In One Chart: Amazon Prime is raising its price: Here’s how much it has gone up over the years

February 3, 2022

Amazon.com Inc. announced Thursday it is increasing prices for the company’s flagship shipping and streaming service Amazon Prime to $139 from $119 a year.

In Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings report, the company disclosed a quarterly profit of $14.3 billion, or $27.75 a share — and Amazon stock
AMZN,
-7.81%
shot up 14% in Thursday’s after-hours session.

Here is how annual prices for Amazon Prime have increased over the years:

“Increasing the fee again this year seems reasonable and would maintain the latest cadence of about four years,” wrote Jefferies analysts led by Brent Thill.

Amazon stock is down 4.78% over the past 12 months, compared to an 18.03% gain for the S&P 500
SPX,
-2.44%
index over the same period.

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