Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Bought by Blue Trust Inc.

Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 4.0% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 73,933 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 2,820 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $15,398,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in AMZN. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 1.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 832,274,556 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $158,348,557,000 after buying an additional 8,913,959 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 388,653,121 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $89,708,913,000 after acquiring an additional 6,971,680 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 225,120,994 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $51,753,622,000 after acquiring an additional 2,479,324 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter valued at $32,868,735,000. Finally, Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 27,376.7% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,272,397,000 after acquiring an additional 98,090,585 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMZN has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Piper Sandler set a $330.00 price objective on Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Moffett Nathanson upped their price objective on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Finally, Evercore increased their target price on Amazon.com from $285.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $312.78.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.7%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $238.51 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.57 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.53, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.44. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $255.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $234.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.01. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $196.00 and a 12-month high of $278.56.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total transaction of $2,489,273.10. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,060,750.70. The trade was a 18.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 27,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $7,562,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 471,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,624,275. This represents a 5.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 194,774 shares of company stock valued at $51,403,934. Company insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS launched a new $1 billion Forward Deployed Engineering unit to place AI engineers inside customer organizations, which could accelerate enterprise AI adoption and drive more cloud spending. AWS puts $1 billion into new AI unit to embed engineers with customers, joining growing wave
• Positive Sentiment: A Jefferies survey suggested cloud budgets are still rising, with 95% of IT executives planning higher cloud spending in 2026 and AWS seen as a key beneficiary, easing worries that Amazon is overinvesting in AI infrastructure. Amazon Could Be About to Reap the Rewards of a Software Spending Boom
• Positive Sentiment: Prime Day demand looked strong, with reports pointing to record online spending, which supports Amazon’s retail growth and membership engagement. Amazon Stock Surges 4%: Record $26.4 Billion Prime Day Blowout Crushes Wall Street Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon extended summer savings for Prime members, including fuel and grocery discounts, which may help boost Prime loyalty and shopping activity. From the Gas Pump to the Grill: Prime Introduces Summer Savings Just in Time for the Fourth of July
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst commentary remains generally bullish, with some firms reiterating buy ratings and high price targets, reinforcing a constructive long-term outlook for AMZN.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle an FTC case and now faces an Australian lawsuit over Prime Video ads, adding fresh legal overhang. Australia sues Amazon unit over alleged breach via Prime Video ads
• Negative Sentiment: Broader market sentiment toward megacap AI stocks has weakened as investors question heavy AI spending and valuations, which has pressured Amazon alongside other Magnificent Seven names. Investors are abandoning Mag7 stocks as AI boom transforms

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.