Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) have earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the sixty-one analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, fifty-six have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $295.7818.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on AMZN. Loop Capital lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Mizuho cut shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. BNP Paribas began coverage on Amazon.com in a research report on Monday. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on Amazon.com from $278.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Pivotal Research raised their price target on Amazon.com from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st.

Amazon.com Stock Up 1.8%

AMZN opened at $233.30 on Friday. 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 company has a market cap of $2.49 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.56, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.29. Amazon.com has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The business’s fifty day moving average is $227.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $222.97.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.43 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts anticipate that Amazon.com will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 22,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.03, for a total value of $5,500,660.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 493,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $123,391,555.21. The trade was a 4.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,768 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.90, for a total transaction of $3,853,879.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 6,273 shares in the company, valued at $1,360,613.70. The trade was a 73.91% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 82,234 shares of company stock worth $19,052,442 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC increased its stake in shares of 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 valued at $29,100,194,000 after acquiring an additional 132,616,953 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the second quarter worth approximately $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the first quarter valued at approximately $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 purchasing 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 purchasing an additional 12,122,668 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently 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.