Amazon.com (AMZN) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) will likely be releasing its Q4 2025 results before the market opens on Thursday, February 5th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.97 per share and revenue of $211.0198 billion for the quarter. Investors may review the information on the company’s upcoming Q4 2025 earning report for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The business had revenue of $180.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.53 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.43 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Amazon.com to post $6 EPS for the current fiscal year and $7 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $243.01 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.60 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.32, a PEG ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.37. Amazon.com has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $232.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $229.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.01.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrade — Oppenheimer raised its price target (to $315) and kept an outperform rating, supporting upside expectations for AMZN. Oppenheimer price target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Cost reduction & refocus — Amazon announced ~16,000 additional corporate job cuts (second round) intended to reduce bureaucracy and reallocate spend toward AI/data-center buildout; the market has cheered potential near-term margin relief. Reuters: Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs
• Neutral Sentiment: Grocery/retail pivot — Amazon is closing Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores and shifting focus to online grocery delivery and expanding Whole Foods conversions; this reduces ongoing retail losses but leaves execution and competitiveness vs. Walmart/Instacart in focus. Forbes: Amazon shifts grocery focus
• Neutral Sentiment: Legal settlement finalized — Amazon agreed to a roughly $309M consumer returns-settlement (already disclosed), a modest one-time cash hit relative to AMZN’s size. TechCrunch: $309M settlement
• Negative Sentiment: Execution and morale risk — a premature internal email leaked planned layoffs, highlighting communication missteps; repeated mass cuts (30k total since October) raise concerns about disruption, talent loss and uncertainty around AI execution. Reuters: misfired internal email
• Negative Sentiment: Product/experiment pullbacks — Amazon is winding down Amazon One (palm ID) and several physical-retail experiments, which signals failed initiatives and narrows future growth vectors in physical retail. Business Insider: Amazon One shutdown

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on AMZN shares. Loop Capital lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Daiwa Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $254.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $260.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. Finally, Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $295.91.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 22,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.03, for a total value of $5,500,660.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 493,507 shares in the company, valued at approximately $123,391,555.21. This trade represents a 4.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.94, for a total value of $4,311,031.68. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,208,310 shares in the company, valued at approximately $479,070,771.40. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 79,734 shares of company stock worth $18,534,017 in the last quarter. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Hancock Whitney Corp increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% during the third quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 493,409 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $108,338,000 after purchasing an additional 1,514 shares during the period. KDT Advisors LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 32.2% in the 3rd quarter. KDT Advisors LLC now owns 3,708 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $814,000 after buying an additional 904 shares in the last quarter. Greenline Partners LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Greenline Partners LLC now owns 44,333 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $9,734,000 after buying an additional 420 shares in the last quarter. Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. now owns 125,929 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $27,650,000 after buying an additional 618 shares during the period. Finally, Harvest Investment Services LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 38.0% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Investment Services LLC now owns 5,563 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,222,000 after buying an additional 1,532 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% 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.