CX Institutional Increases Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

CX Institutional boosted its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 13.8% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 155,180 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,808 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up 1.0% of CX Institutional’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. CX Institutional’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $34,073,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 12,565 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,763,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Ridgecrest Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.5% in the second quarter. Ridgecrest Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,399 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,843,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 0.4% during the second quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 12,157 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,667,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. IMPACTfolio LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Union Savings Bank grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,510,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Amazon.com Price Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $231.37 on Thursday. 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, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.68, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.37. The company’s 50 day moving average is $231.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $228.86.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $233.22, for a total transaction of $583,050.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 505,934 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $117,993,927.48. This trade represents a 0.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $226.61, for a total value of $280,316.57. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 26,148 shares in the company, valued at $5,925,398.28. The trade was a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 79,734 shares of company stock worth $18,534,017 in the last three months. 9.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon rolled out a new AI healthcare assistant for One Medical members (uses LLMs, access to medical records for Q&A, scheduling and med management), reinforcing Amazon’s push to monetize AI across services and drive AWS/healthcare revenue. Amazon launches AI health-care tool for One Medical members
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to lift price targets and reiterate buy calls (examples include Arete and Scotiabank raises), signaling Wall Street confidence in AWS/AI-driven margin expansion and supporting upside expectations. Arete adjusts price target on Amazon.com to $283
• Positive Sentiment: BNP Paribas and other shops name AMZN a top pick ahead of Q4 earnings, reflecting confidence that AWS growth and AI tailwinds can re-accelerate profitability. BNP Paribas Names Amazon a Top Pick ahead of Q4 Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are positioning ahead of early-February earnings: high put yields and option activity suggest the market expects volatility and leave room for both a rally (if AWS/AI beats) or a sell-the-news reaction. Is Amazon Too Cheap Ahead of Earnings? Put Yields Are High
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage highlights longer-term growth drivers (emerging markets, logistics scale, AWS AI workloads) that support the bull case but are unlikely to move the stock immediately without earnings confirmation. Emerging Markets Show Strong Growth: Will AMZN Stock Benefit?
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Andy Jassy warned tariffs are beginning to “creep” into product prices as seller inventory buffers run out — a near-term margin/volume headwind for retail and a catalyst for investor concern. Amazon CEO Jassy says Trump’s tariffs have started to ‘creep’ into prices
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced a TeraWave satellite internet push targeting enterprise/government customers — a potential competitor to Amazon’s Project Kuiper and an incremental capex/market-share consideration for cloud/edge services. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
• Negative Sentiment: Raymond James trimmed its target and warned of “agentic commerce” headwinds; Rothschild & Co Redburn cut its PT to $230 — mixed analyst moves add near-term uncertainty and may cap upside until Q4 results. Raymond James Trims Amazon Target, Flags Agentic Commerce Headwinds

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on AMZN. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $340.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Raymond James Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $260.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $295.42.

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.