Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Acquired by Alpha Cubed Investments LLC

Alpha Cubed Investments LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 580,316 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,454 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 4.4% of Alpha Cubed Investments LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Alpha Cubed Investments LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $127,420,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $11,102,000. American Capital Advisory LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the third quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,774,000 after buying an additional 3,152 shares during the period. ARK Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 8.3% in the second quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $250,213,000 after buying an additional 86,978 shares in the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 16.1% in the second quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 28,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,232,000 after acquiring an additional 3,948 shares during the period. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 172.8% in the second quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 3,012 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,908 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMZN has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Mizuho lowered Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Wedbush dropped their price objective on Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. President Capital decreased their target price on Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.30.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $198.37, for a total transaction of $949,002.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 512,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $101,587,062.33. This trade represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders sold 8,284 shares of company stock valued at $1,740,052 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big cloud demand signal — Anthropic expects to pay cloud providers at least $80 billion through 2029, implying material recurring revenue opportunity for AWS. Anthropic to pay cloud partners $80B
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying and notable value investors adding exposure (e.g., Baupost, Duquesne/Druckenmiller, D1 increases) supports conviction that AWS/AI upside is underappreciated. Klarman piling into Amazon
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon now reports higher annual revenue than Walmart — a symbolic victory that underscores scale but has mixed near-term margin implications. Amazon surpasses Walmart in revenue
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider disclosure — CEO Douglas Herrington sold a small block of shares; notable for transparency but immaterial to company capital structure. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: Washington Supreme Court ruled Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite purchased via its marketplace — opens path to multi-jurisdictional claims and litigation costs. Washington court rules Amazon can be sued
• Negative Sentiment: Major holder reductions: Berkshire/Buffett sharply trimmed AMZN, a headline that has amplified selling pressure and questioned near-term investor appetite from traditional long-only allocators. Berkshire cuts Amazon stake
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and cash-flow concerns — analysts and commentators flag Amazon’s ~ $200B 2026 capex plan (AI/data centers/custom silicon), which could pressure free cash flow and the multiple in the near term. Seeking Alpha: Exploding CapEx
• Negative Sentiment: Operational/setback headlines — reports of layoffs in New York and the halt of the Blue Jay warehouse-robot project highlight execution and cost-management risks. NY layoffs Blue Jay halted

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of AMZN opened at $204.86 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.20 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.37. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $228.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $228.15. 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 (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.86 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

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.