Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Receives “Buy” Rating from Royal Bank Of Canada

Royal Bank Of Canada restated their buy rating on shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) in a research report report published on Monday,MarketScreener reports.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the company. UBS Group raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $301.00 to $304.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $305.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Barclays restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $289.21.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $261.02 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $2.81 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Amazon.com has a 1-year low of $178.85 and a 1-year high of $264.50. The business’s 50 day moving average is $220.09 and its 200-day moving average is $226.53.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.86 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Amazon.com will post 7.74 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,000 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Friday, April 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $255.00, for a total value of $7,905,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,207,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $562,815,090. The trade was a 1.39% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 124,186 shares of company stock worth $27,826,739. 8.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 113.2% during the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth $45,000. Finally, Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership grew its position in Amazon.com by 900.0% during the 4th quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is scoring multiple AI infrastructure wins — expanding its Anthropic partnership, striking large deals to supply in‑house chips to Meta and scaling AWS AI revenue — reinforcing the view that AWS is reaccelerating growth and driving structural upside. Amazon-Anthropic: Generational AI Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI’s move away from exclusive Microsoft access opens the door for Amazon to host more OpenAI workloads on AWS — a potential revenue driver for cloud and AI services. OpenAI ends Microsoft exclusivity
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s custom‑chip business is rapidly scaling (analysts compare its size to major chipmakers), creating a new high‑margin growth vector beyond retail and basic cloud compute. Amazon chip business growth
• Positive Sentiment: Content and monetization push — Wondery landed an exclusive multi‑year deal for Oprah’s podcast/video content, supporting Prime/ads revenue diversification. Amazon secures Oprah podcast rights
• Neutral Sentiment: Near‑term volatility risk as Amazon reports Q1 on Apr 29 and the Fed meets this week — options/implied vol suggest traders expect a sizable move around earnings. Options traders expect major move
• Neutral Sentiment: Market backdrop is mixed (rising oil, geopolitical headlines), which could mute broader tech momentum even as AI themes remain supportive. MarketToday: rally stalls
• Negative Sentiment: Rising capital expenditure expectations: commentary and analysis flag FY26 capex plans (~$200B) that could pressure near‑term margins and free cash flow even as they fund AI/cloud scale. Amazon Q1 capex story
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal risk — California unsealed evidence in a price‑fixing probe that could lead to enforcement action or reputational/legal costs. California price-fixing evidence
• Negative Sentiment: Large recent insider selling and aggressive institutional rebalancing (some big portfolio reductions reported) add to near‑term supply pressure and narrative risk for shares. QuiverQuant AMZN ownership and insider activity

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.