Uniting Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 64.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 14,749 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 5,759 shares during the period. Uniting Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $3,238,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in Amazon.com during the third quarter worth about $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares during the period. Cooksen Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 62.3% in the 3rd quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on AMZN shares. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th. Wedbush cut their target price on Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Maxim Group lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Arete Research upped their price target on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.
Insider Activity at Amazon.com
In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.
Amazon.com Stock Down 2.6%
NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $213.31 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $224.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $227.21. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.29 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.40.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company’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. Research analysts anticipate 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: AWS launched an agentic healthcare AI product (Amazon Connect Health) that expands high‑margin cloud workloads into regulated healthcare, offering a tangible new revenue stream for AWS. Amazon launches AI-enabled platform to automate healthcare administrative tasks
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon continues to host Anthropic’s Claude for non‑defense workloads after Pentagon concerns, preserving a key AI partner relationship that supports continued AWS AI demand. Amazon says customers can keep using Anthropic’s Claude on its cloud for non-defense workloads
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and active managers are adding conviction: BofA and TD Cowen reiterations and ARK/other fund buys signal analyst and institutional support for an AWS‑led re‑rating. Anthropic growth set to boost Amazon’s AWS revenue acceleration, says Bank of America
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon Data Services’ $427M acquisition of George Washington University’s Virginia campus signals longer‑term AWS capacity expansion (infra investment that supports growth). Amazon (AMZN) Buys George Washington University’s Virginia Campus for $427 Million
- Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined a non‑binding White House “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” to cover data‑center power upgrade costs — removes some political overhang but is unlikely to change near‑term economics materially. Tech Giants Sign Ratepayer Protection Pledge On Power For Data Centers
- Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest entries reported are effectively meaningless (zero/NaN in feeds) and don’t provide a reliable signal for current positioning. SEC Form 4 — insider sale disclosure
- Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical / operational risk spiked after reported drone strikes and attacks on AWS data centers in the Gulf (UAE/Bahrain), causing regional outages and highlighting potential disruption, repair and insurance exposures. Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive
- Negative Sentiment: Customer‑facing outages (site/checkout issues) and Downdetector spikes this week are short‑term hits to sales and reputation that can pressure near‑term revenue and sentiment. Amazon online store suffers outage for some users
- Negative Sentiment: Amazon cut ~100 white‑collar roles in its robotics division — cost‑cutting that could help margins but also signals program disruptions and execution risk in a strategic automation area. Amazon eliminates 100 white-collar jobs in robotics team
- Negative Sentiment: Insider selling (CEO disclosed sale of 1,000 shares) is modest but can add to short‑term negative sentiment when combined with other headwinds. SEC Form 4 — insider sale disclosure
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.
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