William Blair Brokers Lift Earnings Estimates for Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Analysts at William Blair raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Amazon.com in a research note issued to investors on Friday, August 1st. William Blair analyst D. Carden now forecasts that the e-commerce giant will post earnings per share of $1.51 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.49. The consensus estimate for Amazon.com’s current full-year earnings is $6.31 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Amazon.com’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.72 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.50 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.99 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the company. Roth Capital set a $250.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $195.00 price target (down from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Scotiabank upped their target price on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $265.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday. Finally, Westpark Capital reissued a “buy” rating and set a $280.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-seven have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $262.45.

Amazon.com Trading Down 8.3%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $214.75 on Monday. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $151.61 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.31. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $218.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $209.03.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%. The business had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.80 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total value of $960,666,409.97. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 897,722,088 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $201,816,902,603.28. This represents a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders sold a total of 25,099,537 shares of company stock valued at $5,674,394,548 in the last 90 days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Carderock Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the second quarter worth about $27,000. LSV Asset Management bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the first quarter worth about $36,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.