Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stock Position Decreased by Orange Investment Advisors Inc.

Orange Investment Advisors Inc. cut its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 7.2% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 74,153 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 5,772 shares during the period. Amazon.com comprises 2.1% of Orange Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest position. Orange Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $17,674,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in AMZN. Trust Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 107,563 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 3,414 shares during the period. MilWealth Group LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 79.0% in the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter worth approximately $45,000. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% during the 4th quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 180 shares during the period. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 95.6% in the fourth quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 221 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Evercore raises target on agentic AI potential. Evercore ISI lifted its AMZN price target to $355 from $315.16 and maintained an Outperform rating. The firm believes agentic AI could improve retail growth and strengthen trends across Amazon Web Services (AWS), advertising and e-commerce. Why is Amazon stock surging 4% today
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded Nvidia partnership reinforces AI demand. Amazon plans to add 2 million Nvidia GPUs to its data centers in 2027–2028, bringing its announced commitment to roughly 3 million chips. The spending signals strong expected demand for AWS AI capacity and helped distinguish Amazon positively within the AI infrastructure sector. Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over surging demand
• Positive Sentiment: AWS and AI economics remain major growth catalysts. Reports cited approximately 37% AWS revenue growth to $42.2 billion in the second quarter, while Amazon’s AI and chip businesses each reached annualized revenue run rates above $25 billion. Analysts also highlighted solid retail profitability and long-term cloud adoption. Amazon Stock: AI Investment Gains Momentum as AWS Revenue Surges
• Positive Sentiment: New distribution and energy initiatives support the platform. Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone delivery to nearly 500 U.S. cities by year-end, while new power-purchase agreements add 600 megawatts of carbon-free electricity and support data-center expansion. Amazon is about to six times its drone delivery footprint
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon-backed Zoox is launching robotaxi service in San Francisco, creating a potential long-term growth option but adding an unproven business with significant execution requirements. Amazon-backed Zoox launches robotaxis in San Francisco
• Negative Sentiment: AI spending is raising return-on-investment concerns. The enlarged GPU commitment adds to an already substantial capital budget, prompting investors to question whether AWS demand and AI monetization will justify the cost. Amazon’s post-earnings gains have also partially faded, and billionaire Bill Ackman reportedly shifted from Amazon to Microsoft.
• Negative Sentiment: California litigation over alleged price-fixing remains an overhang, although a judge indicated the state’s request to block Amazon’s practices would likely be denied. Judge likely to deny California’s bid to stop Amazon’s alleged price fixing

Amazon.com Stock Up 4.0%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $266.43 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $196.00 and a twelve month high of $287.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.03. The stock has a market cap of $2.87 trillion, a PE ratio of 21.43, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.45. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $251.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $240.45.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The business had revenue of $200.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $197.03 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.68 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 14,541 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.06, for a total value of $3,766,991.46. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 17,794 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,609,713.64. The trade was a 44.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total transaction of $5,180,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,235,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $579,085,751.66. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 71,589 shares of company stock worth $18,580,205 in the last 90 days. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on AMZN shares. Bank of America raised their price target on Amazon.com from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Roth Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $335.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $323.09.

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.