Touchstone Capital Inc. Acquires Shares of 29,723 Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Touchstone Capital Inc. bought a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 29,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $6,526,000. Amazon.com comprises approximately 3.3% of Touchstone Capital Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest holding.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 10.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $885,478,000 after buying an additional 397,007 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $5,495,000 after acquiring an additional 986 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $442,481,000 after acquiring an additional 54,987 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,357,000 after acquiring an additional 1,518 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,153,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amazon.com Price Performance

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $239.30 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $233.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $229.64. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.56 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its 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. The company had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.62% and a net margin of 11.06%.The company’s revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.43 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI — a deal that would deepen Amazon’s AI relationships, drive AWS capacity demand and signal leadership in the AI era; this is being read as a long‑term growth catalyst. Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and big managers remain supportive — Telsey Advisory reiterated an “outperform” rating with a $300 price target and Tsai Capital highlighted AMZN as a high‑conviction idea, both underpinning bullish investor sentiment. Telsey Reaffirms Outperform on Amazon
• Positive Sentiment: AWS continues to land enterprise deals and collaborations (example: NTT DATA strategic agreement), which supports recurring cloud revenue growth independent of retail cycles. NTT DATA Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is closing its Go and Fresh physical stores and refocusing grocery around online/Whole Foods — a strategic retrenchment that cuts cash burn but reduces brick‑and‑mortar exposure. Amazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/sector context: Microsoft’s post‑earnings pullback highlights hyperscaler valuation sensitivity — investors may reprice capital‑intensive AI buildouts, a theme that affects AMZN too. Microsoft Drops After Earnings—Why the Bull Case Holds
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon announced further mass layoffs (about 16,000 corporate roles total; ~1,400 in Seattle, 700 in Bellevue) — cost savings can boost margins but large cuts raise execution, morale and public‑relations risks. Amazon Job Cuts Deliver Another Blow to Seattle Area’s Tech Workforce
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/regulatory risk: reports that Amazon’s AI training datasets contained high volumes of illegal/abusive content could prompt compliance costs, scrutiny, or slower AI rollouts. Amazon Stock Falls as AI Training Data Reveals “High Volume” of Child Abuse Content
• Negative Sentiment: Some large investors have trimmed AMZN positions (reports of Viking/other manager selling), and Bank of America recently lowered its price target — signals that institutional positioning may be shifting and could pressure near‑term sentiment. Billionaire Ole Andreas Halvorsen Dumped His Stakes in Nvidia and Amazon Bank of America Lowers Amazon Price Target

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, Director Keith Brian Alexander sold 900 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.00, for a total transaction of $209,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,170 shares in the company, valued at $1,670,610. The trade was a 11.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the firm’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 sale, the director directly owned 26,148 shares in the company, valued at $5,925,398.28. This trade represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 49,561 shares of company stock valued at $10,989,862 over the last three months. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMZN has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, December 5th. Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $278.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Pivotal Research increased their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. One research 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $295.91.

About Amazon.com

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.