Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stock Position Lessened by Townsquare Capital LLC

Townsquare Capital LLC decreased its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 31.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 73,519 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 33,741 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 2.4% of Townsquare Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Townsquare Capital LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $16,143,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the third 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 in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% in the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter worth $74,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large cloud demand signal — Anthropic expects to pay cloud partners at least $80B through 2029, implying meaningful multi-year revenue opportunity for AWS. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Marketplace expansion — Bath & Body Works launched an authorized Amazon storefront, showing brands continue to embrace Amazon’s logistics and reach, supporting retail GMV growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Large investors adding positions — Some funds (e.g., Pershing Square, Glenview, others) have increased stakes recently, signalling conviction among active managers that AWS/AI upside is underappreciated. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Scale milestone — Amazon overtook Walmart for top Fortune 500 revenue, a symbolic win that underscores its scale across retail, cloud and ads. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider disclosure — CEO Douglas Herrington sold a small block of shares; disclosure is routine and the sale is minor relative to total insider holdings. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed institutional flows — A flurry of fund filings shows both sizable buys and trims across institutions, creating two-way pressure on the stock. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: AWS outages tied to internal AI tooling — At least two cloud outages in December were linked to Amazon’s own AI coding assistant (Kiro), including a ~13-hour outage; operational risk raised for AWS reliability. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx shock and sell‑side pressure — Amazon’s plan for roughly $200B of 2026 CapEx has prompted price‑target cuts and concerns about near-term free cash flow and valuation. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Legal exposure — The Washington Supreme Court ruled Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite sold on its platform, increasing litigation and regulatory risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile selling — Berkshire Hathaway materially trimmed its Amazon holding, a headline that has amplified negative sentiment even as other funds add exposure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: R&D/automation setback — Amazon halted its Blue Jay warehouse robot project after months, highlighting execution risk on automation initiatives. Read More.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 4,784 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $198.37, for a total transaction of $949,002.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 512,109 shares in the company, valued at approximately $101,587,062.33. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 8,284 shares of company stock valued at $1,740,052. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently issued reports on AMZN. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $310.00 target price (up from $304.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, December 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Citizens Jmp upped their target price on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Mizuho lowered shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.30.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $204.86 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $228.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $228.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. 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 $2.20 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.37.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. Amazon.com’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 earned $1.86 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amazon.com Company Profile

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.