MCF Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

MCF Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 27.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 24,756 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,349 shares during the quarter. MCF Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $5,436,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 27.5% in the 3rd quarter. Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd now owns 610,418 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $134,029,000 after buying an additional 131,508 shares during the last quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.3% in the third quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc. now owns 74,346 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $16,324,000 after acquiring an additional 920 shares during the period. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 4.5% in the third quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC now owns 22,626 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $4,968,000 after acquiring an additional 976 shares in the last quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.7% in the third quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH now owns 32,113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $7,051,000 after acquiring an additional 227 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. increased its position in Amazon.com by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. now owns 139,030 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $30,527,000 after purchasing an additional 674 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Citizens Jmp lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 target price (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Wedbush lowered their target price on Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, CICC Research lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $210.00 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $226.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $227.78. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.29, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.40.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. The trade was a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 70,686 shares of company stock worth $14,484,489 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon committed to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI and deepen a strategic partnership that expands cloud & chip relationships — a major long‑term accelerator for AWS revenue and product differentiation. Amazon to invest $50 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: The OpenAI tie includes tighter commercial integration (AWS as a key cloud partner and OpenAI buying Amazon-made AI chips), which supports higher‑margin cloud exposure and possible cross‑sell into Amazon consumer products and services. How Amazon’s massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is expanding data‑center capacity (announced $12B Louisiana investment) to support cloud growth and AI workloads — a direct investment in AWS scale that should underpin long‑term revenue. Amazon.com Data Center Push Continues with $12B Investment in Louisiana
• Positive Sentiment: Notable investors and funds (e.g., Stanley Druckenmiller, some ARK activity) have added to Amazon exposure this quarter, signaling continued institutional conviction in AMZN as an AI/cloud play. Druckenmiller buys Amazon
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in the feed are effectively zero (days‑to‑cover ~0) and appear non‑informative — no clear short squeeze signal from these data entries.
• Negative Sentiment: Market concerns about massive near‑term spending and capex — reports on a potential $200B capex surge and shrinking free cash flow expectations have pressured the stock and prompted investor caution. Will heavy capex spending weigh on Amazon’s AI ambitions?
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: a U.K. appeals court cleared the way for large collective suits from sellers/consumers alleging anticompetitive conduct (potentially ~£4bn), creating a headline legal overhang. Amazon refused permission to appeal go-ahead for UK lawsuits
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst / market signals: Evercore trimmed its price target (from $335 to $285), and there are reports of insider stock sales — both can weigh on sentiment even if strategic fundamentals remain intact. Evercore adjusts price target on Amazon Insider Selling: CEO sells $3.6M

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.