Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Anthropic reportedly plans to more than triple its annualized revenue—an estimate for full-year revenue—to $26 billion in 2026 from a goal of $9 billion in 2025. The company said it expects a boost in revenue from AI products for its enterprise customers, as more businesses increase their spending on AI tools and infrastructure, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Anthropic has signed a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed. Coatue and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading the financing, according to a source familiar.
Last year was another strong one for the world's leading technology companies, the so-called Magnificent 7. While artificial intelligence has clearly acted as a tailwind, underlying business performance has remained strong even absent AI-driven contributions, with these companies continuing to deliver durable revenue growth and reinforce competitive advantages few peers can match.
Amazon is seeing strength from all of its various businesses. The tech giant's success hinges on its advertising service and AWS.
Amazon spending on capital expenditures is cutting into its free cash flow. However, the investment in data centers and AI architecture could help it have a tremendous 2026.
2025 was a great year for artificial intelligence stocks, but many believe there could be far more to come.
When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?
Dow hits record highs as AI powers the rally, putting AMZN, NVDA and MSFT among the key blue-chip stocks positioned to benefit from renewed risk appetite.
Here's what stands out immediately: Amazon stock experienced only a 5% increase in 2025, significantly lagging the S&P 500's return of over 16%. For a mega-cap technology stock that investors generally expect to outperform the market, this is quite a letdown.
UPS stock offers a high-yielding dividend but sluggish long-term returns, making it a suboptimal pick for most investors. The logistics company delivers a lot of Amazon boxes to people's doors, and investors may want to consider shares in the e-commerce leader instead.