CoreCap Advisors LLC Buys 6,095 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 118,193 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,095 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up 1.0% of CoreCap Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest holding. CoreCap Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $27,281,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC boosted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Institutional investors 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: Reports that Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar for roughly $9 billion — a deal that would accelerate Project Kuiper and strengthen Amazon’s ability to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — pushed momentum in related space stocks and supports a longer‑term connectivity growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo nudged its price target slightly higher to $305 and reiterated an overweight view, highlighting AWS acceleration and improving free‑cash‑flow prospects — a modest vote of confidence from the Street. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary continues to emphasize AWS as the core long‑term driver for AMZN (AI/cloud infrastructure exposure), keeping longer‑term investor conviction intact even as the stock digests short‑term noise. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon told U.S. and Canadian third‑party sellers it will add a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge to fulfillment fees starting April 17 to offset higher transportation costs driven by the Iran war — a move that could squeeze seller economics, trigger higher prices for consumers, and create seller pushback that weighs on GMV. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The NLRB ruled Amazon must negotiate with a union representing ~5,000 Staten Island warehouse workers — a reminder that labor and unionization risks could increase operating costs and create local disruptions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that an Iranian strike damaged an AWS data center in Bahrain add geopolitical and operational risk for Amazon’s cloud business; investors may demand clarity on outages, redundancy and potential costs. Read More.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN opened at $209.77 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $258.60. 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 company has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.38. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $214.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $224.53.

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

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the company’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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,461,661.70. This represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 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 transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $260.00 target price (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Evercore lowered their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 27th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $310.00 price objective (up from $304.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group decreased their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $286.59.

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.