Bleakley Financial Group LLC Purchases 12,103 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 3.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 331,646 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,103 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 1.7% of Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $72,820,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $186,420,422,000 after purchasing an additional 17,447,045 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 374,097,285 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $82,073,203,000 after purchasing an additional 5,163,208 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $47,332,625,000 after buying an additional 3,721,658 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter worth about $27,438,011,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 97,379,134 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $18,527,354,000 after buying an additional 302,858 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $213.49 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The company has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.40. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $224.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $227.16. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $258.60.

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

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total transaction of $1,406,779.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value 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. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 over the last ninety days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Zoox expands robotaxi testing to Phoenix and Dallas and opens an Arizona command hub — reinforces Amazon’s push into autonomous mobility, logistics and edge AI capabilities that could create new service/revenue pathways over time. Amazon’s Zoox to launch command hub in Arizona, expand testing to Dallas and Phoenix
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reaffirms a Buy rating with a $275 price target, citing AI‑led growth and AWS momentum — supports upside expectations and investor confidence. BofA Maintains Buy on Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock
• Positive Sentiment: High‑profile institutional buying: Bill Ackman increased exposure and lists AMZN among top picks — large investor endorsement can support multiple valuation re-ratings. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Among Bill Ackman’s Top Picks
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Pharmacy expands access to Eli Lilly’s Zepbound KwikPen — incremental revenue and margins opportunity in the health/pharmacy vertical. Amazon Pharmacy Expands Access to Eli Lilly’s Zepbound KwikPen
• Neutral Sentiment: Massive capital investment plan (~$200B capex) to scale AI/data‑center capacity — positive for long‑term AWS leadership but increases near‑term cash burn and execution risk. Amazon Just Committed $200 Billion to Capital Expenditures
• Neutral Sentiment: Partner ecosystem momentum (e.g., custom‑silicon and vendor activity) signals sustained AWS demand but binds Amazon to supplier/capex cycles — supportive but timing‑sensitive. Marvell’s Big Earnings Win Could Be the Start of Something Bigger
• Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing outages — highlights geopolitical and physical‑security risks to cloud availability and could increase insurance, redundancy and recovery costs. Iran’s attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain
• Negative Sentiment: Surging oil prices and higher energy costs could pressure data‑center margins and raise operating costs for AWS, while broader macro effects may weigh e‑commerce demand. For Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, $119 Oil Could Be A Ticking Time Bomb
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of robotics unit job cuts highlight restructuring and execution risk as Amazon pivots more heavily into AI and cloud — could signal near‑term cost reductions but also business uncertainty. As Amazon Slashes Robotics Jobs, Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold AMZN Stock?

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Truist Financial reduced their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Monness Crespi & Hardt dropped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Arete Research increased their price target on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

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.