Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) win a patent for “home surveillance” drones, as the Seattle tech giant is moving closer, to making that scenario a real possibility, after winning approval from federal officials this month.
If you are going to spend vacations, somewhere is remote area, the Amazon’s drones can give some extra security around your home also. The patent papers describe a future in which Amazon Inc customers order the drones to hover around a home, and are able to scan for things such as a broken window, a garage door left open, graffiti or a fire etc.
As Amazon envisions, a customer can have a package delivered by drone and then instruct the unmanned aerial vehicle to conduct a “surveillance action,” the authors of the patent wrote.
When the drone detects something awry, a text message or telephone call can be sent to the homeowner or to local authorities.
“An
alert may be provided to multiple recipients, such as a service provider (such
as a security provider), an operator, a user, or a municipal entity such [as] a
police or fire department,” the patent materials say.
Technical Stock Analysis
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Services sector firm, traded 3.91
Million shares in last trading session and stock shed -0.36% with closing price
of $1911.30 per share. Company gross margins represents its total sales revenue
minus its cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by the total sales revenue earned
by the company, expressed as a percentage. And its good to know that the higher
that percentage, the more the company retains on each dollar of sales, to
service its other costs and the debt obligations, and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s
gross margin stands at 41.10%.
Investment Worthy Stock or not?
For personal guess ROI is usually expressed as a percentage and is typically
used for taking any financial decisions, for the purpose of comparing a
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s profitability or to compare the efficiency of
different investments, hence, AMZN return on investment (ROI) is 11.90%.
52-Week Range
52-Week Range are valuable stats for watching Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s
past year fluctuation as that gives investors an idea of how much the security
has moved in the last year and whether it is trading near the top, middle or
bottom of the range. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s stock value has moved
between $1309.11 – 2055.16 in last one year.
Analyst’s Views
Analysts mean target price for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is $2246.75 while
analysts mean recommendation is 1.70.
Stock Performance
Its weekly performance is 2.23% while year to date (YTD) performance is 27.25%.
EPS Growth
Earnings per share growth is defined as the percentage change in normalised
earnings per share over the previous 12 month period to the latest year end. It
gives a good picture of the rate at which a company has grown its
profitability. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s EPS growth this year is
335.70%. For best decision making investors should look at Amazon.com, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AMZN)’s EPS growth for next year stands at 40.09%.
