Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Purchased by Maple Capital Management Inc.

Maple Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 403,984 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 8,940 shares during the period. Amazon.com comprises 5.8% of Maple Capital Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Maple Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $88,703,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in 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 worth $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 23.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 62.3% during the 3rd quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN stock opened at $209.87 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $221.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $226.32. The stock has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.27, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40. 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 quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly 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). Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.86 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AMZN. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $250.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 10th. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group lowered their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $286.93.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big long-term upside from AWS: CEO Andy Jassy told staff he expects AI could drive AWS to roughly $600B in annual revenue by 2036 — a reiteration of AWS as the core growth/profit engine. Reuters: AWS $600B
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Wolfe Research recently raised its price target citing stronger AWS AI and data-center demand, which underpins upside for shares. Yahoo Finance: Wolfe Research
• Positive Sentiment: Product and cloud partnerships accelerating AI offerings — AWS announced deals (including a Cerebras collaboration for fast inference) and OpenAI/AWS commercial/government arrangements that expand addressable market for cloud and AI services. InsiderMonkey: Cerebras partnership
  Reuters: OpenAI-AWS gov deal
• Positive Sentiment: Faster delivery push and Prime Day timing: Amazon expanded 1‑hour/3‑hour delivery and reportedly moved Prime Day into June — both moves aim to pull demand forward, boost Q2 revenue and defend share in quick-commerce. Reuters: 1-hour delivery
  MarketBeat: Prime Day shift
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital spending and debt context: Amazon’s large bond sale and planned AI capex have analysts revising hyperscaler debt forecasts higher — supports growth but keeps focus on near-term margin/cash use. Reuters: debt forecasts
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/cloud competition risk: Reports say Microsoft is weighing legal action over a large Amazon–OpenAI cloud arrangement, creating regulatory / contract uncertainty for AWS/OpenAI deals. Reuters: Microsoft legal threat
• Negative Sentiment: Operational & headlines risk from logistics shuffle: Multiple reports that Amazon plans to sharply cut USPS volume (potentially two‑thirds) have pressured the stock amid concerns over transition costs and negative press; CNBC/WSJ coverage also shows negotiation frictions. WSJ: USPS volume cut
  CNBC: USPS talks

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.