Douglas Herrington Sells 4,784 Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington sold 4,784 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $198.37, for a total value of $949,002.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 512,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $101,587,062.33. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.0%

Amazon.com stock opened at $204.86 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The business’s fifty day moving average is $228.54 and its 200 day moving average is $228.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.20 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued 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 business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on AMZN shares. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $260.00 price objective (down previously from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Bank of America dropped their target price on Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.30.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amazon.com

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $32,868,735,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 20,598.0% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 87,982,814 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $20,308,193,000 after buying an additional 87,557,736 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the first quarter valued at approximately $11,674,091,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 879.4% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 27,862,400 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,431,199,000 after buying an additional 25,017,588 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $186,420,422,000 after acquiring an additional 17,447,045 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

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.