Christine Messmer PC Makes New Investment in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Christine Messmer PC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 32,544 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $7,512,000. Amazon.com makes up about 4.9% of Christine Messmer PC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total value of $2,489,273.10. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,060,750.70. This represents a 18.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $263.42, for a total transaction of $5,268,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,205,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $581,042,879.72. The trade was a 0.90% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 195,774 shares of company stock valued at $51,552,494. Corporate insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $274.00 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $244.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $232.34. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.00 and a fifty-two week high of $278.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.95 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.78, a P/E/G ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.01.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.28 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.59 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on AMZN shares. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $320.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Moffett Nathanson upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $298.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective (up from $280.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.66.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Web Services got a major lift from news that Snowflake signed a $6 billion multiyear deal with AWS, underscoring strong demand for Amazon’s cloud infrastructure and AI-related chips. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts and market commentators remain bullish on AMZN, citing AWS acceleration, AI backlog growth, and margin expansion potential; UBS and Bank of America both reiterated constructive views and high price targets. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is also broadening its AI moat by making its shopping AI tools and potentially even SpaceX’s Grok models available through AWS, which could attract more enterprise customers and deepen platform usage. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was helped by coverage arguing Amazon’s AI strategy is differentiated and that its cloud and retail ecosystem could remain a long-term winner as AI spending scales. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Walmart’s expansion of 30-minute delivery adds competitive pressure in fast delivery, but it also confirms Amazon’s fulfillment model is still setting the pace in retail logistics. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s local unit is facing an Australian regulator lawsuit over alleged missing warning labels on children’s backpacks with button batteries, creating a small legal and reputational headwind. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some articles also pointed to heavy AI capex and insider selling, which may remind investors to watch margins and execution even as the growth narrative stays intact. Article Title

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.