ABC Arbitrage SA Acquires Shares of 5,092 Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

ABC Arbitrage SA bought a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 5,092 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $1,118,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 12,565 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,763,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 12,157 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,667,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC boosted its position 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 acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $292,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Union Savings Bank grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on AMZN. CICC Research increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One equities research 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI strategic partnership validates AWS AI demand — Amazon’s multi‑year deal with OpenAI (including an initial tranche and a potential investment of up to $50B plus large workload commitments) reassures investors that high capex is backed by long‑duration customer demand. Amazon’s OpenAI tie-up ‘positive proof’ for AI growth
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion of AI infrastructure — Amazon is buying a Virginia campus (~$427M) and continuing large data‑center investments to host AI workloads, supporting long‑term AWS revenue growth. Amazon invests $427M in new AI data hub
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street support and high price targets — Many analysts remain bullish (numerous Buy/Outperform ratings and a median price target well above current levels), which provides technical and sentiment support for a rebound. Analyst commentary and price targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Pledge to self‑power AI data centers — Amazon joined other big tech firms in a White House pledge to provide their own power for AI data centers; helpful for long‑run grid resilience but vague on sourcing and near‑term impact. Top tech companies sign Trump’s pledge
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational expansion in retail markets — Initiatives like 15‑minute delivery rollout in Brazil signal growth initiatives in international commerce, but they are incremental vs. the AWS/AI story. Amazon deploys 15-minute delivery in Brazil
• Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged Middle East AWS facilities — Physical damage and prolonged outages in UAE and Bahrain introduce operational risk, customer disruption and potential remediation costs; these headlines have weighed on sentiment periodically. Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran
• Negative Sentiment: Job cuts and robotics scaling back — Recent layoffs in the robotics unit and reports of reduced robot deployments are a reminder of near‑term cost pressures and restructuring that can hurt execution narratives. Amazon cuts more jobs in robotics unit
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — A CEO Form 4 shows a small sale (1,000 shares); while modest in size, continued insider sales across the company are watched by investors as a negative signal. SEC filing: insider sale

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $216.82 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $225.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $227.39. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60. The company has a market capitalization of $2.33 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40.

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

Amazon.com Company 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.