Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Bought by Czech National Bank

Czech National Bank raised its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 6.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,464,884 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 155,322 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for 3.7% of Czech National Bank’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Czech National Bank’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $541,215,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $186,420,422,000 after acquiring an additional 17,447,045 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 374,097,285 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $82,073,203,000 after purchasing an additional 5,163,208 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 1.7% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $47,332,625,000 after purchasing an additional 3,721,658 shares during the period. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC lifted its stake 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 purchasing an additional 132,616,953 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the second quarter worth $27,438,011,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amazon.com Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $227.35 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $258.60. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $229.52 and its 200 day moving average price is $225.52. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a market cap of $2.43 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The company had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.53 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.43 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 8,173 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.03, for a total value of $2,043,495.19. Following the sale, the director directly owned 80,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,009,900.90. This trade represents a 9.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,768 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.90, for a total value of $3,853,879.20. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 6,273 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,360,613.70. This trade represents a 73.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 82,234 shares of company stock valued at $19,076,767 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Now — MarketBeat highlights Amazon’s December launch of “Amazon Now” (ultra‑fast urban delivery) as a potential catalyst: faster fulfillment could raise order frequency, deepen Prime engagement and become a meaningful 2026 growth lever if margins hold. Amazon Now Delivery Push Could Boost Its 2026 Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI talks / chip deal — Reports that OpenAI is in talks with Amazon about a large strategic investment and potentially using Amazon’s custom chips would be a direct revenue and strategic win for AWS/Graviton/Trainium silicon and strengthens AMZN’s positioning in AI infrastructure. OpenAI and Amazon in talks for $10 billion funding deal
• Positive Sentiment: AI leadership & org changes — Amazon named a senior AWS veteran to lead a unified AI/chip/quantum organization, a move investors view as accelerating AI R&D and productization that could widen AWS’s competitive moat. Amazon Names New AI Chief To Take On OpenAI, Google & Microsoft
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism — Several firms (including BMO, Bank of America and others) have reaffirmed Buy ratings or raised price targets (BMO to $304), keeping bullish analyst support that helps underpin the rally. BMO Capital Markets Increases Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target to $304.00
• Neutral Sentiment: Grid / power access ruling — A FERC decision to ease colocation of data centers with power plants reduces a potential infrastructure bottleneck for hyperscalers like AWS, but raises regulatory and grid‑cost allocation questions that are mixed for near‑term margins. Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants
• Negative Sentiment: Talent loss to Starbucks — Starbucks hired Anand Varadarajan, a longtime Amazon grocery/supply chain tech leader, which is a small execution risk for Amazon’s grocery tech bench and highlights competition for senior talent. Starbucks hires Amazon grocery tech leader as new CTO amid turnaround push
• Negative Sentiment: Legal & governance pressure — Ongoing litigation tied to delivery‑driver accidents and investor demands for disclosures on immigration policy impacts add legal and operational risk that could pressure costs or require new disclosures. Charleston-Based Law Firm Yarborough Applegate Leads Nation in Holding Amazon Accountable for Delivery Driver Wrecks Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump’s immigration policies

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial set a $290.00 price objective on Amazon.com in a report on Friday, October 31st. CIBC lifted their target price on Amazon.com to $315.00 in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Robert W. Baird set a $285.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. CICC Research increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $295.50.

Amazon.com Profile

Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.

Key businesses and offerings include Amazon’s online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.