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WHY IS AMAZON.COM, INC. (AMZN) THE BEST CONSUMER CYCLICAL STOCK TO BUY NOW?

PUBLISHED ON JULY 2, 2024 AT 10:55 AM BY RAMISH CHEEMA IN NEWS

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We recently compiled a list of the 10 Best Consumer Cyclical Stocks To Buy Now.
In this article, we are going to take a look at where Amazon.com, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AMZN) stands against the other consumer cyclical stocks.



Consumer cyclical stocks are highly correlated with the economic cycle. Ideally,
you’d want to buy them near the bottom of a recession when their prices are
lower, anticipating a recovery and rising consumer spending. Essentially, owning
consumer cyclical stocks is a bet that the economy will be growing in the near
future. This is in contrast to consumer staples, or consumer defensive, stocks
which allow investors to position their portfolio to hedge losses in the case of
an economic downturn.



Since consumer cyclical stocks are riskier than their defensive counterparts,
they offer higher returns and also come with the corresponding increase in risk.
Additionally, while determining the risk of consumer defensive stocks might be
relatively easy and off the bat calculations can be used, conducting the same
exercise for cyclical stocks is trickier. Investors determine a stock’s risk by
calculating its beta (β), which measures the tendency of a stock to move with
the broader market. Stocks with a β greater than one are more volatile, those
with a β less than one are less volatile, and a few (like gold mining stocks)
can even have a negative β that makes their share prices move in opposition to
the market.




So why is measuring the risk of cyclical stocks tricky? Well, research shows
that investors can either rely on a ‘reasonable’ β estimate of 0.7 for defensive
stocks or narrow them down by stock sector to define a β that ranges between 0.6
to 0.8. On the flip side, similar shortcuts are unadvised for calculating the β
for consumer cyclical stocks. To determine the risk of these stocks, a case by
case approach that takes into account the earnings volatility of a firm and the
overall business model is recommended.

Building on this, consumer cyclical stocks are dependent on the business cycle
for their performance. In fact, data shows that if you’re able to time the
business cycle, then investing in consumer staples stocks can provide an
opportunity to lead all other market sectors in terms of return. The business
cycle is broadly divided into four phases, the early, mid, late, and recession
phases. Each phase is marked by unique economic characteristics, and research
shows that consumer cyclical stocks perform the best during the first phase.
This phase marks the start of a new business cycle after the previous cycle’s
recession phase has ended, and its biggest traits are low interest rates and an
uptick in economic activity.

Research shows that the first phase of the business cycle is the one that
features the highest sector differentiated performance, with the difference
between returns spreading to 25 percentage points. The stocks that lead the
returns in this period are consumer cyclical stocks since lower interest rates
and an uptick in economic activity allow consumers to have higher discretionary
spending and enable businesses to expand operations through easy credit. The
‘hit rate’ (which measures the percentage of time periods in the business cycle
periods in different cycles over time where the sector outperformed) of cyclical
stocks during the early phase is 100%, which ties in with the performance of
consumer staples in the late stage among all seven stock market sector
performance across all phases of the business cycle. In terms of average
returns, consumer cyclical stocks return roughly 12% as a category, implying
that individual stocks will offer higher returns as the data is influenced by
outliers to a large extent.

Since consumer cyclical stocks are dependent on business cycles to a large
extent and also rely on robust consumer spending, the next step in analyzing
their performance is to see how spending varies within the cycle. Estimating
what stage of the business cycle we’re in is a tricky process, and analysts at
the investment bank Morgan Stanley have tried to do so. Their research shows
that we are currently in the downturn phase of the cycle, which precedes the
early stage we’ve talked about above. We can also try to determine the business
cycle’s stage ourselves. Right now, inflation is still trending above trend in
America (2.6% PCE in May vs 2% preferred), first quarter GDP growth slowed down
(1.6% in Q1 from 3.4% in Q4 2023), and inventories at retailers jumped by 1%
annually in February. These three metrics suggest that we might be in the late
stage of the business cycle which typically precedes a recession. Consumer
spending slows down in the late stages of the business cycles, the downturn and
the recession, and neither cycle stage bodes well for consumer cyclical stocks.
A key indicator of consumer spending is consumer confidence as it indicates
future economic perceptions. On this front, US consumer confidence in March,
April, May, and June stood at 103.1, 97, 101.3, and 100.4, respectively. A lower
value signals lower confidence, and a value under 80 can signal a recession.

Topping our analysis, let’s take a look at how consumer cyclical stocks have
recently fared to check whether the conclusions we’ve reached above are
supported by stock market performance. As a refresher, 2024 has been
characterized by investors pushing forward interest rate cut expectations and
seeking shelter in a few stocks characterized by their strong exposure to the
artificial intelligence industry. Two of the most popular consumer staples and
defensive stock indexes are those managed by the S&P. Looking at their
performance over the past twelve months, these are up by 14.8% and 5.8%,
respectively. This is unsurprising since the US GDP has defied expectations
during this time period, as it grew by 4.9% and 3.4% in Q3 and Q4 2023 and beat
analyst expectations.

However, Q1 2024 GDP growth slowed down to 1.6%, which not only missed analyst
estimates of 2.4% but also came with some rather ill-boding expectations for
consumer cyclical stocks as spending growth slowed down from its 3.3% growth in
the previous quarter to 2.5% in Q1. This figure also sat well below Wall
Street’s 3% estimate. The data was released in April, and the previous release
which saw the 0.4% inflation reading for March outdo analyst estimates triggered
a 6% drop in the consumer cyclical stock index over the next nine days. Since
then, the index has gained 6.57%.

Our Methodology

To select the best consumer cyclical stocks to buy, we ranked the 40 biggest
consumer cyclical stocks in terms of market capitalization stocks by the number
of hedge funds that had held a stake in them during Q1 2024. Why are we
interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our
research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock
picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14
small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May
2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).

A customer entering an internet retail store, illustrating the convenience of
online shopping.


AMAZON.COM, INC. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Number of Hedge Fund Investors In Q1 2024: 302

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is the world’s largest eCommerce provider, which
allows it to command a substantial market. Its market size means the firm has to
keep its focus on maintaining efficiency metrics to ensure that it does not lose
market share to emerging competitors. Some of the metrics that Amazon.com, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AMZN) needs to keep its eye on are increasing the number of day
deliveries, reducing costs, optimizing its fulfillment network, and improving
engagement with sellers to provide them with added value. Additionally,
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is also one of the biggest cloud computing
providers in America. With considerable resources at its disposal, the firm has
a robust semiconductor design division, and its partnership with AI firm
Anthropic provides it with runway to make more moves in the AI sphere –
particularly when it comes to developing AI chips to reduce dependence on
NVIDIA’s products. Finally, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) also relies on its
vast user base to run advertisements for its customers, and like the rest of its
business divisions (eCommerce and Cloud) this segment is also vulnerable to any
economic slowdown that affects business spending.



Since cost control is one of the lesser talked about aspects of Amazon.com, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AMZN)’s business success, here’s what Alphyn Capital had to say in its
Q1 2024 investor letter:

> My previous analysis (Q4 2022 letter) highlighted the significant growth in
> Amazon’s fulfillment expenses since 2015, masking the true earnings potential
> of its retail business. Though initially costly, the recent restructuring into
> regional fulfillment centers has yielded lower fulfillment costs and faster
> shipping times, leading to increased purchase frequency, especially among
> Prime members.
> 
> Following the regionalization effort, over the last couple of years, Amazon
> prioritized cost control and reduced capital expenditures. At a high level,
> the North American segment’s operating income swung from a $240 million loss
> in 2022 to a healthy $6.4 billion profit (6% margin) in 2023. Combined with
> continued strength in AWS and advertising, Amazon’s free cash flow (as
> reported, excluding equipment finance leases and principal repayments) surged
> from negative $13 billion to positive $36 billion.
> 
> Amazon stands out for pioneering the public market strategy of prioritizing
> long-term growth through sustained low margins and reinvestment, with the
> ability to later “turn on the taps” for profit. While many public tech
> companies have tried to replicate this approach, Amazon’s scale and execution
> capabilities make it one of the few that have successfully pulled it off.

Overall AMZN ranks 1st on our list of the consumer cyclical stocks to buy. You
can visit 10 Best Consumer Cyclical Stocks To Buy Now to see the other consumer
cyclical stocks that are on hedge funds’ radar. While we acknowledge the
potential of AMZN as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI
stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a
shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising
than AMZN but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our
report about the cheapest AI stock.

READ NEXT: Analyst Sees a New $25 Billion “Opportunity” for NVIDIA and Jim
Cramer is Recommending These 10 Stocks in June.

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