Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target Raised to $300.00

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its price objective increased by Telsey Advisory Group from $265.00 to $300.00 in a report released on Friday morning, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have an outperform rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Amazon.com’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.96 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.18 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.42 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.75 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Monness Crespi & Hardt lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $260.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $279.00 target price (up from $271.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $289.88.

Amazon.com Trading Up 9.6%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $244.22 on Friday. Amazon.com has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $250.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $225.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $216.37. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.60 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.23, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.28.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The business had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.53 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.43 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Amazon.com will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 44,110 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,825,943.60. This represents a 23.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed 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 value of $3,953,635.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 49,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,914,260. This trade represents a 26.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 95,411 shares of company stock worth $21,222,702. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $186,420,422,000 after acquiring an additional 17,447,045 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its position in Amazon.com by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 374,097,285 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $82,073,203,000 after acquiring an additional 5,163,208 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $47,332,625,000 after acquiring an additional 3,721,658 shares during the period. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 542,733.6% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 132,641,388 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $29,100,194,000 after acquiring an additional 132,616,953 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,438,011,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.