Xponance Inc. Decreases Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Xponance Inc. lowered its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,087,397 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 114,700 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up 3.6% of Xponance Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $458,330,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 10.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $885,478,000 after buying an additional 397,007 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,495,000 after buying an additional 986 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $442,481,000 after acquiring an additional 54,987 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,357,000 after acquiring an additional 1,518 shares during the period. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,153,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullishness — Wolfe Research raised its price target to $255, reiterating an outperform view and reinforcing buy-side confidence. Wolfe Research Increases Amazon.com Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: Huge demand for Amazon debt — Amazon’s jumbo bond offering drew enormous investor interest (reports of ~$126B in orders), signaling fixed-income investors back the company’s AI buildout. Strong demand eases funding risk for capex. Bond Sale Draws $126 Billion
• Positive Sentiment: Health AI rollout expands — Amazon scaled its Health AI assistant to the wider site and app, increasing potential monetization via One Medical integration and AWS healthcare tooling. This accelerates higher-margin services revenue. Amazon launches healthcare AI assistant
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships and infrastructure — Zoox’s multi-year tie-up with Uber and new large robotics fulfillment centers (Australia, Poland investment plans) support long-term growth in logistics and AV services. Zoox and Uber tie up Amazon plans to invest in Poland
• Positive Sentiment: Legal win protecting marketplace — A court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity’s AI shopping agent from accessing Amazon, supporting Amazon’s control of its platform and merchant economics. Amazon wins court order vs Perplexity
• Neutral Sentiment: Planned bond sale size — Amazon is targeting $37–$42B in bonds to fund AI capex. While demand is strong, the sheer size increases leverage and long-term interest costs to monitor. Amazon targeting $37–$42B bond sale

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value 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 represents a 2.20% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Evercore dropped their price objective on Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. New Street Research cut their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $350.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Citizens Jmp boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $286.93.

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.8%

Amazon.com stock opened at $212.65 on Thursday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $223.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $226.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a market cap of $2.28 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.66, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its earnings results 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). 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.86 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.