Whipplewood Advisors LLC Trims Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Whipplewood Advisors LLC trimmed its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 63.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,920 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 5,086 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $641,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Connable Office Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Connable Office Inc. now owns 32,526 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $7,142,000 after purchasing an additional 2,592 shares during the last quarter. Lynx Investment Advisory lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Lynx Investment Advisory now owns 14,894 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,270,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 10.5% during the third quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,182 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $918,000 after buying an additional 399 shares during the period. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. grew its position in Amazon.com by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. now owns 42,100 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $9,244,000 after acquiring an additional 1,105 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.6% in the third quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 679,680 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $149,237,000 after purchasing an additional 23,371 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.0%

AMZN opened at $218.94 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2.35 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $225.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $227.33. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued 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 company had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $107,512,341.02. This trade represents a 1.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. This represents a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last 90 days. 9.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the topic of a number of research reports. Monness Crespi & Hardt cut their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Citizens Jmp boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street / media bullish on AMZN as an AI play — high‑profile endorsements and buy calls highlight AWS as the primary upside catalyst for valuation re-rating. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AWS product expansion into healthcare (agentic AI for administrative tasks) raises addressable market and recurring cloud workloads for a high‑margin business. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and institutional buying (Bank of America bullish on Anthropic tie‑ups; ARK and others adding stock) reinforce the narrative that AI partnerships and large customer commitments will underpin AWS growth. Read More. and Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Tangible capacity build — Amazon Data Services bought a $427M campus (Virginia) to expand cloud infrastructure, supporting long‑term AI capex deployment and revenue visibility for AWS. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined a White House “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” to cover AI data‑center power costs — removes some political/PR uncertainty but is non‑binding and unlikely to change near‑term margins. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical / physical risk to AWS: drone strikes damaged or disrupted data centres in the Gulf region, causing outages and highlighting operational/geopolitical exposure for critical cloud infrastructure. Read More. and Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Service disruptions and outages (site and some AWS services affected) are a near‑term revenue/PR headwind and raise questions about redundancy and customer risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Cost‑cutting and execution risk: layoffs in the robotics unit (~100 roles) signal continued restructuring and possible delays to robotics initiatives that were strategic for fulfillment efficiency. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Ongoing insider selling (small CEO sale disclosed) can weigh on sentiment even if economically immaterial vs. institutional flows. Read More.

Amazon.com 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.