Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Acquired by Parkside Financial Bank & Trust

Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 70,749 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,585 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 1.2% of Parkside Financial Bank & Trust’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $15,534,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 113.2% in the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter valued at $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 23.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. PayPay Securities Corp boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at $74,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on AMZN. Evercore ISI set a $285.00 price target on Amazon.com in a research note on Friday. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Daiwa Securities Group boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $254.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Fifty-five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $288.91.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: FCC cleared Amazon to deploy an extra 4,500 LEO internet satellites (bringing its constellation to ~7,700). That expands Amazon’s connectivity footprint, enables more enterprise and edge services tied to AWS and partners, and supports long‑term monetization of Project Kuiper. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is discussing an AI content marketplace to let publishers license material to AI developers — a potential new recurring‑revenue channel and a defensive move in AI data licensing disputes. This could boost AWS/Marketplace monetization if executed with publishers. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America and other bulls argue AWS capex will generate attractive returns as AI demand accelerates; that narrative supports a longer‑term upside case despite short‑term pain. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon disclosed a >5% stake in Beta Technologies (via its Climate Pledge Fund), which lifted Beta shares — a sign Amazon continues strategic minority investments in climate/transportation startups that could tie into logistics or sustainability efforts. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon One Medical launched a beta “Health Insights” feature to help patients interpret lab results — product expansion in healthcare but limited immediate revenue impact. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Astera Labs granted Amazon a strategic performance‑based warrant investment — another small strategic stake that aligns supply chain/semiconductor partnerships with AWS hardware plans. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon launched “Pay by Bank” in the U.K., expanding payment options for customers — incremental merchant/payment strategy news with modest near‑term revenue impact. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Market focus remains on the Feb. 5 Q4 print: slight EPS miss, heavy $200B 2026 capex for AI/data centers and higher depreciation — which spooked investors and led to multiple analyst price‑target trims and near‑term sell‑pressure. That macro reaction is the primary driver of today’s weakness. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: High insider selling and elevated options activity (many calls) have raised short‑term governance/flow concerns for some investors, adding to volatility. Article Title

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.8%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $207.05 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The company has a market capitalization of $2.22 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.88, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.37. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $232.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is $229.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other news, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.61, for a total transaction of $280,316.57. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 26,148 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,925,398.28. This represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.94, for a total value of $4,311,031.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,208,310 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $479,070,771.40. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 47,061 shares of company stock valued at $10,351,262 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

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.