Barton Investment Management Sells 3,452 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Barton Investment Management lessened its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.7% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 516,445 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 3,452 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 11.7% of Barton Investment Management’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Barton Investment Management’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $113,303,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Carderock Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 81.9% during 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on AMZN. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, September 19th. HSBC boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $256.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $270.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. DA Davidson upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Pivotal Research upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Three 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. According to data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $266.26.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 515,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $111,916,569.70. This represents a 0.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.74, for a total transaction of $3,953,635.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 49,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,914,260. This trade represents a 26.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 10,864,716 shares of company stock valued at $2,486,013,854. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN opened at $213.04 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2.27 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.48, a PEG ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.28. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $225.66 and a 200 day moving average of $212.64. 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 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 results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. The company had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current 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.