Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is Maestria Partners LLC’s Largest Position

Maestria Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 147,377 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,210 shares during the period. Amazon.com comprises about 11.2% of Maestria Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Maestria Partners LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $30,694,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 1,633 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $376,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $205,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Western Financial Corp CA raised its stake in Amazon.com by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Western Financial Corp CA now owns 3,076 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $710,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Navalign LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Navalign LLC now owns 13,349 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $3,081,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 27,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 471,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $129,624,275. This represents a 5.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of the firm’s 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 $11,060,750.70. This represents a 18.37% decrease in their position. 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 quarter, insiders have sold 195,774 shares of company stock valued at $51,614,434. Company insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is making a major long-term growth bet by adding another $13 billion to its India investment, bringing planned spending there to $48 billion through 2030 to expand AI, cloud and logistics infrastructure. Amazon to invest additional $13 billion in India
• Positive Sentiment: Prime Day traffic and demand remain a tailwind, with reports showing strong early spending and AI-powered shopping activity supporting the case for a near-term revenue beat. US online spending hits $8.3 billion as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, Adobe says
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is also getting support from investors and analysts, including hedge-fund buying and reiterated buy ratings, which signal continued confidence in AWS, advertising and long-term growth. Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Why These Hedge Fund Heavyweights Are Piling In
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s eero unit gained attention after Kinetic launched AlwaysOn Wi‑Fi powered by eero Signal, a partnership that reinforces Amazon’s ecosystem but is unlikely to move AMZN materially on its own. Kinetic Launches AlwaysOn Wi-Fi Powered by eero Signal
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon also continued to win attention for new AI and cloud integrations, including Bedrock ecosystem expansion and third-party product integrations, which support the AWS growth narrative but are incremental rather than immediate catalysts.
• Negative Sentiment: European regulators said Amazon Web Services may face stricter “gatekeeper” rules under the Digital Markets Act, raising the risk of more compliance costs and possible operating restrictions for AWS in Europe. Amazon, Microsoft cloud computing services should fall under EU tech rules, EU regulators say
• Negative Sentiment: Several reports said AMZN broke below a key technical level and is trading weakly versus the broader market, suggesting the recent pullback may be driven by chart pressure and profit-taking. Amazon Stock Slips Below Key Level On Rough Day For Cloud Hyperscaler Stocks

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on AMZN shares. China Renaissance lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. DZ Bank increased their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. HSBC raised their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $312.78.

Amazon.com Stock Down 3.1%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $227.01 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $255.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $234.14. 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 firm has a market cap of $2.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.44. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $278.56.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The firm had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.59 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current year.

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.