Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington sold 27,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total transaction of $7,562,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 471,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $129,624,275. This trade represents a 5.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Amazon.com Trading Up 0.5%
Shares of AMZN opened at $273.54 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.94 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.72, a PEG ratio of 1.98 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. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $224.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $227.88. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $183.85 and a twelve month high of $278.56.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.59 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.95 EPS for the current year.
Amazon.com News Summary
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon launched Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), opening its freight/fulfillment/parcel network to outside businesses — a potential high-margin new revenue stream that markets liken to the AWS playbook. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Q1 results and management messaging reinforced the growth narrative: AWS growth reaccelerated, revenue and EPS beat consensus, and CEO Andy Jassy framed the AI capex as a longer‑term ROI bet — supporting the bull case. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street moved more bullish: several firms raised price targets (examples include BNP Paribas raising its target), which amplifies upside expectations and buyer appetite. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon expanded same‑day fresh grocery deliveries to business customers (Amazon Business), extending addressable market and recurring order flows for grocery/fulfillment. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Insider selling by executives/directors has been disclosed (Rule 10b5‑1 plan filings); these appear to be planned dispositions rather than signals of change in strategy. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is rolling internal AI tooling (Claude Code, Codex) and experimenting with merging AI chat into core search — operational moves that can lift productivity and product UX but whose revenue timing is unclear. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: CapEx and free‑cash‑flow pressure remain a risk: analysts highlight that heavy AI infrastructure spending has pushed FCF sharply lower in the near term, raising execution/timing risk if AWS/AI revenue doesn’t scale as expected. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Macro and inflationary commentary warns large hyperscaler AI spending could add cost pressure (energy, wages, tariffs), which would be a multiplier on margin/valuation risk across the sector. Read More.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages recently issued reports on AMZN. New Street Research increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. China Renaissance raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Maxim Group raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $296.00 to $332.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $313.09.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amazon.com
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Red Crane Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.3% in the first quarter. Red Crane Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,663 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $346,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.7% during the first quarter. Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,509 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,147,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. Sfam LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.4% during the first quarter. Sfam LLC now owns 1,224 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $255,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. raised 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 valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Financial Connections Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 1,633 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $376,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.
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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