Wedbush Securities said 2026 is shaping up to be a decisive year for consumer internet companies, marked by a widening gap between winners and losers as investors assess artificial intelligence monetization, autonomous vehicle disruption, and sustained investment cycles across the sector. The firm wrote in a note that 2025 delivered solid performance for the group, with the analysts' coverage universe posting an average return of about 23%, compared with roughly 19% for the Nasdaq Index.

Amazon (AMZN, Financials) is entering 2026 with renewed optimism from Wall Street, as top analysts project a rebound in its cloud and artificial intelligence bu

Mad Money host Jim Cramer doesn't yet appear ready to give up on shares of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), even after lagging most of its peers in the Magnificent Seven basket.

In a year where the benchmark S&P 500 index managed to gain more than 17%, that flat performance could be alarming. Yet zooming out tells a more constructive story—Amazon is up more than 40% since April, has consistently beaten expectations each quarter, and continues to enjoy broad analyst support.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is emerging as one of the most popular stock picks among retail investors thanks to its cloud computing efforts.

The retailer reported a 33% year-over-year drop in adjusted income last quarter.

Big Tech's biggest players, including Meta, Apple and OpenAI, stumbled in 2025 as botched live demos, unpopular product decisions, an underwhelming GPT-5 launch and massive cloud outages exposed growing gaps between industry hype and real-world execution.

Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) gained 1.58% over the past five trading sessions after gaining 3.46% the five prior.

But for investors who piled into the mega-cap Magnificent Seven stocks, it was more of a mixed bag. Apple NASDAQ: AAPL, for example, finished the year with a less than 12% gain, trailing the S&P 500's 2025 gain of 17.49%.