--- title: "Amazon AWS's promising outlook drives stock price increase, Citigroup raises its target price to $285" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/280519140.md" description: "Citigroup raised its target price for Amazon to $285, citing expectations that the demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure will accelerate the expansion of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Analysts maintained a \"Buy\" rating, forecasting that AWS sales will grow by 28% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, 29% for the full year, and 37% in 2027. AI-related workloads are expected to contribute 58% and 72% of the new revenue for AWS. Investors are focused on the company's capacity expansion and profitability, which will impact future growth" datetime: "2026-03-25T19:25:41.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/280519140.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/280519140.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/280519140.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/280519140.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/280519140.md) # Amazon AWS's promising outlook drives stock price increase, Citigroup raises its target price to $285 Citigroup raised its target price for Amazon, citing that the expansion of Amazon Web Services (AWS) will accelerate with the growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Citigroup maintained a "Buy" rating on the stock and raised the target price from $265 to $285. Previously, analysts had increased their revenue expectations for AWS based on Amazon's agreements with OpenAI, Anthropic, and NVIDIA. The firm currently expects AWS sales to grow by 28% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, with an annual growth of 29%, and a 37% increase in 2027. Analysts believe that AI-related workloads will contribute approximately 58% of the new revenue for AWS in 2026, rising to 72% in 2027. Just from Anthropic alone, it is expected to bring in approximately $18 billion and $31 billion in revenue for AWS in 2026 and 2027, respectively. OpenAI may contribute $6 billion and $18 billion during the same period. Long-term infrastructure agreements support these forecasts. For example, AWS has contracts worth billions of dollars related to AI training and computing power. This prediction indicates that an increasing number of companies are leveraging cloud infrastructure to scale their AI models. AWS is well-positioned to benefit from both AI and traditional workloads. Investors will closely monitor the company's capacity expansion and profitability, as these two factors will impact its future growth ### Related Stocks - [Global X E-commerce ETF (EBIZ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EBIZ.US.md) - [VanEck Retail ETF (RTH.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/RTH.US.md) - [ProShares Big Data Refiners ETF (DAT.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DAT.US.md) - [Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X Shares (AMZU.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZU.US.md) - [Global X Cloud Computing ETF (CLOU.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CLOU.US.md) - [Franklin Exponential Data ETF (XDAT.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XDAT.US.md) - [Global X Data Center & Dgtl Infrs ETF (DTCR.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DTCR.US.md) - [iShares U.S. Digital Infras & RE ETF (IDGT.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IDGT.US.md) - [Amplify Online Retail ETF (IBUY.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IBUY.US.md) - [GraniteShares 2x Long AMZN Daily ETF (AMZZ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZZ.US.md) - [Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZN.US.md) - [ProShares Online Retail ETF (ONLN.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ONLN.US.md) - [State Street® SPDR® S&P® Retail ETF (XRT.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XRT.US.md) - [Roundhill AMZN WeeklyPay ETF (AMZW.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZW.US.md) - [Pacer Benchmark Data&Infras RE SCTR ETF (SRVR.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SRVR.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Amazon Gets In Tesla's Turf, Acquires Fauna Robotics To Put 'Sprout' Humanoid In Your Living Room](https://longbridge.com/en/news/280481776.md) - [I thought using AI and vibe coding could protect me from job cuts, but Amazon still laid me off. Here's what I learned.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279919682.md) - [Codenotary Introduces First Autonomous Agentic Platform for Securing and Managing Linux Infrastructure and Securing Code](https://longbridge.com/en/news/280340172.md) - [Amazon (AMZN) Stock Stays Flat After Acquiring Rivr Robototics Startup](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279979222.md) - [Cambria Investment Management L.P. Boosts Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279906291.md)