Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Andrew Jassy sold 31,352 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,175,766 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,335,650. This represents a 1.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Amazon.com Stock Up 0.6%
AMZN opened at $275.06 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $2.96 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $185.01 and a 52 week high of $278.56. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $226.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $228.31.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm’s revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.59 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Key Amazon.com News
- Positive Sentiment: Q1 beats and AI narrative — Amazon’s April quarter outperformed consensus, AWS growth reaccelerated and management framed AI capex as long?term ROI, supporting the bull case. Is Amazon a Must-Buy After Q1 Beats?
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher targets — several firms have lifted targets (examples include BNP Paribas Exane, China Renaissance and Baird), boosting upside expectations. BNP Paribas Raises Target
- Positive Sentiment: New logistics revenue stream — Amazon opened Amazon Supply Chain Services to outside businesses and expanded same?day fresh grocery deliveries for business customers, signaling a large TAM and higher?margin revenue potential. Amazon Opens Logistics Network
- Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying — large managers (Fisher Asset Management, Antipodes Partners, others) have increased AMZN stakes recently, supporting demand at current levels. Fisher Asset Boosts Stake
- Neutral Sentiment: Insider selling disclosed — Douglas Herrington sold 27,500 shares (pre?arranged 10b5?1 plan); management sales have been disclosed but appear planned, not opportunistic. Herrington Sale
- Neutral Sentiment: Prime Video local content spend — regulator says Prime Video will invest at least €90M in French?language production in 2026; positive for subscriber value but small relative to AMZN scale. Prime Video Investment
- Negative Sentiment: CapEx and FCF strain — the company’s massive AI/data?center spending (large 2026 capex guidance) has pushed free cash flow sharply lower, raising execution and timing risk if AWS/AI revenue doesn’t scale fast enough. FCF Collapse / CapEx Risk
- Negative Sentiment: Analyst caution on AI concentration — some commentators warn that earnings could be a “mirage” if a large share of cloud backlog is driven by a few AI partners, amplifying concentration risk. Analyst Warns of Cloud Concentration Risk
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research firms recently commented on AMZN. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $330.00 target price (up from $280.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. TD Securities raised Amazon.com to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price objective (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $313.09.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fairway Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter worth about $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% during the fourth quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 180 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.
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