S&CO Inc. Purchases 9,256 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

S&CO Inc. boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 6.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 162,743 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,256 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 2.1% of S&CO Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. S&CO Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $30,963,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $60,539,000. RD Finance Ltd purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $7,304,000. FSA Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 12.5% during the 1st quarter. FSA Advisors Inc. now owns 3,948 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $751,000 after buying an additional 438 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 6.8% during the 1st quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,576,374 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $680,441,000 after buying an additional 227,653 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 43.9% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 152,787 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $29,069,000 after buying an additional 46,634 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total value of $4,403,237.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,178,502 shares in the company, valued at $482,712,473.16. The trade was a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.74, for a total value of $3,953,635.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 49,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,914,260. The trade was a 26.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 25,097,911 shares of company stock valued at $5,675,986,299 over the last three months. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Down 1.1%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $229.00 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $242.52. The company has a market cap of $2.44 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.31. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $224.25 and a 200-day simple moving average of $208.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

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, topping the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. The business had revenue of $167.70 billion during 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%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMZN has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Roth Capital set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $285.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.87.

Amazon.com 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.