Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Purchased by AlphaQ Advisors LLC

AlphaQ Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 15.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 10,722 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,405 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises about 4.9% of AlphaQ Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. AlphaQ Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,040,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Western Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 140,122 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $26,660,000 after buying an additional 1,297 shares during the period. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at about $514,000. Bearing Point Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at about $12,014,000. Keyvantage Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,735,000. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 61,074 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $13,399,000 after purchasing an additional 3,413 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 897,722,088 shares in the company, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. This represents a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock valued at $5,676,032,574 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $266.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $245.00 to $262.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Citigroup restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.87.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $228.15 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.43 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.30. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $226.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $208.62. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year 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.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued 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. 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 period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.26 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.