Arcataur Capital Management LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Arcataur Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,548 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 52 shares during the quarter. Arcataur Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,437,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Kidder Stephen W increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.5% in the second quarter. Kidder Stephen W now owns 63,149 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $13,854,000 after purchasing an additional 296 shares in the last quarter. Hendley & Co. Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 32.9% during the 2nd quarter. Hendley & Co. Inc. now owns 46,875 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $10,284,000 after buying an additional 11,600 shares in the last quarter. Secured Retirement Advisors LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Secured Retirement Advisors LLC now owns 16,865 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,700,000 after buying an additional 203 shares in the last quarter. NBT Bank N A NY raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.4% during the second quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 99,047 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $21,730,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360 shares during the period. Finally, Abel Hall LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 7.3% in the second quarter. Abel Hall LLC now owns 12,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,795,000 after acquiring an additional 863 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total value of $4,403,237.76. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares in the company, valued at $482,712,473.16. The trade was a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.76, for a total transaction of $3,022,853.20. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 44,110 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,825,943.60. This trade represents a 23.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 97,911 shares of company stock worth $21,765,202. Insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.4%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $224.21 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $2.39 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.18, a PEG 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’s 50-day moving average price is $225.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $214.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The company had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.80 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $269.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $260.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Zacks Research upgraded Amazon.com from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $288.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Four 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. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $268.69.

About Amazon.com

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.