Maseco LLP Makes New Investment in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Maseco LLP purchased a new stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 523 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $115,000.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Carderock Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the second quarter valued at $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the first quarter valued at $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. raised its position in Amazon.com by 81.9% in the 2nd quarter. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 211 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.10, for a total transaction of $542,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 515,507 shares in the company, valued at approximately $111,916,569.70. This represents a 0.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,715 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.64, for a total value of $601,752.60. Following the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at $26,548,039.20. The trade was a 2.22% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 20,845,122 shares of company stock valued at $4,731,747,929 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $266.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Pivotal Research lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Moffett Nathanson lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $253.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $266.26.

Amazon.com Stock Down 1.3%

AMZN stock opened at $219.51 on Friday. 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 has a market capitalization of $2.34 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.28. The business has a 50-day moving average of $226.55 and a 200-day moving average of $211.02. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share 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.