Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. decreased its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 47,300 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 3,302 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up 2.6% of Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $10,386,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. American Capital Advisory LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the 3rd quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,774,000 after acquiring an additional 3,152 shares during the period. ARK Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 8.3% in the second quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $250,213,000 after purchasing an additional 86,978 shares during the period. Buckhead Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 16.1% during the second quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 28,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,232,000 after buying an additional 3,948 shares during the period. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 172.8% during the second quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 3,012 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $667,000 after buying an additional 1,908 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DJE Kapital AG increased its stake in Amazon.com by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter. DJE Kapital AG now owns 1,037,443 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $229,890,000 after acquiring an additional 113,345 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 70,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,484,489 over the last three months. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
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Amazon.com Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $208.39 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $226.26 and a 200-day moving average price of $227.62. The company has a market cap of $2.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.37. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.
Key Amazon.com News
Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s data-center unit is buying George Washington University’s Virginia Science & Technology campus for $427 million to build out AI-focused infrastructure, signaling continued capacity expansion for AWS and support for model training/hosting demand. Amazon data center unit acquires George Washington University Virginia campus
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon committed large additional AI/data-center investments in Spain (€18B / ~$21B incremental), underlining its multi‑year capex push to capture AI infrastructure demand. That supports AWS competitive positioning but keeps capex high. Amazon to invest additional $21 billion in Spain for data centres, AI
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s strategic $50 billion arrangement with OpenAI (earlier disclosed) reinforces AWS as a core cloud partner for leading AI model providers, a long-term revenue and differentiation boost for cloud services. Amazon’s $50 billion OpenAI deal keeps the cloud giant firmly in the AI race
- Neutral Sentiment: Amazon rolled out a new Seller Wallet in seven European marketplaces — incremental improvement for marketplace monetization and seller experience, but limited short-term revenue impact. Amazon rolls out Seller Wallet to seven European marketplaces
- Neutral Sentiment: AWS says conditions at its fire-damaged UAE data center remain “largely unchanged,” an operational update that suggests recovery could be slow but not yet catastrophic to global AWS availability. Amazon (AMZN) Says Conditions at UAE AWS Data Center Remain ‘Largely Unchanged’
- Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, causing fires, power shutdowns and service degradation for some customers — an operational and reputational hit that has triggered near-term share weakness and could prompt customer migrations or recovery costs. Amazon’s cloud unit says drone strikes damaged UAE and Bahrain facilities
- Negative Sentiment: Evercore cut its price target on AMZN, reflecting analyst concern about heavy AI capex and near-term profit/cash-flow pressure — a reminder that spending plans are pressuring valuations despite long‑term optionality. Evercore Cuts Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target to $285.00
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.
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