Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Acquired by ARK Investment Management LLC

ARK Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 86,978 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up about 1.8% of ARK Investment Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. ARK Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $250,213,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter worth about $11,102,000. Western Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.9% in the first quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 140,122 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $26,660,000 after purchasing an additional 1,297 shares during the last quarter. Flaharty Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 87.7% in the first quarter. Flaharty Asset Management LLC now owns 5,088 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $968,000 after purchasing an additional 2,377 shares during the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the first quarter valued at approximately $514,000. Finally, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 6.0% during the second quarter. Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd now owns 1,136,311 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $249,295,000 after buying an additional 63,924 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total transaction of $4,403,237.76. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,178,502 shares in the company, valued at $482,712,473.16. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 22,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.03, for a total transaction of $5,500,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 493,507 shares in the company, valued at approximately $123,391,555.21. The trade was a 4.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 123,300 shares of company stock valued at $28,294,038 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $234.69 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.51 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.29. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $228.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $220.49.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on AMZN. Robert W. Baird set a $285.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Raymond James Financial raised their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $272.00 to $303.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 target price (up previously from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Amazon.com from $269.00 to $295.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $294.15.

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.