Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target Raised to $315.00 at Oppenheimer

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its price objective lifted by equities research analysts at Oppenheimer from $305.00 to $315.00 in a report issued on Wednesday, MarketBeat.com reports. The brokerage currently has an “outperform” rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock. Oppenheimer’s target price indicates a potential upside of 27.36% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on AMZN. Arete Research boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $264.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $305.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $295.91.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of Amazon.com stock traded up $2.65 on Wednesday, hitting $247.33. 3,672,978 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 39,483,160. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $232.23 and its 200-day moving average price is $229.37. The company has a market cap of $2.64 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.90, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.37. Amazon.com has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.38. The business had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.53 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.43 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Amazon.com will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $233.22, for a total transaction of $583,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 505,934 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $117,993,927.48. The trade was a 0.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.61, for a total transaction of $280,316.57. Following the sale, the director directly owned 26,148 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,925,398.28. This trade represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 79,734 shares of company stock worth $18,534,017 over the last 90 days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter worth about $27,000. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 81.9% during the second quarter. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 211 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares during the period. Finally, Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon confirmed plans to cut about 16,000 corporate jobs (bringing total cuts to ~30,000 since October), which investors view as a clear cost‑reduction push that should improve operating margins and free cash for higher‑priority AI infrastructure. Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is shutting down Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores and converting some locations into Whole Foods, a move that trims unprofitable retail experiments and concentrates capital and logistics on scalable grocery/delivery operations. Amazon converts Fresh & Go stores (CNBC)
• Neutral Sentiment: Management says cuts and restructurings are aimed at redirecting resources into AI and data‑center capacity — a potential long‑term positive for AWS but one whose net effect depends on execution and timing. Amazon redirects spend to AI/data centers (NYT)
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon faces large near‑term AI capital requirements and operating strain; reports note multi‑billion AI spending plans that could pressure cash flow and margins before cost savings take full effect. AI spending vs. job cuts (Yahoo Finance)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive dynamics in cloud AI are intensifying (e.g., Microsoft’s new Maia 200 inference chip), which could limit AWS pricing power or require further investment to keep pace—an offset to the cost‑cutting story. Maia 200 and cloud competition (MarketBeat)
• Negative Sentiment: An internal email misfire prematurely tipped employees to the layoffs, highlighting operational/communication risks and potential morale/retention headwinds in cloud and engineering teams. Premature layoff email (Reuters)

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.