Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Purchased by Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 48.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 6,679,157 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 2,189,658 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up about 2.1% of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership owned 0.06% of Amazon.com worth $1,466,543,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Probity Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 12,157 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,667,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 3.8% during the third quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $269,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 3.5% in the third quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $292,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Union Savings Bank boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Doheny Asset Management CA increased its stake in Amazon.com by 0.3% in the second quarter. Doheny Asset Management CA now owns 17,821 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $3,910,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.8%

AMZN stock opened at $212.65 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $2.28 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $223.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $226.96. 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, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.86 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity’s Comet AI shopping agent from making purchases on Amazon’s site, protecting Amazon’s checkout/control of the customer experience and reducing near-term risk of automated scraping or order losses. Amazon’s Win Against Perplexity Kicks AI Shopping Wars Into High Gear
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox (Amazon’s autonomous-vehicle unit) struck a multiyear partnership to deploy robotaxis via Uber’s app (starting in Las Vegas), expanding distribution for Zoox tech and creating a clearer commercial path for that long-term investment. Zoox and Uber tie up to deploy robotaxis on ride-hailing network
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon expanded its Health AI assistant to all U.S. customers on the website and app, plus streamlined Shop Direct merchant integration — both moves increase product/service engagement and potential revenue streams outside traditional retail. Amazon launches healthcare AI assistant on its website, app
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s jumbo bond push to fund AI/capex continues to dominate headlines — issuance is drawing exceptional demand (reports of massive order books), which eases financing risk but also highlights the scale of the company’s >$100B AI buildout that could pressure margins. Amazon leads record US corporate borrowing rush with $40bn bond sales
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon convened engineering “deep dive” meetings after multiple site outages, including incidents tied to AI-assisted code changes — operational instability raises short-term execution risk and customer/merchant disruption concerns. Amazon plans ‘deep dive’ internal meeting to address AI-related outages
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory scrutiny: FCC Chair publicly criticized Amazon’s slower satellite-launch pace after Amazon opposed SpaceX proposals — a reputational/regulatory flashpoint that could complicate Project Kuiper timelines and invite further government attention. FCC chair criticizes slow pace of Amazon satellite launches

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 522,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $260.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $230.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. UBS Group set a $311.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.93.

Amazon.com 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.