Advisors Preferred LLC Makes New Investment in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 25,300 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $4,862,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Madison Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 758,621 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $144,335,000 after purchasing an additional 17,203 shares in the last quarter. Legato Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 69.9% in the 1st quarter. Legato Capital Management LLC now owns 25,275 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $4,809,000 after purchasing an additional 10,399 shares in the last quarter. Forbes J M & Co. LLP increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Forbes J M & Co. LLP now owns 187,255 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $35,627,000 after purchasing an additional 4,422 shares in the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 11.1% in the 1st quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 76,864 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $14,624,000 after purchasing an additional 7,665 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oak Thistle LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter worth $2,710,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total transaction of $960,666,409.97. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 897,722,088 shares in the company, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. The trade was a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders sold 25,012,284 shares of company stock worth $5,656,976,492 in the last quarter. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on AMZN. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 1st. BNP Paribas raised Amazon.com from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $271.00 price objective (up previously from $249.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, July 28th. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.87.

Amazon.com Price Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $221.95 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.37 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02. The business’s fifty day moving average is $222.30 and its 200 day moving average is $208.35. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. The company had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

About Amazon.com

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.