Analyst Explains Why He Likes Amazon.com (AMZN) Despite It Being a ‘Laggard’

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Steve Weiss, Founder and Managing Partner of Short Hills Capital Partners, said in a recent program on CNBC that he likes Amazon despite the company being a “laggard

“Look, it’s up a little today in the bounce back, but this has really been somewhat of a laggard. Not that it hasn’t done well, of course it has, but it’s lagged the other AI plays and they’re doing extraordinarily well with AWS. More data, more compute power, more cloud.”

Amazon shares are down 3% and have underperformed major tech stocks. Why? Two major factors are impacting the stock. Tariff-related headwinds and weakening consumer buying power have been an overhang for the company’s e-commerce business. But more than that, Wall Street has been spooked by a relative slowdown in the company’s Cloud business. In the second quarter, AWS grew 17.5%, a deceleration compared to the previous few quarters. In the same period, Microsoft Azure grew 26% and Google Cloud rose 32%.

What’s ailing AWS? The cloud market is going through a structural change amid the AI wave.

AWS has always been focused on infrastructure (IaaS), allowing customers to build their own applications with flexibility. However, companies are now preferring AI-first cloud platforms with strong integration with generative models. This helps Microsoft (OpenAI) and Google (Gemini) because of their strong AI and app ecosystem.

Mairs & Power Balanced Fund stated the following regarding Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:

“The Fund also started a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the second quarter, where the company is well positioned to continue capturing market share in retail while also growing its market leading cloud business. The Fund took advantage of weakness in the stock during April to start the position as tariff news and a precipitous market decline provided an opportunity to build a position.”

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