Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) VP Sells $554,900.50 in Stock

by · The Cerbat Gem

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. The trade was a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN stock traded up $3.29 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $208.56. The company had a trading volume of 40,807,030 shares, compared to its average volume of 54,399,594. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $227.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $228.15. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

  • Positive Sentiment: Large AI/cloud investment tangible — Amazon announced a $12 billion Louisiana data‑center buildout that it will fund and that targets AI/cloud demand, reinforcing AWS growth and capacity plans. Read More.
  • Positive Sentiment: Analyst and ratings support — firms and commentators continue to point to accelerating AWS revenue and solid fundamentals (and Moody’s recently affirmed Amazon’s rating with a stable outlook), which underpins the bullish recovery case. Read More.
  • Neutral Sentiment: Big capex headline remains the main story — management’s disclosure of roughly $200 billion in AI‑related capital spending is viewed as strategic for leadership but leaves timing and near‑term returns uncertain, driving volatility. Read More.
  • Neutral Sentiment: Broader tech/market pressure is a headwind — market commentary notes the Magnificent Seven are breaking technical levels and macro/financial‑sector caution is increasing, amplifying stock swings for even high‑quality names like AMZN. Read More.
  • Negative Sentiment: State antitrust action in California — prosecutors asked a judge to enjoin alleged tactics that pressured merchants to avoid cheaper prices elsewhere, raising potential fines, remedies, and reputational risk. Read More.
  • Negative Sentiment: Europe privacy enforcement — Italy’s data‑protection authority banned an Amazon unit from processing personal data of ~1,800 logistics workers, signaling regulatory friction in EU operations. Read More.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC boosted its position 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 in the last quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% in the 4th quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 180 shares during the period. Finally, Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 87.7% in the 4th quarter. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. now owns 229 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 107 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on AMZN. KeyCorp set a $285.00 price target on Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Desjardins increased their target price on Amazon.com to $218.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $295.00 price target (up from $270.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, January 26th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 price target (down from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, New Street Research lowered their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $350.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

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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.

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