Foster & Motley Inc. Buys 194 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Foster & Motley Inc. boosted its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 6.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,372 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the period. Foster & Motley Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $642,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LSV Asset Management bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Perritt Capital Management Inc lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 72.7% in the 4th quarter. Perritt Capital Management Inc now owns 190 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Down 1.1%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $229.00 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $224.25 and its 200-day moving average is $207.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $242.52. The firm has a market cap of $2.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.91, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.31.

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

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total transaction of $960,666,409.97. Following the transaction, the insider owned 897,722,088 shares in the company, valued at $201,816,902,603.28. The trade was a 0.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,675,986,299. 9.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on AMZN. Zacks Research cut shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. HSBC upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $240.00 to $256.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Citigroup restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $270.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Tigress Financial upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $262.87.

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.