Whipplewood Advisors LLC Cuts Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Whipplewood Advisors LLC lessened its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 63.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,920 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 5,086 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $641,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 12,565 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,763,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Probity Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 12,157 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,667,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $269,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $292,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Union Savings Bank raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street / media bullish on AMZN as an AI play — high‑profile endorsements and buy calls highlight AWS as the primary upside catalyst for valuation re-rating. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AWS product expansion into healthcare (agentic AI for administrative tasks) raises addressable market and recurring cloud workloads for a high‑margin business. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and institutional buying (Bank of America bullish on Anthropic tie‑ups; ARK and others adding stock) reinforce the narrative that AI partnerships and large customer commitments will underpin AWS growth. Read More. and Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Tangible capacity build — Amazon Data Services bought a $427M campus (Virginia) to expand cloud infrastructure, supporting long‑term AI capex deployment and revenue visibility for AWS. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined a White House “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” to cover AI data‑center power costs — removes some political/PR uncertainty but is non‑binding and unlikely to change near‑term margins. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical / physical risk to AWS: drone strikes damaged or disrupted data centres in the Gulf region, causing outages and highlighting operational/geopolitical exposure for critical cloud infrastructure. Read More. and Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Service disruptions and outages (site and some AWS services affected) are a near‑term revenue/PR headwind and raise questions about redundancy and customer risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Cost‑cutting and execution risk: layoffs in the robotics unit (~100 roles) signal continued restructuring and possible delays to robotics initiatives that were strategic for fulfillment efficiency. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Ongoing insider selling (small CEO sale disclosed) can weigh on sentiment even if economically immaterial vs. institutional flows. Read More.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on AMZN. Raymond James Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $260.00 to $225.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Argus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. UBS Group set a $311.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Telsey Advisory Group reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their target price on Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

AMZN opened at $218.94 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $225.21 and its 200-day moving average is $227.33. The stock has a market cap of $2.35 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. Company insiders own 9.70% 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.