Capital Advisors Inc. OK Raises Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Capital Advisors Inc. OK boosted its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 741,109 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,785 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 2.7% of Capital Advisors Inc. OK’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Capital Advisors Inc. OK’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $162,725,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Carderock Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at $27,000. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 81.9% in the 2nd quarter. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 211 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the period. Ryan Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at about $48,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp grew its stake in Amazon.com by 62.3% in the 3rd quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Goldman Sachs raised its price target to $300 and kept a “buy” rating, reinforcing upside expectations for AMZN and supporting demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AWS launched the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (multi‑billion euro push) and announced expansion across EU markets — a strategic win for gov’t/compliance-driven customers that could accelerate higher‑margin cloud revenue. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon secured copper supply from Rio Tinto for AI data‑center buildout, addressing a material infrastructure bottleneck for expansion of AI workloads and related capex. That supply deal reduces execution risk for AWS growth. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined other big tech firms in a Wikimedia Enterprise agreement to access Wikipedia for AI training — supportive for LLM development but not an immediate revenue driver. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that Amazon is seeking supplier discounts to offset tariff changes show active cost management; this can help margins but may strain vendor relationships. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon is in a legal fight over its $475M investment in Saks Global after Saks filed Chapter 11; Amazon says the stake is now worthless and has objected to Saks’ financing plan — a clear near‑term hit to asset value and potential litigation exposure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: A U.S. judge rejected Amazon’s first attempt to block Saks’ bankruptcy funding, signaling more court battles ahead and downside risk to recovery value. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon plans to continue appealing an Italian antitrust fine even after a reduction, keeping regulatory/legal uncertainty in Europe. Read More.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on AMZN. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $278.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 target price (up from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, October 31st. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $305.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, December 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $295.96.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $233.22, for a total value of $583,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 505,934 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $117,993,927.48. This trade represents a 0.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,768 shares of the business’s 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 owned 6,273 shares in the company, valued at $1,360,613.70. The trade was a 73.91% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 79,734 shares of company stock worth $18,534,017. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

AMZN stock opened at $238.18 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The firm has a market cap of $2.55 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.64, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.01. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $232.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $228.42.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $180.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.43 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Amazon.com

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.