Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fifty-nine brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifty-six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $322.5614.

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on AMZN shares. Arete Research upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $301.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $315.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $330.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $272.65 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $246.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $236.97. The company has a market cap of $2.94 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. Amazon.com has a twelve month low of $196.00 and a twelve month high of $287.20.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. The firm had revenue of $200.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $197.03 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.68 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Amazon.com will post 8.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,370 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $262.39, for a total transaction of $1,671,424.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 486,527 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $127,659,819.53. This trade represents a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $263.42, for a total value of $5,268,400.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,205,766 shares in the company, valued at approximately $581,042,879.72. This trade represents a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 77,867 shares of company stock worth $20,532,092. Company insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $21,687,000. SFE Investment Counsel acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $19,383,000. Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $5,100,000. Bank Hapoalim BM bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at $20,761,000. Finally, BIP Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at $12,854,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS and AI remain the primary bullish catalysts. Coverage highlights accelerating AWS growth, strong demand for AI infrastructure, and management’s view that much of AWS capacity is committed through 2028. Investors are increasingly seeing Amazon’s AI spending translate into cloud revenue and profits. Amazon’s AI Story Is Bigger Than You Think
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable. Amazon was included in Zacks’ Strong Buy and momentum lists, while reports cited analyst upgrades and price targets above the current trading range. The bullish case is supported by second-quarter revenue of $200.6 billion, 19.6% year-over-year growth, and a significant earnings beat. Wall Street’s Bullish Views on Amazon
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox is moving toward commercialization. Amazon’s self-driving unit received approval for driverless vehicles and plans to begin paid robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10. The launch provides a potential long-term growth option beyond retail, cloud, and advertising. Amazon’s Zoox to Start Paid Robotaxi Rides
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s Anthropic investment boosted reported results. Second-quarter net income included approximately $53.4 billion in largely non-operating gains tied to Anthropic investments. The gain validates the strategic value of Amazon’s AI holdings, but it is not recurring operating profit and may make underlying earnings comparisons less clear. Amazon’s Anthropic-Related Gain
• Negative Sentiment: Jeff Bezos’ planned sale is weighing on sentiment. The founder disclosed plans to sell 15 million shares worth roughly $4.1 billion under a pre-arranged trading plan. Amazon executive Douglas Herrington also sold 1,000 shares, adding to supply concerns after the stock reached record levels. Jeff Bezos Amazon Share Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and spending risks remain. An appeals court allowed Perplexity’s AI shopping agents to access Amazon’s platform, while New Jersey sued Amazon over alleged anticompetitive treatment of delivery contractors. Separately, the company’s large AI data-center commitments and capital-spending plans raise concerns about returns and free cash flow.

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.