First Financial Corp IN Has $2.38 Million Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

First Financial Corp IN grew its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 13.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,843 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,244 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises approximately 1.1% of First Financial Corp IN’s holdings, making the stock its 18th largest holding. First Financial Corp IN’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,379,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 304,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 2,145 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, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total value of $4,403,237.76. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares in the company, valued at $482,712,473.16. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,715 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.64, for a total transaction of $601,752.60. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,548,039.20. This represents a 2.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 25,097,911 shares of company stock valued at $5,676,032,574 over the last quarter. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $231.48 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $227.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $209.43. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.29, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.30. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. 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 (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.37. The firm had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The company’s revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Amazon.com from $245.00 to $262.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Scotiabank increased their target price on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Two 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.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.30.

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.