Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Trading Up 2.2% on Analyst Upgrade

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) rose 2.2% during mid-day trading on Wednesday after Tigress Financial raised their price target on the stock from $305.00 to $315.00. Tigress Financial currently has a buy rating on the stock. Amazon.com traded as high as $213.07 and last traded at $211.71. Approximately 36,073,712 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 29% from the average daily volume of 50,995,246 shares. The stock had previously closed at $207.24.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on AMZN. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. DZ Bank raised Amazon.com to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. 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 research note on Wednesday, February 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $286.66.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total value of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. 9.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS / AI momentum and analyst upgrades — Citi, JPMorgan and other firms raised price targets and reiterated buy/overweight calls citing strong demand for AWS AI infrastructure, which supports a higher long‑term earnings trajectory for Amazon. As Demand for AWS’ AI Surges, Citi and JPMorgan Raise Amazon Price Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition of Fauna Robotics — Amazon bought Fauna to accelerate a consumer/humanoid-robotics push, extending its automation moat (potential long-term revenue streams and cost savings across logistics and new consumer products). Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots
• Positive Sentiment: Logistics automation & last‑mile robotics — coverage highlights Amazon’s continued investment in robotics and pilots to solve post-van delivery bottlenecks, which can lower unit delivery costs over time. Amazon Eyes Delivery Robots as MIT Tackles Warehouse Bottlenecks
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational/customer initiatives — Amazon expanded its FedEx returns network and is testing Prime Shipping pilots and Prime Day timing changes; these can boost convenience and near‑term sales but also raise short-term costs. Amazon Teams With FedEx to Expand Free Returns Program
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/antitrust risk — a new Antitrust Accountability and Transparency bill would make consent-judgment processes more transparent and could complicate merger/settlement outcomes for large platforms like Amazon. New Bill: Senator Amy Klobuchar introduces S. 4107
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and profit‑taking — recent disclosures show sizeable insider sales and large institutional rebalancings; combined with analyst target dispersion, that can pressure the stock near-term. Amazon Stock Opinions on Prime Shipping Pilot Program (includes insider data)
• Negative Sentiment: AWS resiliency questions & small estimate cuts — reports of AWS disruptions in riskier regions and a minor FY2027 estimate trim from Erste add execution and near-term margin uncertainty. Amazon Balances Home Robotics Ambition With AWS Conflict Zone Risks

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,868,735,000. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,272,397,000 after purchasing an additional 98,090,585 shares during the period. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its position in Amazon.com by 20,598.0% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 87,982,814 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $20,308,193,000 after purchasing an additional 87,557,736 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at $11,674,091,000. Finally, Cardano Risk Management B.V. raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 879.4% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 27,862,400 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,431,199,000 after buying an additional 25,017,588 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $2.23 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.40. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $217.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $225.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

About Amazon.com

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.