Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is Townsquare Capital LLC’s 7th Largest Position

Townsquare Capital LLC trimmed its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 31.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 73,519 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 33,741 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 2.4% of Townsquare Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Townsquare Capital LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $16,143,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.7% in the third quarter. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO now owns 9,584 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,104,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Aspetuck Financial Management LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 0.3% during the third quarter. Aspetuck Financial Management LLC now owns 15,260 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,351,000 after buying an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Argent Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 13.4% during the third quarter. Argent Advisors Inc. now owns 14,769 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,243,000 after buying an additional 1,747 shares during the last quarter. Pegasus Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Pegasus Asset Management Inc. now owns 38,386 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $8,428,000 after buying an additional 270 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meridian Management Co. increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Meridian Management Co. now owns 29,274 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,428,000 after acquiring an additional 152 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large cloud demand signal — Anthropic expects to pay cloud partners at least $80B through 2029, implying meaningful multi-year revenue opportunity for AWS. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Marketplace expansion — Bath & Body Works launched an authorized Amazon storefront, showing brands continue to embrace Amazon’s logistics and reach, supporting retail GMV growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Large investors adding positions — Some funds (e.g., Pershing Square, Glenview, others) have increased stakes recently, signalling conviction among active managers that AWS/AI upside is underappreciated. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Scale milestone — Amazon overtook Walmart for top Fortune 500 revenue, a symbolic win that underscores its scale across retail, cloud and ads. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider disclosure — CEO Douglas Herrington sold a small block of shares; disclosure is routine and the sale is minor relative to total insider holdings. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed institutional flows — A flurry of fund filings shows both sizable buys and trims across institutions, creating two-way pressure on the stock. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: AWS outages tied to internal AI tooling — At least two cloud outages in December were linked to Amazon’s own AI coding assistant (Kiro), including a ~13-hour outage; operational risk raised for AWS reliability. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx shock and sell‑side pressure — Amazon’s plan for roughly $200B of 2026 CapEx has prompted price‑target cuts and concerns about near-term free cash flow and valuation. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Legal exposure — The Washington Supreme Court ruled Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite sold on its platform, increasing litigation and regulatory risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile selling — Berkshire Hathaway materially trimmed its Amazon holding, a headline that has amplified negative sentiment even as other funds add exposure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: R&D/automation setback — Amazon halted its Blue Jay warehouse robot project after months, highlighting execution risk on automation initiatives. Read More.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Susquehanna set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Barclays restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Zacks Research cut Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, January 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Citizens Jmp lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.30.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $198.37, for a total value of $949,002.08. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 512,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $101,587,062.33. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 8,284 shares of company stock worth $1,740,052. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.0%

AMZN opened at $204.86 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $228.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $228.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.57, a PEG ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.86 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Amazon.com

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.