Best Stocks to Buy: Amazon Stock vs. Alibaba Stock

By Parkev Tatevosian, CFA – Sep 12, 2025 at 7:00AM

NASDAQ: AMZN

Amazon

Market Cap

$2.5T

Today's Change

(0.23%) $0.52

Current Price

$231.75

Price as of September 19, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET

These are excellent companies, but only one can be the better stock in this head-to-head comparison.

Alibaba (BABA 0.20%) and Amazon (AMZN 0.23%) operate similar business models and business segments, which makes this comparison interesting.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Sept. 9, 2025. The video was published on Sept. 11, 2025.

About the Author

A Fool since 2019, and a graduate of Cal State LA with a B.S. in Finance and M.A. in Economics. Parkev is an adjunct professor of Finance and enjoys reading about financial and economic history. You'll often find him writing about stocks in the consumer goods and technology sectors.

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