Fiduciary Alliance LLC cut its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN – Free Report) by 4.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 153,680 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 6,325 shares during the quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $32,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $451,642,000. Narwhal Capital Management lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Narwhal Capital Management now owns 216,606 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $49,997,000 after purchasing an additional 4,854 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 21.0% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 24,653,228 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,690,463,000 after purchasing an additional 4,275,942 shares during the period. Weaver Capital Management LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 13.6% in the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 39,264 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $9,063,000 after buying an additional 4,713 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $8,421,000 after buying an additional 3,196 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity at Amazon.com
In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,060,750.70. The trade was a 18.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,467 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $263.40, for a total transaction of $4,074,007.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 14,159 shares in the company, valued at $3,729,480.60. This represents a 52.21% 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. Insiders sold 194,774 shares of company stock valued at $51,403,934 in the last 90 days. 8.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes
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Amazon.com Price Performance
AMZN stock opened at $241.70 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $254.97 and a 200-day moving average of $234.39. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $196.00 and a 12-month high of $278.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The company has a market cap of $2.60 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.91, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.46.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.59 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Amazon.com News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Reuters reported that online spending rose 5.3% on the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day event, reinforcing expectations for strong e-commerce sales and helping lift sentiment around AMZN. Online Spending Rises 5.3% on First Day of Amazon’s (AMZN) Prime Day, Reuters Reports
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon disclosed a new $1 billion AWS Forward Deployed Engineering unit, aimed at embedding AI engineers with customers to speed enterprise AI adoption — a sign that management sees AI services as a major growth driver for AWS. Amazon’s AWS commits $1 billion toward new unit for embedded AI engineers
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s Prime promotions for fuel and grocery discounts around the July 4 holiday may support membership engagement and near-term retail traffic, adding another tailwind to the consumer story. From the Gas Pump to the Grill: Prime Introduces Summer Savings Just in Time for the Fourth of July
- Positive Sentiment: Several market commentators said Amazon could benefit from rising cloud budgets and broader AI spending, with some analysts arguing AWS is positioned to reap rewards from the enterprise software spending boom. Amazon Could Be About to Reap the Rewards of a Software Spending Boom
- Neutral Sentiment: Meta’s reported push into cloud infrastructure may increase competition for AWS over time, but the move also underscores the strength of the cloud/AI market that Amazon is competing in. Meta Plans Cloud Business to Take on Big Tech Rivals
- Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is also facing headline risk from Australia’s lawsuit over Prime Video ad terms and a separate FTC settlement, but those developments appear more like manageable legal overhangs than a change to the company’s core growth narrative. Australia sues Amazon unit over alleged breach via Prime Video ads
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.
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