1 Stock to Buy, 1 Stock to Sell This Week: Amazon, Lennar
Investing.com | Jun 15, 2025 09:44AM ET
- Fed meeting, FOMC dot-plot, Powell news conference, retail sales, and Israel-Iran conflict will be in focus this week.
- Amazon is a buy as it holds its annual AWS re:Inforce conference.
- Lennar is a sell with shrinking earnings, disappointing guidance on deck.
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U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Friday, and oil prices surged after Iran launched missiles at Israel in response to intensive Israeli strikes aimed at crippling Tehran’s ability to build nuclear weapons.
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Friday’s sell-off dragged the major averages into negative territory on the week. The benchmark S&P 500 declined 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 0.6%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3%.
The holiday-shortened week ahead - which will see U.S. stock markets closed on Thursday in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday - is expected to be another busy one as investors monitor escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.
On the economic calendar, most important will be Tuesday’s U.S. retail sales report, which will shed further light on the health of the economy.
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Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell could offer hints about when rate cuts might start when he speaks in the post-meeting press conference. Along with its policy update, the Fed will release new dot-plot quarterly projections for interest rates, unemployment and inflation.
And while the earnings season is all but over, a few notable companies will report in the coming week, including homebuilder Lennar (NYSE:LEN), IT and consulting services firm Accenture (NYSE:ACN), supermarket chain Kroger (NYSE:KR), and AI stock Jabil Circuit (NYSE:JBL).
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Regardless of which direction the market goes, below I highlight one stock likely to be in demand and another which could see fresh downside. Remember though, my timeframe is just for the week ahead, Monday, June 16 - Friday, June 20.
Stock to Buy: Amazon
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) kicks off its AWS re:Inforce conference in Philadelphia this week, creating a potentially significant catalyst for the e-commerce and cloud computing giant. This annual event is a major catalyst for Amazon shares, with past conferences frequently sparking positive momentum for the stock.
AMZN closed Friday’s session at $212.10, roughly 12% below its record high of $242.52 reached on Feb. 4. With a valuation of $2.25 trillion, Amazon is the fourth most valuable company listed on the U.S. stock exchange.
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The three-day AWS re:Inforce event, starting Monday, provides a platform for Amazon to showcase advancements in its Amazon Web Services division, a critical growth driver for the company. It will focus specifically on security solutions for AWS, featuring a keynote address from Chief Information Security Officer Chris Betz.
Amazon's ability to demonstrate advanced security capabilities integrated within its AWS ecosystem could accelerate enterprise adoption, particularly among larger organizations that have been slower to migrate mission-critical workloads to the cloud.
Historical trading patterns suggest positive momentum for Amazon shares surrounding AWS events. The tech giant has a history of attracting several analyst upgrades in the wake of its conference presentations.
Beyond the immediate catalyst of the re:Inforce event, Amazon continues to indicate strong fundamentals across its key business segments. The company's recent quarterly results showed accelerating AWS growth, while the core e-commerce business demonstrated improved profitability.
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Despite a modest year-to-date dip of 3.3%, financial health for Amazon flashes mostly green lights—its overall InvestingPro score is 3.11 (out of 5), with an ‘EXCELLENT’ growth label, ‘GREAT’ overall health, and ‘EXCELLENT’ profit.
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Stock to Sell: Lennar
Conversely, homebuilder Lennar faces a challenging week as it prepares to release earnings that are expected to disappoint. The outlook appears bleak, with expectations of a significant decline in performance, leaving shares vulnerable to a post-earnings sell-off.
The analyst community has grown increasingly pessimistic about Lennar's near-term prospects, with sentiment decidedly bearish heading into the report. In the weeks preceding the earnings announcement, the company has received 10 downward estimate revisions without a single upward adjustment—a clear sign of deteriorating confidence in Lennar's ability to navigate the current housing market challenges.
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Lennar is scheduled to report fiscal Q2 numbers after the U.S. market closes on Monday at 5:00PM ET. According to the options market, traders are pricing in a swing of 4.9% in either direction for LEN stock following the print.
Wall Street expects a sharp year-on-year decline in Lennar’s performance, with consensus estimates calling for a 43.7% drop in earnings per share to $1.94 and a 6.7% annual decline in revenue to $8.18 billion.
Looking ahead, Lennar is likely to issue muted earnings and sales guidance for the full fiscal year, reflecting ongoing headwinds in the housing market. The outlook is clouded by a tough operating environment for homebuilders, marked by high mortgage rates, softening demand, and economic uncertainty.
Lennar shares have shown vulnerability to earnings disappointments in previous reporting periods, with significant downside volatility following results that missed expectations or included cautious forward guidance.
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The technical picture for LEN stock has deteriorated as well, with shares underperforming the broader market year-to-date. LEN stock ended at $108.61 on Friday, well below its 52-week high of $186.23.
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Disclosure: At the time of writing, I am long on the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq 100 via the SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (SPY), and the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ). I am also long on the Invesco Top QQQ ETF (QBIG), and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP).
I regularly rebalance my portfolio of individual stocks and ETFs based on ongoing risk assessment of both the macroeconomic environment and companies' financials.
The views discussed in this article are solely the opinion of the author and should not be taken as investment advice.
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