Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fifty-eight ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifty-three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $286.5893.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. DZ Bank upgraded shares of Amazon.com to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, March 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, President Capital cut their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar for roughly $9 billion — a deal that would accelerate Project Kuiper and strengthen Amazon’s ability to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — pushed momentum in related space stocks and supports a longer‑term connectivity growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo nudged its price target slightly higher to $305 and reiterated an overweight view, highlighting AWS acceleration and improving free‑cash‑flow prospects — a modest vote of confidence from the Street. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary continues to emphasize AWS as the core long‑term driver for AMZN (AI/cloud infrastructure exposure), keeping longer‑term investor conviction intact even as the stock digests short‑term noise. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon told U.S. and Canadian third‑party sellers it will add a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge to fulfillment fees starting April 17 to offset higher transportation costs driven by the Iran war — a move that could squeeze seller economics, trigger higher prices for consumers, and create seller pushback that weighs on GMV. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The NLRB ruled Amazon must negotiate with a union representing ~5,000 Staten Island warehouse workers — a reminder that labor and unionization risks could increase operating costs and create local disruptions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that an Iranian strike damaged an AWS data center in Bahrain add geopolitical and operational risk for Amazon’s cloud business; investors may demand clarity on outages, redundancy and potential costs. Read More.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $209.77 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.38. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $214.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $224.53. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Amazon.com has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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). 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.86 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Amazon.com will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 2.1% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $186,420,422,000 after acquiring an additional 17,447,045 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 388,653,121 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $89,708,913,000 after purchasing an additional 6,971,680 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 225,120,994 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $51,753,622,000 after purchasing an additional 2,479,324 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,868,735,000. Finally, Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,272,397,000 after purchasing an additional 98,090,585 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.