High target price |
$300 |
$320 |
Buy |
|
BofA |
High target price |
$298 |
$310 |
Buy |
|
Truista |
High target price |
$285 |
$310 |
Buy |
Amazon’s Q1 2026 earnings beat EPS of $2.78, beating the estimate of $1.73. Amazon shares closed at $263.04 the following session before retreating modestly today.
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The case of the analysts
The bullish case depends on AWS momentum and visibility into backorders. JPMorgan calls Amazon its best Internet idea after currency-neutral revenue growth accelerated to 15% in the first quarter, the highest in 3.5 years. Guggenheim highlights a record portfolio of $364 billion, even excluding the yet-unaccounted $100 billion-plus Anthropic commitment.
Canaccord notes that AWS growth accelerated around 480 basis points (bps) quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), with backlog backlog nearly 50% quarter-over-quarter, arguing that Amazon’s vertically integrated stack is gaining workloads. Barclays adds that Amazon will be the company that will add the most AI capacity in the coming years. Stifel notes that net sales of $181.5 billion beat Street estimates by 2%, while operating income of $23.9 billion was 15% better than consensus, while Wolfe Research describes the quarter as “a clean, rising pace.”