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Analysts on average expect earnings per share to grow by a sturdy 56% per year through 2018. But even comparing Amazonâs current stock price against estimated 2018 earnings of $16.66 per share yields a P/E ratio of 44. And of course, estimating earnings several years in advance is especially tricky for a company with a bottom line as hard to predict as Amazonâs.
Amazon issued its initial public offering of stock on May 15, 1997, trading under the NASDAQ stock exchange symbol AMZN, at a price of US$18.00 per share ($1.50 after three stock splits in the late 1990s). Amazon's initial business plan was unusual; it did not expect to make a profit for four to five years.