Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC Boosts Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC grew its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 1,892.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,752 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 25,409 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises approximately 0.4% of Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $5,874,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Harbour Trust & Investment Management Co grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 5.6% in the 3rd quarter. Harbour Trust & Investment Management Co now owns 65,469 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $14,375,000 after purchasing an additional 3,493 shares during the last quarter. Darrow Company Inc. grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 10.2% during the 3rd quarter. Darrow Company Inc. now owns 1,990 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $434,000 after purchasing an additional 185 shares during the period. Wright Investors Service Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 17.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wright Investors Service Inc. now owns 64,876 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $14,245,000 after acquiring an additional 9,403 shares in the last quarter. BCK Partners Inc. raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 7.7% during the third quarter. BCK Partners Inc. now owns 2,811 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $617,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerro Pacific Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 3.7% in the third quarter. Cerro Pacific Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,416 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $3,385,000 after purchasing an additional 549 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $232.71, for a total transaction of $1,113,284.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 498,182 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $115,931,933.22. This trade represents a 0.95% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 6,273 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,360,613.70. The trade was a 73.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 47,061 shares of company stock valued at $10,351,262. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI — a deal that would deepen Amazon’s AI relationships, drive AWS capacity demand and signal leadership in the AI era; this is being read as a long‑term growth catalyst. Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and big managers remain supportive — Telsey Advisory reiterated an “outperform” rating with a $300 price target and Tsai Capital highlighted AMZN as a high‑conviction idea, both underpinning bullish investor sentiment. Telsey Reaffirms Outperform on Amazon
• Positive Sentiment: AWS continues to land enterprise deals and collaborations (example: NTT DATA strategic agreement), which supports recurring cloud revenue growth independent of retail cycles. NTT DATA Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is closing its Go and Fresh physical stores and refocusing grocery around online/Whole Foods — a strategic retrenchment that cuts cash burn but reduces brick‑and‑mortar exposure. Amazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/sector context: Microsoft’s post‑earnings pullback highlights hyperscaler valuation sensitivity — investors may reprice capital‑intensive AI buildouts, a theme that affects AMZN too. Microsoft Drops After Earnings—Why the Bull Case Holds
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon announced further mass layoffs (about 16,000 corporate roles total; ~1,400 in Seattle, 700 in Bellevue) — cost savings can boost margins but large cuts raise execution, morale and public‑relations risks. Amazon Job Cuts Deliver Another Blow to Seattle Area’s Tech Workforce
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/regulatory risk: reports that Amazon’s AI training datasets contained high volumes of illegal/abusive content could prompt compliance costs, scrutiny, or slower AI rollouts. Amazon Stock Falls as AI Training Data Reveals “High Volume” of Child Abuse Content
• Negative Sentiment: Some large investors have trimmed AMZN positions (reports of Viking/other manager selling), and Bank of America recently lowered its price target — signals that institutional positioning may be shifting and could pressure near‑term sentiment. Billionaire Ole Andreas Halvorsen Dumped His Stakes in Nvidia and Amazon Bank of America Lowers Amazon Price Target

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on AMZN. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and set a $301.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Loop Capital upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $340.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, January 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $295.91.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN opened at $239.30 on Monday. 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 company’s 50-day moving average price is $233.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $229.71. The firm has a market cap of $2.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.37. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $258.60.

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

Amazon.com Company 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.