Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Sold by New Century Financial Group LLC

New Century Financial Group LLC cut its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 53.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,800 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 3,254 shares during the period. New Century Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $615,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 542,733.6% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 132,641,388 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $29,100,194,000 after buying an additional 132,616,953 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $11,674,091,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% in the 2nd 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. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 22,085.8% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,177,557 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,671,634,000 after purchasing an additional 12,122,668 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon rolled out a new AI healthcare assistant for One Medical members (uses LLMs, access to medical records for Q&A, scheduling and med management), reinforcing Amazon’s push to monetize AI across services and drive AWS/healthcare revenue. Amazon launches AI health-care tool for One Medical members
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to lift price targets and reiterate buy calls (examples include Arete and Scotiabank raises), signaling Wall Street confidence in AWS/AI-driven margin expansion and supporting upside expectations. Arete adjusts price target on Amazon.com to $283
• Positive Sentiment: BNP Paribas and other shops name AMZN a top pick ahead of Q4 earnings, reflecting confidence that AWS growth and AI tailwinds can re-accelerate profitability. BNP Paribas Names Amazon a Top Pick ahead of Q4 Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are positioning ahead of early-February earnings: high put yields and option activity suggest the market expects volatility and leave room for both a rally (if AWS/AI beats) or a sell-the-news reaction. Is Amazon Too Cheap Ahead of Earnings? Put Yields Are High
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage highlights longer-term growth drivers (emerging markets, logistics scale, AWS AI workloads) that support the bull case but are unlikely to move the stock immediately without earnings confirmation. Emerging Markets Show Strong Growth: Will AMZN Stock Benefit?
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Andy Jassy warned tariffs are beginning to “creep” into product prices as seller inventory buffers run out — a near-term margin/volume headwind for retail and a catalyst for investor concern. Amazon CEO Jassy says Trump’s tariffs have started to ‘creep’ into prices
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced a TeraWave satellite internet push targeting enterprise/government customers — a potential competitor to Amazon’s Project Kuiper and an incremental capex/market-share consideration for cloud/edge services. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
• Negative Sentiment: Raymond James trimmed its target and warned of “agentic commerce” headwinds; Rothschild & Co Redburn cut its PT to $230 — mixed analyst moves add near-term uncertainty and may cap upside until Q4 results. Raymond James Trims Amazon Target, Flags Agentic Commerce Headwinds

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,768 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.90, for a total value of $3,853,879.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 6,273 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,360,613.70. This represents a 73.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 8,173 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.03, for a total value of $2,043,495.19. Following the sale, the director owned 80,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,009,900.90. The trade was a 9.27% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 79,734 shares of company stock valued at $18,534,017 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $231.37 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $231.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $228.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.01. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The company had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.43 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on AMZN shares. Desjardins boosted their target price on Amazon.com to $218.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Roth Mkm boosted their price objective on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, October 31st. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $300.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Arete Research boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $264.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $295.42.

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.