Carrera Capital Advisors Sells 9,648 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Carrera Capital Advisors reduced its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 54.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 7,947 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 9,648 shares during the quarter. Carrera Capital Advisors’ holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,745,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at $11,102,000. American Capital Advisory LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the third quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,774,000 after buying an additional 3,152 shares during the period. ARK Investment Management LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 8.3% during the second quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $250,213,000 after buying an additional 86,978 shares in the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 16.1% in the 2nd quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 28,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,232,000 after acquiring an additional 3,948 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 172.8% in the 2nd quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 3,012 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,908 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Supreme Court tariff ruling lifts e‑commerce peers and helps Amazon by removing a policy headwind to cross‑border goods and pricing, supporting retail sales momentum. Amazon, Etsy, other e-commerce stocks pop after Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs
• Positive Sentiment: Large cloud demand signal — analysis that Anthropic and other AI firms will pay tens of billions to cloud partners through 2029 boosts the AWS revenue outlook and supports upside for AMZN’s higher‑margin AWS segment. Anthropic to pay cloud partners $80B
• Positive Sentiment: Retail distribution wins — brands like Bath & Body Works launching official Amazon storefronts underscore continued marketplace monetization and third‑party logistics/fulfillment traction. Bath & Body Works launches on Amazon / related marketplace integrations
• Neutral Sentiment: Notable institutional flows are mixed — some prominent investors (Klarman, Pershing Square, others) have added positions while others trimmed; these large moves create headline volatility but are not a clear directional signal. Pershing Square boosts Amazon stake
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider disclosure — CEO Douglas Herrington sold a small block of shares; disclosure matters for transparency but the size is immaterial to overall insider ownership. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: AWS reliability concerns — multiple reports (FT/Reuters/Guardian) say at least two outages last year were linked to Amazon’s internal AI tools (Kiro), raising questions about operational risk as Amazon scales autonomous tooling. Amazon’s cloud unit hit by at least two outages involving AI tools, FT says
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and valuation pressure — analyst notes and price‑target cuts are tied to Amazon’s planned ~$200B CapEx push for AI/data centers in 2026; the spending plan supports long‑term AWS growth but depresses near‑term free cash flow and multiples. Price targets cut as $200B CapEx plan weighs on sentiment
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk — Washington Supreme Court ruled families can sue Amazon over sodium nitrite sales, creating litigation exposure and headline risk that can hit sentiment. Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite, court rules

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $198.37, for a total value of $949,002.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 512,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $101,587,062.33. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders have sold a total of 8,284 shares of company stock valued at $1,740,052 in the last quarter. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on AMZN shares. UBS Group set a $311.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. CICC Research upped their target price 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. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $301.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.30.

Amazon.com Stock Up 2.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $210.11 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $228.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $228.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.26 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.86 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current 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.