Is Amazon a Better Stock to Buy Right Now Than Costco? The Answer Might Surprise You.

2025 is turning out to be an ugly year so far for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Shares of the e-commerce and cloud services giant have fallen more than 20% year to date as the major market indexes sank. Amazon has even paused moving forward with some new data center leases, according to Wells Fargo analysts. Less than a month ago, CEO Andy Jassy said that he didn't envision the company slowing its plans to build new data centers. Meanwhile, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) hasn't been impacted much at all by the stock market turbulence. Shares of the discount warehouse store operator are up around 7% year to date, nearly as large of a gain as the stock delivered during the first four months of 2024.In short, Costco is off to a solid start this year while Amazon is floundering. But is Amazon a better stock to buy right now than Costco? The answer might surprise you.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool