Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Trading Up 2% – Still a Buy?

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) were up 2% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $212.72 and last traded at $211.74. Approximately 42,072,172 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 19% from the average daily volume of 52,157,855 shares. The stock had previously closed at $207.67.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon rolls out 1‑hour and 3‑hour delivery across many U.S. cities — a move to win quick‑commerce and defend market share vs. Walmart and delivery apps. Faster paid delivery could lift short‑term revenue/market share in essentials and raise customer engagement. Amazon launches 1-hour shipping in US cities to challenge Walmart
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Andy Jassy projects AI could double AWS’s long‑term revenue outlook (to ~$600B/year). Coupled with new deals (including OpenAI distribution via AWS to government customers), this reinforces AWS as the core growth/profit engine. That long‑run thesis is supporting analyst upgrades and price‑target increases. Amazon CEO sees AI doubling AWS sales projections to $600B
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is shifting Prime Day into June — a tactical move to pull demand into Q2 and smooth near‑term results, which could help the company beat near‑term expectations but may create tougher comps later. Amazon’s Prime Day Shift: Why Moving It to June Matters
• Neutral Sentiment: An appeals court has paused a lower‑court injunction involving Perplexity AI agents and Amazon’s systems — a procedural win that eases an immediate legal/operational threat but leaves broader policy questions unresolved. Appeals Court Pauses Order Against Perplexity Bots in Amazon Dispute
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Amazon plans to slash USPS package volume (and that recent USPS contract talks stalled) are introducing execution and timing risk for fulfillment transitions — plus political/media scrutiny. Concerns around logistics disruption and one‑time costs likely weigh on sentiment. Amazon says U.S. Postal Service ‘walked away at the eleventh hour’ in negotiations
• Negative Sentiment: Investor anxiety about Amazon’s large AI capex and recent massive bond issuance is growing — analysts revised hyperscaler debt forecasts after Amazon’s bond sale — and Microsoft is reportedly weighing legal action over a large Amazon‑OpenAI cloud deal, creating regulatory/legal uncertainty that can pressure multiples. Those factors help explain today’s pullback. Analysts revise AI hyperscaler debt forecasts after Amazon bond sale Microsoft weighs legal action over $50 billion Amazon‑OpenAI cloud deal

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on AMZN. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. President Capital reduced their target price on Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded Amazon.com to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $286.93.

Amazon.com Trading Down 2.5%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.27, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.40. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $221.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $226.43.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,461,661.70. This represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739. Corporate insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 113.2% during the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% in the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Finally, Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 900.0% during the fourth quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% 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.