MontVue Capital Management Inc. Invests $221,000 in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

MontVue Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 1,007 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $221,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Carderock Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake 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 period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.74, for a total value of $3,953,635.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 49,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,914,260. This represents a 26.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.77, for a total value of $973,315,191.49. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 890,273,469 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,777,588,034.13. The trade was a 0.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 18,313,335 shares of company stock worth $4,164,795,815 in the last 90 days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $221.78 on Wednesday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $2.37 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.28. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $226.13 and a 200-day moving average of $211.48.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.80 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on AMZN. Oppenheimer reduced their price target on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded Amazon.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. DA Davidson boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Zacks Research cut Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $272.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $266.26.

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.