Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd Raises Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd increased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 40.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 35,000 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for 15.6% of Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $7,685,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Alpha Financial Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC now owns 3,862 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $848,000 after buying an additional 139 shares during the period. Cumberland Partners Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 16.8% in the 3rd quarter. Cumberland Partners Ltd now owns 263,505 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $57,858,000 after buying an additional 37,805 shares during the last quarter. Burling Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.2% in the third quarter. Burling Wealth Partners LLC now owns 116,792 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,644,000 after acquiring an additional 2,474 shares during the period. CFO4Life Group LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 1.6% during the third quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC now owns 60,682 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $13,324,000 after acquiring an additional 934 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harold Davidson & Associates Inc. lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 50.9% in the third quarter. Harold Davidson & Associates Inc. now owns 22,541 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $4,949,000 after acquiring an additional 7,599 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $213.31 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $224.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $227.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $213.39 billion for 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%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on AMZN shares. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Evercore lowered their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, President Capital reduced their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. One investment 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.com, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS launched an agentic healthcare AI product (Amazon Connect Health) that expands high‑margin cloud workloads into regulated healthcare, offering a tangible new revenue stream for AWS. Amazon launches AI-enabled platform to automate healthcare administrative tasks
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon continues to host Anthropic’s Claude for non‑defense workloads after Pentagon concerns, preserving a key AI partner relationship that supports continued AWS AI demand. Amazon says customers can keep using Anthropic’s Claude on its cloud for non-defense workloads
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and active managers are adding conviction: BofA and TD Cowen reiterations and ARK/other fund buys signal analyst and institutional support for an AWS‑led re‑rating. Anthropic growth set to boost Amazon’s AWS revenue acceleration, says Bank of America
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Data Services’ $427M acquisition of George Washington University’s Virginia campus signals longer‑term AWS capacity expansion (infra investment that supports growth). Amazon (AMZN) Buys George Washington University’s Virginia Campus for $427 Million
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined a non‑binding White House “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” to cover data‑center power upgrade costs — removes some political overhang but is unlikely to change near‑term economics materially. Tech Giants Sign Ratepayer Protection Pledge On Power For Data Centers
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest entries reported are effectively meaningless (zero/NaN in feeds) and don’t provide a reliable signal for current positioning. SEC Form 4 — insider sale disclosure
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical / operational risk spiked after reported drone strikes and attacks on AWS data centers in the Gulf (UAE/Bahrain), causing regional outages and highlighting potential disruption, repair and insurance exposures. Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive
• Negative Sentiment: Customer‑facing outages (site/checkout issues) and Downdetector spikes this week are short‑term hits to sales and reputation that can pressure near‑term revenue and sentiment. Amazon online store suffers outage for some users
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon cut ~100 white‑collar roles in its robotics division — cost‑cutting that could help margins but also signals program disruptions and execution risk in a strategic automation area. Amazon eliminates 100 white-collar jobs in robotics team
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling (CEO disclosed sale of 1,000 shares) is modest but can add to short‑term negative sentiment when combined with other headwinds. SEC Form 4 — insider sale disclosure

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.