Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Sells $4,077,336.96 in Stock

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Andrew Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Amazon.com Stock Up 1.6%

AMZN traded up $3.29 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $208.56. The company had a trading volume of 41,046,132 shares, compared to its average volume of 54,408,398. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $258.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The company has a market cap of $2.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.37. The business has a 50-day moving average of $227.87 and a 200-day moving average of $228.15.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.86 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large, tangible AI infrastructure investment — Amazon committed $12 billion to new data‑center campuses in Louisiana, a concrete buildout that supports AWS capacity and revenue growth for AI workloads. Amazon plans $12 billion data center buildout in Louisiana
• Positive Sentiment: Improving AI ecosystem tone — news that Anthropic is extending cooperative enterprise arrangements (and analyst notes that its tools aren’t displacing software vendors) has helped lift AI/software sentiment, which benefits Amazon via its Anthropic stake and AWS partnerships. Anthropic Extends Enterprise Olive Branch, Lifts Software Stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad market support — a tech-led, broad‑based equity rally lifted many large-cap names, providing short‑term tailwinds for AMZN alongside sector rotation headlines. US Equity Indexes Rise as Technology Participates in Broad-Based Rally
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst / fundamentals context — several writeups note Amazon’s fundamentals and AWS strength remain intact despite the pullback, framing the decline as an investment-cycle reset rather than structural deterioration.
• Negative Sentiment: Wall Street fear over massive AI capex — management’s disclosure of roughly $200 billion in AI‑related capital spending remains the primary negative catalyst, prompting questions about near‑term returns and free‑cash‑flow pressure. Amazon’s $200 Billion AI Spending Shocker Has Wall Street Asking One Question
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — recent Form 4 filings show sales by senior executives (VP Shelley Reynolds; CEO Douglas J. Herrington), which can amplify short‑term selling pressure and investor caution. Shelley Reynolds Form 4 Douglas J. Herrington Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: AGI lab leadership change — the head of Amazon’s AGI lab is leaving, raising short‑term questions about continuity in longer‑term research efforts. Head of Amazon’s AGI lab is leaving the company
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal headlines — California asked a court to block alleged anti‑competitive pricing practices and Italy’s privacy authority banned an Amazon logistics unit from processing some employee data; both add regulatory risk and headline volatility. California seeks injunction to stop Amazon’s alleged stifling of price competition Italy watchdog bans Amazon unit from using staff personal data

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Financial Connections Group Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 1,633 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $376,000 after buying an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $205,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 12,565 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,763,000 after buying an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Western Financial Corp CA lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Western Financial Corp CA now owns 3,076 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $710,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMZN has been the subject of several recent research reports. Arete Research boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Barclays reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a 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. Raymond James Financial decreased their target price on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $225.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $285.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.29.

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.