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AMZN vs NFLX

Side-by-side comparison of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Netflix Inc. (NFLX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Consumer Discretionary sector. AMZN focuses on Catalog/Specialty Distribution, while NFLX focuses on Consumer Electronics/Video Chains.
  • AMZN is the larger of the two at $2.85T, about 7.2x NFLX ($394.17B).
  • Over the past year, AMZN is up 39.6% and NFLX is down 17.5% - AMZN leads by 57.1 points.
  • AMZN has been more active in the news (56 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for NFLX).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceAMZN+39.65%NFLX-17.45%
2025-05-01+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricAMZNNFLX
Company
Amazon.com Inc.
Netflix Inc.
Price
$264.92+0.65%
$93.55+1.50%
Market cap
$2.85T
$394.17B
1M return
+27.18%
-2.68%
1Y return
+39.65%
-17.45%
Industry
Catalog/Specialty Distribution
Consumer Electronics/Video Chains
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
1997
2002
News (4w)
56
8
Recent ratings
25
25
AMZN

Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical and online stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Rings, and Echo and other devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its websites, as well as its stores; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as fulfillment, advertising, publishing, and digital content subscriptions. Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. The company serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

NFLX

Netflix Inc.

Netflix, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers TV series, documentaries, and feature films across various genres and languages. The company provides members the ability to receive streaming content through a host of Internet-connected devices, including TVs, digital video players, television set-top boxes, and mobile devices. It also provides DVDs-by-mail membership services. The company has approximately 204 million paid members in 190 countries. Netflix, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.