Park Avenue Securities LLC Increases Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 406,691 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 10,259 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up approximately 0.8% of Park Avenue Securities LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $93,872,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC increased its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $107,512,341.02. This trade represents a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at $24,662,702. The trade was a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 in the last three months. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on AMZN. Wedbush reduced their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Daiwa Securities Group reduced their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Monness Crespi & Hardt lowered their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $286.84.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS doubles down on AI infrastructure — Amazon has agreed to buy 1 million Nvidia GPUs through 2027, signaling massive AWS demand for AI inference and reinforcing AWS’s revenue runway. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Delivery automation push — Amazon acquired Rivr, a stair‑climbing delivery‑robot startup, which can reduce last‑mile costs and support scaling of doorstep delivery pilots. This is a strategic operational bet that could lower long‑term delivery costs. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Prime Day moved to June — Pulling Prime Day earlier can front‑load sales into Q2, helping near‑term revenue and advertising trends at a time when quarterly momentum matters to investors. That timing shift is being viewed as a tactical way to support quarterly results. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: New consumer device strategy — Multiple outlets report Amazon is developing an AI‑centric smartphone codenamed “Transformer” built around Alexa and personalization; the project highlights Amazon’s push to embed services but brings execution risk vs. incumbents. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Alexa+ Europe rollout — Amazon is broadening Alexa+ in the U.K., expanding its AI voice footprint which supports services/retention but is incremental to revenue for now. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and valuation concerns persist — Large AI infrastructure orders and Bezos‑linked fundraising chatter underline heavy spending plans; investors remain worried about margin impact and large capital commitments despite long‑term upside. See ongoing debate over Amazon’s aggressive AI spend. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst and insider signals — Wolfe Research trimmed a price target recently and there’s visible insider selling noted in market summaries, which can weigh on near‑term sentiment even amid bullish long‑term analyst views. Read More.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $205.37 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.64, a PEG ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.40. The business’s 50 day moving average is $219.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $226.04. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

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 net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

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.