Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stock: Walker Asset Management LLC Raises Stake

Walker Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 98.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,397 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 9,148 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for approximately 2.3% of Walker Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Walker Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $4,584,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Red Crane Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Red Crane Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,663 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $346,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the period. Stegent Equity Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.7% during the 3rd quarter. Stegent Equity Advisors Inc. now owns 1,462 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $364,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,509 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,147,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Sfam LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. Sfam LLC now owns 1,224 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $255,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. Finally, Measured Risk Portfolios Inc. raised its position in Amazon.com by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. Measured Risk Portfolios Inc. now owns 1,206 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $251,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on the company. Zacks Research lowered Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 14th. Wedbush increased their price target on Amazon.com from $293.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Roth Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Evercore set a $355.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 28th. Finally, HSBC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $310.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Fifty-seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $322.53.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley names Amazon a top pick: The firm raised its price target to $350 from $335 and maintained an Overweight rating, citing an “under-appreciated” AWS growth runway. Morgan Stanley now expects AWS growth of approximately 47% in 2027, alongside potential gains from Bedrock, agentic AI, advertising, robotics and automated fulfillment. Amazon stock pops after Morgan Stanley details five catalysts
• Positive Sentiment: AWS makes Trainium easier to adopt: Amazon introduced TorchNeuron, a tool designed to let developers run existing PyTorch applications on its Trainium chips with minimal code changes. The software could reduce Nvidia’s CUDA-related ecosystem advantage, improve Trainium adoption and lower customer AI-computing costs. Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia with TorchNeuron
• Positive Sentiment: Long-term power strategy supports AI expansion: Amazon agreed to fund development of a proposed 960-megawatt Indiana nuclear plant and intends to purchase its electricity. The project could provide reliable power for expanding data-center capacity, although it remains subject to feasibility work and approvals. Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors in Indiana
• Neutral Sentiment: Data-center supply chain activity: 3M expanded its commercial relationship with Amazon for data-center products, reportedly involving a multibillion-dollar opportunity. The agreement highlights continued infrastructure spending but does not appear to materially change Amazon’s near-term earnings outlook. 3M expands Amazon data center partnership
• Negative Sentiment: Capital intensity remains a risk: Commentary noted Amazon’s planned roughly $220 billion in annual capital expenditures, negative free cash flow and higher long-term debt. Investors will need evidence that AI spending translates into durable AWS revenue and margin expansion. Amazon’s AI data-center spending challenges

Amazon.com Price Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $262.45 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The stock has a market cap of $2.83 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.45. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $256.44 and a two-hundred day moving average of $252.31. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $196.00 and a 1 year high of $287.20.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. Amazon.com had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 18.00%. The business had revenue of $200.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.03 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.68 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.02 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total transaction of $5,180,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,235,766 shares in the company, valued at $579,085,751.66. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Douglas Herrington sold 6,362 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total value of $1,647,821.62. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 476,681 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $123,465,145.81. This trade represents a 1.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 have sold 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,580,515 over the last 90 days. 8.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc is a global technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Originally launched as an online bookstore, the company has expanded into a broad digital marketplace offering consumer products across numerous categories, including electronics, household goods, apparel, groceries and other merchandise. Amazon also sells products under its own brands and provides logistics, fulfillment and delivery services that support its retail operations and third-party sellers.

The company’s principal businesses include online and physical retail, Amazon Web Services (AWS), digital advertising, subscription services and consumer technology.