Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is Swiss National Bank’s 4th Largest Position

Swiss National Bank raised its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,690,800 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 6,100 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises approximately 3.6% of Swiss National Bank’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Swiss National Bank owned 0.25% of Amazon.com worth $5,078,192,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. AlphaCore Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 61.3% in the 1st quarter. AlphaCore Capital LLC now owns 77,102 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $14,669,000 after purchasing an additional 29,299 shares during the last quarter. WBH Advisory Inc. lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. WBH Advisory Inc. now owns 16,652 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $3,168,000 after buying an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,773 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,098,000 after buying an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 12.6% in the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 17,873,178 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,400,551,000 after purchasing an additional 2,004,112 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Y.D. More Investments Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 24.9% during the 1st quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd now owns 98,280 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $18,698,000 after acquiring an additional 19,601 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on AMZN. Zacks Research downgraded Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Moffett Nathanson raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $253.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and set a $285.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Two investment 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $262.87.

Insider Activity

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 transaction of $960,666,409.97. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 897,722,088 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. This represents a 0.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,676,032,574. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $232.33 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $242.52. The company has a market cap of $2.48 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.30. 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’s 50-day moving average is $225.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $208.00.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released 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. The business 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%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.26 EPS. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.