Wedbush Predicts Amazon.com’s FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Amazon.com in a research report issued on Thursday, October 30th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now anticipates that the e-commerce giant will post earnings per share of $7.17 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $6.72. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $280.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Amazon.com’s current full-year earnings is $6.31 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Amazon.com’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.82 EPS.

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

A number of other equities analysts have also issued reports on AMZN. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Pivotal Research increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $289.88.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $244.22 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $225.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $216.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02. The firm has a market cap of $2.60 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.23, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.28. Amazon.com has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $250.50.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,785 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.57, for a total transaction of $3,940,622.45. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,138 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $695,286.66. This trade represents a 85.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $482,712,473.16. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 95,411 shares of company stock valued at $21,222,702. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 542,733.6% during the second 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 buying an additional 132,616,953 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the second quarter worth $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the first quarter worth $11,674,091,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Amazon.com by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $186,420,422,000 after buying an additional 17,447,045 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 22,085.8% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,177,557 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,671,634,000 after buying an additional 12,122,668 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.