Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) VP Sells $554,900.50 in Stock

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. The trade was a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

Amazon.com Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN traded up $3.29 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $208.56. 40,807,030 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 54,399,594. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60. 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 capitalization of $2.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.09, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.37. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $227.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $228.15.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its earnings results 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). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.86 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large AI/cloud investment tangible — Amazon announced a $12 billion Louisiana data‑center buildout that it will fund and that targets AI/cloud demand, reinforcing AWS growth and capacity plans. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and ratings support — firms and commentators continue to point to accelerating AWS revenue and solid fundamentals (and Moody’s recently affirmed Amazon’s rating with a stable outlook), which underpins the bullish recovery case. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Big capex headline remains the main story — management’s disclosure of roughly $200 billion in AI‑related capital spending is viewed as strategic for leadership but leaves timing and near‑term returns uncertain, driving volatility. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader tech/market pressure is a headwind — market commentary notes the Magnificent Seven are breaking technical levels and macro/financial‑sector caution is increasing, amplifying stock swings for even high‑quality names like AMZN. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: State antitrust action in California — prosecutors asked a judge to enjoin alleged tactics that pressured merchants to avoid cheaper prices elsewhere, raising potential fines, remedies, and reputational risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Europe privacy enforcement — Italy’s data‑protection authority banned an Amazon unit from processing personal data of ~1,800 logistics workers, signaling regulatory friction in EU operations. Read More.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research cut shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. UBS Group set a $311.00 price target on Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Monness Crespi & Hardt dropped their target price on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Arete Research lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 bought a new position in Amazon.com during the third quarter worth $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC increased 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. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% in the fourth quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 87.7% in the fourth quarter. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. now owns 229 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

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.