Jones Financial Companies Lllp Increases Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 15.1% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 2,948,468 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 385,847 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 0.4% of Jones Financial Companies Lllp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest holding. Jones Financial Companies Lllp’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $647,967,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the period. PayPay Securities Corp lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during the 3rd quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at $74,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMZN. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Citizens Jmp lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Robert W. Baird set a $285.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Daiwa Securities Group cut their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt lowered their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.30.

Amazon.com Price Performance

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $210.11 on Monday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $161.38 and a 52-week high of $258.60. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $228.22 and a 200 day moving average of $228.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.30, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.Amazon.com’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.86 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $198.37, for a total transaction of $949,002.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 512,109 shares in the company, valued at $101,587,062.33. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 8,284 shares of company stock valued at $1,740,052 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Supreme Court tariff ruling lifts e‑commerce peers and helps Amazon by removing a policy headwind to cross‑border goods and pricing, supporting retail sales momentum. Amazon, Etsy, other e-commerce stocks pop after Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs
• Positive Sentiment: Large cloud demand signal — analysis that Anthropic and other AI firms will pay tens of billions to cloud partners through 2029 boosts the AWS revenue outlook and supports upside for AMZN’s higher‑margin AWS segment. Anthropic to pay cloud partners $80B
• Positive Sentiment: Retail distribution wins — brands like Bath & Body Works launching official Amazon storefronts underscore continued marketplace monetization and third‑party logistics/fulfillment traction. Bath & Body Works launches on Amazon / related marketplace integrations
• Neutral Sentiment: Notable institutional flows are mixed — some prominent investors (Klarman, Pershing Square, others) have added positions while others trimmed; these large moves create headline volatility but are not a clear directional signal. Pershing Square boosts Amazon stake
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider disclosure — CEO Douglas Herrington sold a small block of shares; disclosure matters for transparency but the size is immaterial to overall insider ownership. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: AWS reliability concerns — multiple reports (FT/Reuters/Guardian) say at least two outages last year were linked to Amazon’s internal AI tools (Kiro), raising questions about operational risk as Amazon scales autonomous tooling. Amazon’s cloud unit hit by at least two outages involving AI tools, FT says
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and valuation pressure — analyst notes and price‑target cuts are tied to Amazon’s planned ~$200B CapEx push for AI/data centers in 2026; the spending plan supports long‑term AWS growth but depresses near‑term free cash flow and multiples. Price targets cut as $200B CapEx plan weighs on sentiment
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk — Washington Supreme Court ruled families can sue Amazon over sodium nitrite sales, creating litigation exposure and headline risk that can hit sentiment. Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite, court rules

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.