Berman McAleer LLC Makes New $5.58 Million Investment in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Berman McAleer LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 25,418 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $5,581,000. Amazon.com comprises 0.8% of Berman McAleer LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 27th largest position.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Private Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Private Wealth Partners LLC now owns 288,840 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $63,421,000 after acquiring an additional 6,236 shares during the last quarter. Nan Fung Trinity HK Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at $34,606,000. National Pension Service increased its stake in Amazon.com by 3.2% in the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 18,939,183 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $4,158,476,000 after purchasing an additional 586,297 shares during the last quarter. Searle & CO. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 4.3% in the third quarter. Searle & CO. now owns 4,900 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,076,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Welch & Forbes LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 0.4% during the third quarter. Welch & Forbes LLC now owns 550,124 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $120,791,000 after buying an additional 2,252 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Supreme Court tariff ruling lifts e‑commerce peers and helps Amazon by removing a policy headwind to cross‑border goods and pricing, supporting retail sales momentum. Amazon, Etsy, other e-commerce stocks pop after Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs
• Positive Sentiment: Large cloud demand signal — analysis that Anthropic and other AI firms will pay tens of billions to cloud partners through 2029 boosts the AWS revenue outlook and supports upside for AMZN’s higher‑margin AWS segment. Anthropic to pay cloud partners $80B
• Positive Sentiment: Retail distribution wins — brands like Bath & Body Works launching official Amazon storefronts underscore continued marketplace monetization and third‑party logistics/fulfillment traction. Bath & Body Works launches on Amazon / related marketplace integrations
• Neutral Sentiment: Notable institutional flows are mixed — some prominent investors (Klarman, Pershing Square, others) have added positions while others trimmed; these large moves create headline volatility but are not a clear directional signal. Pershing Square boosts Amazon stake
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider disclosure — CEO Douglas Herrington sold a small block of shares; disclosure matters for transparency but the size is immaterial to overall insider ownership. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: AWS reliability concerns — multiple reports (FT/Reuters/Guardian) say at least two outages last year were linked to Amazon’s internal AI tools (Kiro), raising questions about operational risk as Amazon scales autonomous tooling. Amazon’s cloud unit hit by at least two outages involving AI tools, FT says
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and valuation pressure — analyst notes and price‑target cuts are tied to Amazon’s planned ~$200B CapEx push for AI/data centers in 2026; the spending plan supports long‑term AWS growth but depresses near‑term free cash flow and multiples. Price targets cut as $200B CapEx plan weighs on sentiment
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk — Washington Supreme Court ruled families can sue Amazon over sodium nitrite sales, creating litigation exposure and headline risk that can hit sentiment. Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite, court rules

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on AMZN shares. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price target (down previously from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $250.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Loop Capital increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, CICC Research boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. One investment 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.30.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 512,109 shares in the company, valued at $101,587,062.33. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 8,284 shares of company stock worth $1,740,052. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $210.11 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $228.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $228.14. 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, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.30, a PEG ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 company 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.86 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amazon.com Company Profile

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.