Westwood Wealth Management Decreases Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Westwood Wealth Management lowered its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 25.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 28,506 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 9,695 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up about 2.3% of Westwood Wealth Management’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Westwood Wealth Management’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $6,259,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the second quarter valued at $11,102,000. ARK Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $250,213,000 after buying an additional 86,978 shares during the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 16.1% in the 2nd quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 28,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,232,000 after buying an additional 3,948 shares during the last quarter. Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 6.0% in the second quarter. Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd now owns 1,136,311 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $249,295,000 after acquiring an additional 63,924 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 172.8% in the second quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 3,012 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $667,000 after purchasing an additional 1,908 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN opened at $245.71 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $232.23 and its 200-day moving average is $229.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.63 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $180.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.53 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.43 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,768 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.90, for a total value of $3,853,879.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 6,273 shares in the company, valued at $1,360,613.70. This trade represents a 73.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.22, for a total transaction of $583,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 505,934 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $117,993,927.48. This trade represents a 0.49% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 79,734 shares of company stock valued at $18,534,017. Corporate insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon confirmed plans to cut about 16,000 corporate jobs (bringing total cuts to ~30,000 since October), which investors view as a clear cost‑reduction push that should improve operating margins and free cash for higher‑priority AI infrastructure. Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is shutting down Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores and converting some locations into Whole Foods, a move that trims unprofitable retail experiments and concentrates capital and logistics on scalable grocery/delivery operations. Amazon converts Fresh & Go stores (CNBC)
• Neutral Sentiment: Management says cuts and restructurings are aimed at redirecting resources into AI and data‑center capacity — a potential long‑term positive for AWS but one whose net effect depends on execution and timing. Amazon redirects spend to AI/data centers (NYT)
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon faces large near‑term AI capital requirements and operating strain; reports note multi‑billion AI spending plans that could pressure cash flow and margins before cost savings take full effect. AI spending vs. job cuts (Yahoo Finance)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive dynamics in cloud AI are intensifying (e.g., Microsoft’s new Maia 200 inference chip), which could limit AWS pricing power or require further investment to keep pace—an offset to the cost‑cutting story. Maia 200 and cloud competition (MarketBeat)
• Negative Sentiment: An internal email misfire prematurely tipped employees to the layoffs, highlighting operational/communication risks and potential morale/retention headwinds in cloud and engineering teams. Premature layoff email (Reuters)

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Desjardins boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com to $218.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. CIBC upped their price target on Amazon.com to $315.00 in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Daiwa Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $254.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, January 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $295.91.

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.