Liberty Atlantic Advisors LLC Takes Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Liberty Atlantic Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 2,449 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $565,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.8%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $274.00 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $278.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.18. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $244.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $232.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.78, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. The company had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.28 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The firm’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.59 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Web Services got a major lift from news that Snowflake signed a $6 billion multiyear deal with AWS, underscoring strong demand for Amazon’s cloud infrastructure and AI-related chips. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts and market commentators remain bullish on AMZN, citing AWS acceleration, AI backlog growth, and margin expansion potential; UBS and Bank of America both reiterated constructive views and high price targets. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is also broadening its AI moat by making its shopping AI tools and potentially even SpaceX’s Grok models available through AWS, which could attract more enterprise customers and deepen platform usage. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was helped by coverage arguing Amazon’s AI strategy is differentiated and that its cloud and retail ecosystem could remain a long-term winner as AI spending scales. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Walmart’s expansion of 30-minute delivery adds competitive pressure in fast delivery, but it also confirms Amazon’s fulfillment model is still setting the pace in retail logistics. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s local unit is facing an Australian regulator lawsuit over alleged missing warning labels on children’s backpacks with button batteries, creating a small legal and reputational headwind. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some articles also pointed to heavy AI capex and insider selling, which may remind investors to watch margins and execution even as the growth narrative stays intact. Article Title

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. New Street Research increased their price target on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America increased their target price on Amazon.com from $298.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $315.00 target price (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $325.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.66.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,467 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $263.40, for a total transaction of $4,074,007.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 14,159 shares in the company, valued at $3,729,480.60. This represents a 52.21% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,352 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $8,621,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,175,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,335,650. The trade was a 1.42% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 195,774 shares of company stock worth $51,552,494 in the last three months. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by company 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.