LSV Asset Management Acquires 87,019 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

LSV Asset Management lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 9,064.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 87,979 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 87,019 shares during the quarter. LSV Asset Management’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $19,318,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. bought a new position in Amazon.com in the second quarter valued at approximately $11,102,000. American Capital Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the third quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,774,000 after purchasing an additional 3,152 shares during the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $250,213,000 after purchasing an additional 86,978 shares in the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 16.1% in the 2nd quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 28,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,232,000 after purchasing an additional 3,948 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth $451,642,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last 90 days. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $216.82 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.33 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.24, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $225.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $227.39. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

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

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI strategic partnership validates AWS AI demand — Amazon’s multi‑year deal with OpenAI (including an initial tranche and a potential investment of up to $50B plus large workload commitments) reassures investors that high capex is backed by long‑duration customer demand. Amazon’s OpenAI tie-up ‘positive proof’ for AI growth
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion of AI infrastructure — Amazon is buying a Virginia campus (~$427M) and continuing large data‑center investments to host AI workloads, supporting long‑term AWS revenue growth. Amazon invests $427M in new AI data hub
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street support and high price targets — Many analysts remain bullish (numerous Buy/Outperform ratings and a median price target well above current levels), which provides technical and sentiment support for a rebound. Analyst commentary and price targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Pledge to self‑power AI data centers — Amazon joined other big tech firms in a White House pledge to provide their own power for AI data centers; helpful for long‑run grid resilience but vague on sourcing and near‑term impact. Top tech companies sign Trump’s pledge
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational expansion in retail markets — Initiatives like 15‑minute delivery rollout in Brazil signal growth initiatives in international commerce, but they are incremental vs. the AWS/AI story. Amazon deploys 15-minute delivery in Brazil
• Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged Middle East AWS facilities — Physical damage and prolonged outages in UAE and Bahrain introduce operational risk, customer disruption and potential remediation costs; these headlines have weighed on sentiment periodically. Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran
• Negative Sentiment: Job cuts and robotics scaling back — Recent layoffs in the robotics unit and reports of reduced robot deployments are a reminder of near‑term cost pressures and restructuring that can hurt execution narratives. Amazon cuts more jobs in robotics unit
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — A CEO Form 4 shows a small sale (1,000 shares); while modest in size, continued insider sales across the company are watched by investors as a negative signal. SEC filing: insider sale

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on AMZN shares. KeyCorp set a $285.00 price objective on Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $305.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. Mizuho cut shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. Finally, Citizens Jmp upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a 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 assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.29.

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.