Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stake Lessened by Cinctive Capital Management LP

Cinctive Capital Management LP reduced its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 28.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 41,005 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 16,511 shares during the quarter. Cinctive Capital Management LP’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $9,003,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 113.2% in the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp raised its position in Amazon.com by 62.3% in the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 price objective (down from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 target price (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Monness Crespi & Hardt dropped their price target on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Citizens Jmp increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. One 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $286.93.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.9%

AMZN stock opened at $207.67 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.23 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $161.38 and a 52-week high of $258.60. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $222.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $226.67.

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

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS partners with Cerebras to speed AI inference, which could improve Bedrock performance, lower customer costs and help AWS compete vs. Nvidia — a potential long‑term revenue/margin positive for Amazon’s cloud business. Cerebras Systems, Amazon strike deal to offer Cerebras AI chips on Amazon’s cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon splits out a paid “Ultra” Prime Video tier and hikes the ad‑free price — a direct, near‑term revenue boost from higher subscription ARPU that supports monetization of Prime streaming. Amazon to hike price of ad-free Prime Video tier by $2 a month
• Positive Sentiment: Luxembourg court vacated a record €746M privacy fine and ordered a reassessment, removing a large regulatory overhang for Amazon in Europe. Win for Amazon as Luxembourg court scraps record $854 million privacy fine
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains constructive: analysts have reiterated buys and some raised price targets (e.g., Wolfe/Evercore), which can support the stock amid the pullback narrative. Amazon Is Rising While the Market Falls—Here’s Why
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is reportedly moving Prime Day earlier to late June — timing and promotional cadence can affect quarterly sales mix but is not a clear positive/negative until details and vendor economics are known. Amazon plans to move Prime Day event to June from July, Bloomberg News reports
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon closed a massive multi‑tranche corporate debt offering to fund its AI/capex push — strong demand (reported ~4:1 bids) eases short‑term funding risk but the large debt target and $200B+ capex plan keep investor concerns about near‑term returns and balance‑sheet risk elevated. Amazon Completes Massive Multi-Tranche Corporate Debt Offering
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/tax risk persists: Milan prosecutors have sought trial for Amazon’s European unit and four execs over alleged €1.2B tax evasion — an ongoing legal exposure that could concern investors. Exclusive: Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, four execs over alleged $1.4 bln tax evasion

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.