Sage Advisors LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Sage Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 10.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 28,943 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,730 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 4.4% of Sage Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Sage Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $6,681,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.8% during the third quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.5% in the third quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $292,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,510,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, Doheny Asset Management CA increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the second quarter. Doheny Asset Management CA now owns 17,821 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,910,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on AMZN. President Capital dropped their target price on Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Bank of America lowered their price objective on Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Desjardins raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com to $218.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.59.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar for roughly $9 billion — a deal that would accelerate Project Kuiper and strengthen Amazon’s ability to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — pushed momentum in related space stocks and supports a longer‑term connectivity growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo nudged its price target slightly higher to $305 and reiterated an overweight view, highlighting AWS acceleration and improving free‑cash‑flow prospects — a modest vote of confidence from the Street. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary continues to emphasize AWS as the core long‑term driver for AMZN (AI/cloud infrastructure exposure), keeping longer‑term investor conviction intact even as the stock digests short‑term noise. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon told U.S. and Canadian third‑party sellers it will add a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge to fulfillment fees starting April 17 to offset higher transportation costs driven by the Iran war — a move that could squeeze seller economics, trigger higher prices for consumers, and create seller pushback that weighs on GMV. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The NLRB ruled Amazon must negotiate with a union representing ~5,000 Staten Island warehouse workers — a reminder that labor and unionization risks could increase operating costs and create local disruptions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that an Iranian strike damaged an AWS data center in Bahrain add geopolitical and operational risk for Amazon’s cloud business; investors may demand clarity on outages, redundancy and potential costs. Read More.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $209.77 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.38. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $214.29 and a 200 day moving average of $224.53. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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). 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 period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.86 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

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.