Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) closed Monday’s session just above $230, right around where they were back in January. Despite logging a 60% rally at one point in the months in between, the tech giant is now on track to finish roughly flat for 2025. For long-term investors who’ve watched the stock grind sideways since summer, that might seem disappointing, particularly when other mega-cap tech names have been continuing to set fresh highs.
But for those of us on the sidelines thinking about opening a position, this consolidation could be the best setup Amazon has offered in years. A year of quiet trading has left it cheaper than many major tech stocks, even as its fundamentals continue to improve. Let’s jump in and see why “boring” might actually mean “coiled” in this instance.
