Shopify vs Amazon
SHOPShopify Inc.vs
AMZNAmazon.com Inc.- Shopify: E-commerce platform for small/medium merchants. The main alternative to selling on Amazon.
- Amazon: Largest online retailer + AWS (the biggest cloud provider). Two very different businesses in one.
- Over the past five years Amazon stock returned +39% versus -16% for Shopify, in USD. Past performance is not a guide to the future.
- They compete in the same space (E-commerce), so many investors simply own both through a broad index fund instead of picking a winner.
Shown in USD. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future results.
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Industry
- E-commerce, Cloud / SaaS
- Big Tech, E-commerce, Cloud / SaaS
- 1Y return (USD)
- -4.2%
- +8.0%
- 3Y return (USD)
- +80.3%
- +82.9%
- 5Y return (USD)
- -16.4%
- +39.5%
- Trades in
- USD
- USD
ShopifySHOPE-commerce platform for small/medium merchants. The main alternative to selling on Amazon.
See full Shopify details →AmazonAMZNLargest online retailer + AWS (the biggest cloud provider). Two very different businesses in one.
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Frequently asked questions
Which performed better, Shopify or Amazon?
Over the past five years Shopify stock returned -16% and Amazon returned +39% in US dollars, so Amazon has been the stronger performer in that window. Past performance says little about the future, which is why the chart on this page lets you check other periods too.
Can I buy both Shopify and Amazon shares?
Yes. Nothing stops you owning both companies, and many investors do exactly that instead of trying to pick the winner. Both are available to investors worldwide through a broker such as Interactive Brokers.
Is it safer to buy an ETF instead?
A broad index fund holds hundreds of companies at once, usually including both of these, so a single bad year at one business barely dents it. Owning individual shares concentrates that risk, which is why many beginners keep single stocks to a small slice of a mostly fund-based portfolio.