Amazon.com (AMZN) Faces Challenges in AI Leadership
In its second quarter 2025 investor letter, Longriver Partners Fund highlighted stocks such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) provides consumer products, advertising, and subscription services through online and physical stores. The one-month return of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was 7.46%, and its shares gained 13.07% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On July 10, 2025, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock closed at $222.26 per share, with a market capitalization of $2.36 trillion.
Longriver Partners Fund stated the following regarding Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:
AWS remains the largest cloud by revenue, but it missed the AI moment. It was late to LLMs, late to inference, and slow to partner with Nvidia. 'Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has the weakest AI story of the big three,' said one expert. 'Bedrock is still a framework. Customers want solutions.' SageMaker remains underutilised. Trainium and Inferentia have yet to gain real traction, blunting the cost advantages AWS is banking on.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is in first position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 328 hedge fund portfolios held Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) at the end of the first quarter compared to 339 in the fourth quarter. In Q1 2025, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) achieved global revenue of $155.7 billion, representing an 10% year-over-year growth excluding the impact of foreign exchange. While we acknowledge the potential of AMZN as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
In another article, we covered Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and shared the list of best stocks to invest in for good returns. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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