Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is Plato Investment Management Ltd’s 4th Largest Position

Plato Investment Management Ltd raised its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 219,935 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,255 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up approximately 3.2% of Plato Investment Management Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Plato Investment Management Ltd’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $47,923,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Palacios Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Palacios Wealth Management LLC now owns 25,229 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $5,539,000 after buying an additional 1,209 shares during the last quarter. MCF Advisors LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 27.6% during the third quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 24,756 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $5,436,000 after acquiring an additional 5,349 shares in the last quarter. Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 27.5% in the third quarter. Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd now owns 610,418 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $134,029,000 after acquiring an additional 131,508 shares during the last quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc. grew its position in Amazon.com by 1.3% in the third quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc. now owns 74,346 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $16,324,000 after acquiring an additional 920 shares in the last quarter. Finally, B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 4.5% in the third quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC now owns 22,626 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $4,968,000 after acquiring an additional 976 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMZN has been the subject of several analyst reports. Wedbush reduced their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 price target (down from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $295.00 target price (up from $270.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, January 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total transaction of $1,406,779.70. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total value of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,461,661.70. This represents a 20.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 70,686 shares of company stock worth $14,484,489. Insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon committed to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI and deepen a strategic partnership that expands cloud & chip relationships — a major long‑term accelerator for AWS revenue and product differentiation. Amazon to invest $50 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: The OpenAI tie includes tighter commercial integration (AWS as a key cloud partner and OpenAI buying Amazon-made AI chips), which supports higher‑margin cloud exposure and possible cross‑sell into Amazon consumer products and services. How Amazon’s massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is expanding data‑center capacity (announced $12B Louisiana investment) to support cloud growth and AI workloads — a direct investment in AWS scale that should underpin long‑term revenue. Amazon.com Data Center Push Continues with $12B Investment in Louisiana
• Positive Sentiment: Notable investors and funds (e.g., Stanley Druckenmiller, some ARK activity) have added to Amazon exposure this quarter, signaling continued institutional conviction in AMZN as an AI/cloud play. Druckenmiller buys Amazon
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in the feed are effectively zero (days‑to‑cover ~0) and appear non‑informative — no clear short squeeze signal from these data entries.
• Negative Sentiment: Market concerns about massive near‑term spending and capex — reports on a potential $200B capex surge and shrinking free cash flow expectations have pressured the stock and prompted investor caution. Will heavy capex spending weigh on Amazon’s AI ambitions?
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: a U.K. appeals court cleared the way for large collective suits from sellers/consumers alleging anticompetitive conduct (potentially ~£4bn), creating a headline legal overhang. Amazon refused permission to appeal go-ahead for UK lawsuits
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst / market signals: Evercore trimmed its price target (from $335 to $285), and there are reports of insider stock sales — both can weigh on sentiment even if strategic fundamentals remain intact. Evercore adjusts price target on Amazon Insider Selling: CEO sells $3.6M

Amazon.com Stock Up 1.0%

AMZN opened at $210.00 on Monday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year 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 has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.40. The business has a 50 day moving average of $226.66 and a 200-day moving average of $227.78.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. As a group, sell-side 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.