SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda Trims Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda reduced its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 81.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 32,880 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 141,020 shares during the period. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $7,219,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of AMZN. Lauterbach Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Lauterbach Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,946 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,086,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Chapman Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Chapman Financial Group LLC now owns 13,780 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $3,026,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. DKRT Investments Corp. raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 12.5% during the third quarter. DKRT Investments Corp. now owns 45,000 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $9,881,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Trustmark Bank Trust Department raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.9% during the third quarter. Trustmark Bank Trust Department now owns 55,503 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $12,187,000 after buying an additional 1,587 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ironsides Asset Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $462,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $209.53 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $223.30 and its 200-day moving average price is $226.84. 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 company has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced 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 net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.86 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research raised its price target to $255 and analysts broadly remain constructive, supporting sentiment that Amazon’s AI/cloud investments can pay off long-term. Wolfe Research Raises Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon plans to move its Prime Day event to late June from July — an earlier Prime Day can shift meaningful revenues into Q2, affecting seasonality and logistics planning for the quarter. Reuters: Prime Day Move
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon won a federal injunction against an AI shopping agent (Perplexity/Comet), preserving control of its buying flow and protecting its commerce moat for now. PYMNTS: Injunction vs Perplexity
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox (Amazon’s autonomous unit) struck a deal with Uber to deploy robotaxis on Uber’s app — a commercial pathway for Zoox that could accelerate revenue optionality for Amazon’s mobility investments. Reuters: Zoox-Uber Deal
• Positive Sentiment: AWS co-sponsored Physical AI fellowship (with Nvidia and MassRobotics) and Amazon is expanding Health AI on its site—both moves underline AWS and Amazon’s push to monetize AI across cloud, healthcare and robotics. PYMNTS: Physical AI Fellowship
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is targeting large bond sales / euro-bond issuance to fund AI capacity (debt-funded CapEx)—this secures funding but increases leverage and investor focus on returns from the spend. FinancialPost: Euro Bond Sale
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon outlined a big multi-year investment in Poland (23 billion zlotys for 2026–2028), signaling continued geographic expansion but also more near-term capex. Reuters: Poland Investment
• Negative Sentiment: Milan prosecutors sought trial for Amazon’s European unit and four executives over alleged €1.2B tax evasion — a significant legal/regulatory overhang that could lead to fines and negative headlines. Reuters: Italian Tax Trial Request
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of retail-site outages and an AI agent giving inaccurate advice prompted Amazon to “put humans back in the loop,” raising operational and reputational risk around fast AI rollouts. Fortune: Site Outages and AI Errors
• Negative Sentiment: FCC chair publicly criticized Amazon over slow satellite launches after Amazon opposed SpaceX’s massive plan — regulatory scrutiny and public spat increase political/regulatory risk on Project Kuiper. CNBC: FCC Criticism

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was 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 owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.25, for a total value of $204,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 521,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $106,487,984.25. This represents a 0.19% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMZN has been the subject of a number of research reports. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 target price (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, December 29th. KeyCorp set a $285.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. One investment 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, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.93.

Amazon.com 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.