Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is New York Life Investment Management LLC’s 4th Largest Position

New York Life Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,321,824 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 31,706 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 2.6% of New York Life Investment Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. New York Life Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $290,233,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter worth $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% in the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at $74,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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: Amazon committed to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI and deepen a strategic partnership that expands cloud & chip relationships — a major long‑term accelerator for AWS revenue and product differentiation. Amazon to invest $50 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: The OpenAI tie includes tighter commercial integration (AWS as a key cloud partner and OpenAI buying Amazon-made AI chips), which supports higher‑margin cloud exposure and possible cross‑sell into Amazon consumer products and services. How Amazon’s massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is expanding data‑center capacity (announced $12B Louisiana investment) to support cloud growth and AI workloads — a direct investment in AWS scale that should underpin long‑term revenue. Amazon.com Data Center Push Continues with $12B Investment in Louisiana
• Positive Sentiment: Notable investors and funds (e.g., Stanley Druckenmiller, some ARK activity) have added to Amazon exposure this quarter, signaling continued institutional conviction in AMZN as an AI/cloud play. Druckenmiller buys Amazon
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in the feed are effectively zero (days‑to‑cover ~0) and appear non‑informative — no clear short squeeze signal from these data entries.
• Negative Sentiment: Market concerns about massive near‑term spending and capex — reports on a potential $200B capex surge and shrinking free cash flow expectations have pressured the stock and prompted investor caution. Will heavy capex spending weigh on Amazon’s AI ambitions?
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: a U.K. appeals court cleared the way for large collective suits from sellers/consumers alleging anticompetitive conduct (potentially ~£4bn), creating a headline legal overhang. Amazon refused permission to appeal go-ahead for UK lawsuits
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst / market signals: Evercore trimmed its price target (from $335 to $285), and there are reports of insider stock sales — both can weigh on sentiment even if strategic fundamentals remain intact. Evercore adjusts price target on Amazon Insider Selling: CEO sells $3.6M

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $210.00 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.29, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.40. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $226.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $227.78. 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 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.86 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts predict 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 business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 70,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,484,489 over the last three months. 10.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on AMZN. Maxim Group lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. UBS Group set a $311.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. China Renaissance lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $278.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $230.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Mizuho downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. One investment 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 data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com 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.