Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Bought by Fiduciary Alliance LLC

Fiduciary Alliance LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 151,653 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,722 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up about 2.2% of Fiduciary Alliance LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest holding. Fiduciary Alliance LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $33,299,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Carderock Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the second quarter worth $27,000. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Amazon.com by 81.9% in the 2nd quarter. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 211 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Ryan Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter worth $48,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth $59,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $227.35 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.43 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.11, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.37. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $229.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $225.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The firm had revenue of $180.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.43 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Amazon.com News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Now — MarketBeat highlights Amazon’s December launch of “Amazon Now” (ultra‑fast urban delivery) as a potential catalyst: faster fulfillment could raise order frequency, deepen Prime engagement and become a meaningful 2026 growth lever if margins hold. Amazon Now Delivery Push Could Boost Its 2026 Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI talks / chip deal — Reports that OpenAI is in talks with Amazon about a large strategic investment and potentially using Amazon’s custom chips would be a direct revenue and strategic win for AWS/Graviton/Trainium silicon and strengthens AMZN’s positioning in AI infrastructure. OpenAI and Amazon in talks for $10 billion funding deal
• Positive Sentiment: AI leadership & org changes — Amazon named a senior AWS veteran to lead a unified AI/chip/quantum organization, a move investors view as accelerating AI R&D and productization that could widen AWS’s competitive moat. Amazon Names New AI Chief To Take On OpenAI, Google & Microsoft
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism — Several firms (including BMO, Bank of America and others) have reaffirmed Buy ratings or raised price targets (BMO to $304), keeping bullish analyst support that helps underpin the rally. BMO Capital Markets Increases Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target to $304.00
• Neutral Sentiment: Grid / power access ruling — A FERC decision to ease colocation of data centers with power plants reduces a potential infrastructure bottleneck for hyperscalers like AWS, but raises regulatory and grid‑cost allocation questions that are mixed for near‑term margins. Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants
• Negative Sentiment: Talent loss to Starbucks — Starbucks hired Anand Varadarajan, a longtime Amazon grocery/supply chain tech leader, which is a small execution risk for Amazon’s grocery tech bench and highlights competition for senior talent. Starbucks hires Amazon grocery tech leader as new CTO amid turnaround push
• Negative Sentiment: Legal & governance pressure — Ongoing litigation tied to delivery‑driver accidents and investor demands for disclosures on immigration policy impacts add legal and operational risk that could pressure costs or require new disclosures. Charleston-Based Law Firm Yarborough Applegate Leads Nation in Holding Amazon Accountable for Delivery Driver Wrecks Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump’s immigration policies

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.94, for a total transaction of $4,311,031.68. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,208,310 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $479,070,771.40. The trade was a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,768 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.90, for a total value of $3,853,879.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 6,273 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,360,613.70. This represents a 73.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 82,234 shares of company stock worth $19,076,767 in the last 90 days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on AMZN shares. HSBC raised their price target on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. President Capital increased their target price on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. DA Davidson upped their price target on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Truist Financial set a $290.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $295.50.

Amazon.com Profile

Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.

Key businesses and offerings include Amazon’s online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.