David Zapolsky Sells 6,180 Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock

Posted by Stanley Muller on May 28th, 2026

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) SVP David Zapolsky sold 6,180 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $263.43, for a total value of $1,627,997.40. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 50,460 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,292,677.80. This represents a 10.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

David Zapolsky also recently made the following trade(s):

On Friday, May 22nd, David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of Amazon.com stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total value of $2,489,273.10.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $271.85 on Thursday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $196.00 and a 52-week high of $278.56. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $2.92 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.52, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.46. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $242.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $232.13.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.The firm had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.28 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.59 EPS. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. American Capital Advisory LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the 3rd quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,774,000 after buying an additional 3,152 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new position in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth $451,642,000. Narwhal Capital Management grew its stake in Amazon.com by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Narwhal Capital Management now owns 216,606 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $49,997,000 after buying an additional 4,854 shares during the last quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 13.6% during the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 39,264 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $9,063,000 after buying an additional 4,713 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 9.6% during the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $8,421,000 after buying an additional 3,196 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

Positive Sentiment: Amazon Web Services is deepening its AI growth story by selling AI shopping tools to retailers and expanding its broader “agentic commerce” strategy, reinforcing AWS as a potential new growth engine. Amazon starts selling its AI shopping technology to other retailers
Positive Sentiment: Snowflake’s $6 billion AWS commitment highlights continued demand for Amazon’s cloud infrastructure and AI chips, which investors may view as validation of AWS’s competitive position and revenue pipeline. Snowflake signs $6 billion deal with AWS tied to AI infrastructure
Positive Sentiment: UBS and other analysts remain bullish, arguing Amazon’s AWS AI backlog and margin expansion could be more powerful than Wall Street currently expects, with price targets well above recent trading levels. Amazon Stock (AMZN): This Top Analyst Says AWS AI Growth Is Stronger Than Investors Realize
Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary says AWS margins are holding up better than rivals, helping support the case that Amazon can monetize AI spending without sacrificing profitability. AWS Margins Are Leaving Cloud Rivals Behind as Anthropic Demand Surges
Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s healthcare leadership change appears operational rather than strategic: longtime health executive Neil Lindsay is stepping down and Dr. Roy Schoenberg will take over, so the market may view it as a business continuity move. Amazon puts Amwell co-founder in charge of healthcare unit; longtime executive to depart
Negative Sentiment: Multiple executive stock sales, including by CEO Andy Jassy and other leaders, may create modest short-term pressure or raise questions about insider sentiment, even though the trades were reported as pre-planned. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Matthew Garman Sells 15,467 Shares of Stock

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on AMZN. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $290.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Moffett Nathanson lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $312.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, DA Davidson lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $175.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.66.

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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.