Wedbush Predicts Amazon.com’s FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Investment analysts at Wedbush increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Amazon.com in a note issued to investors on Thursday, October 30th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now expects that the e-commerce giant will earn $7.17 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $6.72. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $340.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Amazon.com’s current full-year earnings is $6.31 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Amazon.com’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.82 EPS.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.43 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on AMZN. Raymond James Financial upped their target price on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Westpark Capital restated a “buy” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. CIBC upped their target price on Amazon.com to $315.00 in a research report on Monday, October 20th. KeyCorp increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $303.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Roth Capital increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-one have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $291.94.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

AMZN opened at $254.00 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.71 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.81. Amazon.com has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $258.60. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $226.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $216.95.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,785 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.57, for a total value of $3,940,622.45. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,138 shares in the company, valued at $695,286.66. This represents a 85.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total value of $4,403,237.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $482,712,473.16. The trade was a 0.90% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 95,411 shares of company stock valued at $21,222,702. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $424,000. Jim Saulnier & Associates LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 59.7% in the third quarter. Jim Saulnier & Associates LLC now owns 3,014 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $662,000 after acquiring an additional 1,127 shares during the last quarter. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.7% in the third quarter. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO now owns 9,584 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,104,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Aspetuck Financial Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the third quarter. Aspetuck Financial Management LLC now owns 15,260 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,351,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Argent Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 13.4% in the third quarter. Argent Advisors Inc. now owns 14,769 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,243,000 after acquiring an additional 1,747 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.