Vestia Personal Wealth Advisors Increases Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Vestia Personal Wealth Advisors increased its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 4,690 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 93 shares during the quarter. Vestia Personal Wealth Advisors’ holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,029,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Carderock Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. grew 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 buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.10, for a total transaction of $542,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 515,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $111,916,569.70. This represents a 0.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,715 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 approximately $26,548,039.20. This represents a 2.22% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 18,313,335 shares of company stock valued at $4,164,795,815. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $225.22 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $2.40 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.28. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month 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. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $226.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $211.58.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.37. The business had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period 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 anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on AMZN. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $254.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Roth Capital set a $250.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Moffett Nathanson boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $253.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Citizens Jmp started coverage on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. They set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus 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.