Amazon (AMZN)
S&P 500 · Nasdaq-100 · Top 100 by market cap · Consumer Discretionary · data since 1997-05-15 · last close 2026-09-09
Amazon (AMZN) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.7 | -12.2 | -0.8 | 27.3 | 2.1 | -11.9 | 13.9 | -4.3 | -2.8 | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 8.3 | -10.7 | -10.4 | -3.1 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | -2.2 | -4.1 | 11.2 | -4.5 | -1.0 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 13.9 | 2.0 | -3.0 | 0.8 | 9.5 | -3.2 | -4.5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.5 |
| 2023 | 22.8 | -8.6 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 14.3 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | -7.9 | 4.7 | 9.8 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | -10.3 | 2.7 | 6.1 | -23.8 | -3.3 | -11.7 | 27.1 | -6.1 | -10.9 | -9.3 | -5.8 | -13.0 |
| 2021 | -1.6 | -3.5 | 0.0 | 12.1 | -7.0 | 6.7 | -3.3 | 4.3 | -5.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | -4.9 |
| 2020 | 8.7 | -6.2 | 3.5 | 26.9 | -1.3 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 9.1 | -8.8 | -3.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | 14.4 | -4.6 | 8.6 | 8.2 | -7.9 | 6.7 | -1.4 | -4.8 | -2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 24.1 | 4.2 | -4.3 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 13.2 | -0.5 | -20.2 | 5.8 | -11.1 |
| 2017 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 7.5 | -2.7 | 2.0 | -0.7 | -2.0 | 15.0 | 6.5 | -0.6 |
| 2016 | -13.2 | -5.9 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 9.6 | -1.0 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 8.9 | -5.7 | -5.0 | -0.1 |
| 2015 | 14.2 | 7.2 | -2.1 | 13.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 23.5 | -4.3 | -0.2 | 22.3 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | -10.1 | 0.9 | -7.1 | -9.6 | 2.8 | 3.9 | -3.6 | 8.3 | -4.9 | -5.3 | 10.9 | -8.3 |
| 2013 | 5.8 | -0.5 | 0.8 | -4.8 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 8.5 | -6.7 | 11.3 | 16.4 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 12.3 | -7.6 | 12.7 | 14.5 | -8.2 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 2.4 | -8.4 | 8.2 | -0.5 |
| 2011 | -5.8 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 8.8 | -3.3 | 0.5 | -1.3 | -9.9 | -10.0 |
| 2010 | -6.8 | -5.6 | 14.7 | 1.0 | -8.5 | -12.9 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 25.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 9.6 | -3.1 | 7.3 | 2.5 | -5.3 | 15.0 | 27.3 | 14.4 | -1.0 |
| 2008 | -16.1 | -17.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 3.8 | -10.2 | 4.1 | 5.9 | -10.0 | -21.3 | -25.4 | 20.1 |
| 2007 | -4.5 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 54.1 | 12.7 | -1.1 | 14.8 | 1.7 | 16.6 | -4.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| 2006 | -4.9 | -16.5 | -2.4 | -3.6 | -1.7 | 11.8 | -30.5 | 14.7 | 4.2 | 18.6 | 5.9 | -2.2 |
| 2005 | -2.4 | -18.6 | -2.6 | -5.6 | 9.7 | -6.8 | 36.5 | -5.4 | 6.1 | -12.0 | 21.6 | -2.7 |
| 2004 | -4.2 | -14.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 12.2 | -28.5 | -2.0 | 7.1 | -16.5 | 16.3 | 11.6 |
| 2003 | 15.7 | 0.7 | 18.3 | 10.2 | 25.1 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 12.4 | -0.8 | -2.5 |
| 2002 | 31.1 | -0.6 | 1.4 | 16.7 | 9.2 | -10.9 | -11.1 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 21.5 | 20.6 | -19.1 |
| 2001 | 11.2 | -41.2 | 0.4 | 54.3 | 5.8 | -15.2 | -11.7 | -28.4 | -33.2 | 16.9 | 62.2 | -4.4 |
| 2000 | -15.2 | 6.7 | -2.7 | -17.6 | -12.5 | -24.8 | -17.0 | 37.8 | -7.4 | -4.7 | -32.6 | -37.0 |
| 1999 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 34.4 | -0.1 | -31.0 | 5.4 | -20.0 | 24.3 | 28.5 | -11.7 | 20.4 | -10.5 |
| 1998 | -2.1 | 30.5 | 11.1 | 7.3 | -4.0 | 126.4 | 11.2 | -24.5 | 33.3 | 13.3 | 51.9 | 67.3 |
| 1997 | · | · | · | · | -23.4 | 2.8 | 55.4 | -2.4 | 85.5 | 17.2 | -18.9 | 21.7 |
| Avg | 3.8 | -2.7 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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AMZN seasonality — average by calendar month
Amazon has monthly history back to 1997. Its strongest month by median is April — positive in 20 of 29 years, median +8.2%, and higher in 6 of the last 9. February is the soft spot, down in 16 of 29 with a median of -0.6%. Across its full record it has closed 59% of months higher, swings ±16.1% in an average month and has fallen 94.4% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +3.8% | -2.7% | +4.6% | +7.9% | +0.9% | +4.4% | +4.6% | +1.5% | +5.6% | +2.9% | +6.7% | +0.5% |
| Win rate | 55%/29 | 45%/29 | 72%/29 | 69%/29 | 60%/30 | 63%/30 | 67%/30 | 50%/30 | 55%/29 | 55%/29 | 72%/29 | 41%/29 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
AMZN risk & extremes
AMZN drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
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Frequently asked questions
What was Amazon's best month?+
Amazon's strongest completed month on record is June 1998, at +126.38%.
What was Amazon's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is February 2001, at -41.16%.
Is Amazon up this year?+
Amazon is up 9.35% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is Amazon's 1-year return?+
+5.94% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is Amazon's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 94.4%, measured on month-end closes since 1997.
Which calendar month is historically best for Amazon?+
April has the highest average return across every completed April since 1997. An average is not a forecast.
About Amazon
Amazon is an S&P 500 company, a consumer discretionary business worth about $2.7 trillion. A bookstore that got wildly out of hand. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1997) would be about $346,559 today.
Did you know?
- Jeff Bezos nearly named it “Cadabra” until a lawyer misheard it as “cadaver”.
- Bezos still owns relentless.com — it redirects to Amazon.
- AWS, born as internal infrastructure, became the profit engine for the whole empire.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.