Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Acquired by American Capital Advisory LLC

American Capital Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 27.2% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 10,280 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,199 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up about 1.0% of American Capital Advisory LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. American Capital Advisory LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,373,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $451,642,000. Weaver Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 13.6% in the fourth quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 39,264 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $9,063,000 after acquiring an additional 4,713 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 9.6% in the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $8,421,000 after acquiring an additional 3,196 shares during the period. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 1.9% in the third quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 239,862 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $52,667,000 after acquiring an additional 4,558 shares during the period. Finally, Culbertson A N & Co. Inc. increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 8.6% in the fourth quarter. Culbertson A N & Co. Inc. now owns 30,444 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $7,027,000 after acquiring an additional 2,412 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street commentary stayed constructive, with multiple reports highlighting AWS strength, AI-driven demand, and a bullish case for Amazon to keep compounding earnings and margins. Why Wall Street Thinks Amazon Stock Can Rally 40% to $370
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America said Amazon’s new Alexa for Shopping could become a long-term retail growth driver and help defend its e-commerce position against AI competitors. Amazon’s Alexa for Shopping seen driving long-term retail growth
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market coverage continued to frame Amazon as a leading AI beneficiary, with fresh pieces pointing to AWS, Trainium chips, and orbit/connectivity ambitions as additional growth levers. Amazon Accelerates Orbital Connectivity & AWS Ambitions – Reiterate Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Top investors were also cited as buying or holding Amazon, including Bill Ackman’s larger position, which may be adding to sentiment around the stock. Billionaire Bill Ackman Piled Into Amazon and Microsoft
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon won a court ruling rejecting a tariff-evasion claim, removing a legal overhang, but it is more of a cleanup item than a major new catalyst. Amazon.com defeats appeal claiming it aided tariff evasion
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insiders, including executives, sold shares under pre-arranged plans; this usually does not signal a change in fundamentals, but it can temper enthusiasm. Amazon insider trades
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon is also facing fresh criticism and policy risk tied to AI energy use, climate goals, and Canadian streaming/content regulation affecting large online platforms. Shareholders Press Big Tech Over AI Energy Use and Climate Goals

Amazon.com Stock Performance

AMZN opened at $268.46 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The company has a market cap of $2.89 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.11, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.46. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $196.00 and a 52-week high of $278.56. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $238.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $231.62.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.28 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The company’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.59 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMZN. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Evercore increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price target (up from $260.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $315.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Maxim Group increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $312.66.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 27,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $7,562,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 471,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,624,275. This trade represents a 5.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 201,026 shares of company stock valued at $49,128,874. Corporate insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

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.