Tigress Financial Issues Positive Forecast for Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock Price

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its price target upped by Tigress Financial from $305.00 to $315.00 in a research note released on Wednesday morning,Benzinga reports. Tigress Financial currently has a buy rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock.

A number of other research firms have also issued reports on AMZN. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Desjardins upped their price target on Amazon.com to $218.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Wall Street Zen cut Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 1st. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.66.

Amazon.com Stock Up 2.2%

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $211.71 on Wednesday. Amazon.com has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $217.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $225.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.27 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.53, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted 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 firm 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%.Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.86 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Amazon.com will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $186,420,422,000 after purchasing an additional 17,447,045 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 388,653,121 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $89,708,913,000 after purchasing an additional 6,971,680 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 225,120,994 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $51,753,622,000 after purchasing an additional 2,479,324 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter valued at about $32,868,735,000. Finally, Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its position in Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,272,397,000 after buying an additional 98,090,585 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raise targets and reiterate buys. Citi and JPMorgan raised price targets (Citi to $285, JPMorgan to $280) and other shops (Tigress) boosted targets, signaling renewed confidence in AWS AI tailwinds and margin leverage. Analyst Price Target Raises
• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition of Fauna Robotics — Amazon confirmed it bought Fauna Robotics (kid‑size humanoid robots), expanding its push into consumer robotics and signaling longer‑term product growth beyond logistics and cloud. Fauna Robotics Acquisition
• Positive Sentiment: AWS AI demand is accelerating — Reports and analyst commentary point to stronger AI‑related commitments (large partnerships and GPU deployments), which boost higher‑margin AWS revenue expectations and are a core reason for the recent upgrades. AWS AI Demand
• Positive Sentiment: Logistics/returns partnership expands customer convenience. Amazon’s expanded free returns program with FedEx adds 10,000+ U.S. drop‑off points (improves customer experience and may lower returns friction/costs). FedEx Returns Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Zoox expands robotaxi footprint. Amazon’s autonomous‑vehicle arm is broadening service areas (Austin, Miami, SF, Las Vegas), reinforcing long‑term mobility upside but with near‑term regulatory/operational work. Zoox Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor positioning mixed. High‑profile funds moved in opposite directions (Ackman added materially while Buffett trimmed in past filings), which can increase trading volume and headline volatility without changing fundamentals. Buffett vs Ackman
• Negative Sentiment: AWS disruptions in Bahrain raise resiliency questions. Repeated service disruptions tied to regional drone activity have triggered customer migrations and highlight geopolitical operational risk for AWS in certain geographies. AWS Bahrain Outage
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/antitrust scrutiny persists. New U.S. antitrust proposals and EU-level scrutiny of Big Tech could complicate future M&A and lead to longer, more intrusive reviews. Antitrust Bill

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.