Ninety One UK Ltd Decreases Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Ninety One UK Ltd lowered its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 12.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 4,434,952 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 658,537 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 2.2% of Ninety One UK Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. Ninety One UK Ltd’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,023,676,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $402,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the period. Financial Connections Group Inc. increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 1,633 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the period. Marquette Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $205,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. Western Financial Corp CA increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Western Financial Corp CA now owns 3,076 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $710,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Finally, Union Savings Bank increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $275.06 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $226.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $228.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.18. The stock has a market cap of $2.96 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.90, a PEG ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.46. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $185.01 and a fifty-two week high of $278.56.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.The business’s revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.59 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and AWS reacceleration — Amazon reported stronger?than?expected Q1 revenue and EPS with AWS growth reaccelerating, reinforcing the thesis that AI demand is lifting cloud backlog and revenue prospects. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services — AMZN opened its freight/fulfillment/parcel network to third parties, creating a potential high?margin, scalable business (markets are comparing the opportunity to the early AWS monetization path). Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum — multiple firms raised price targets (example: BNP Paribas lift), adding analyst validation and buyer interest. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product / commercial expansion — same?day fresh grocery deliveries and other Business offerings widen TAM and recurring order flows for Amazon Business. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sales disclosed — several pre?arranged 10b5?1 filings (CEO, directors) show planned selling; typical for tax/planning but worth monitoring for timing/scale. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational AI moves with unclear near?term monetization — Amazon is expanding internal AI tooling and exploring merging AI chat into search; improves UX/productivity but revenue timing is uncertain. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and free?cash?flow pressure — the $200B+ AI/infra buildout and ramped capex have compressed FCF (reported drop from prior levels), creating execution and timing risk if AWS/AI monetization lags. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst caveats on earnings quality — some analysts warn the current cloud/AI backlog may be partly cyclical or concentrated (OpenAI/Anthropic exposure), which could make near?term results look stronger than sustainable growth. Read More.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 3,706 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $273.02, for a total transaction of $1,011,812.12. Following the sale, the director directly owned 74,948 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,462,302.96. The trade was a 4.71% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,352 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $8,621,800.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,175,766 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,335,650. The trade was a 1.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 191,593 shares of company stock valued at $46,289,241. Insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMZN. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $315.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price target (up from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Pivotal Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $313.09.

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.