Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co Has $361.57 Million Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co grew its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 8.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,646,711 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 133,100 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises about 2.3% of Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $361,568,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com during the third quarter worth $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second 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. PayPay Securities Corp increased its stake in Amazon.com by 62.3% in the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the second quarter valued at $74,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently commented on AMZN. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. 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. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on Amazon.com from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Bank of America cut their target price on Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Citizens Jmp lifted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.0%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $218.94 on Friday. 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 business has a fifty day simple moving average of $225.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $227.33. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.35 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.54, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.Amazon.com’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.86 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total value of $2,187,624.07. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street / media bullish on AMZN as an AI play — high‑profile endorsements and buy calls highlight AWS as the primary upside catalyst for valuation re-rating. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AWS product expansion into healthcare (agentic AI for administrative tasks) raises addressable market and recurring cloud workloads for a high‑margin business. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and institutional buying (Bank of America bullish on Anthropic tie‑ups; ARK and others adding stock) reinforce the narrative that AI partnerships and large customer commitments will underpin AWS growth. Read More. and Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Tangible capacity build — Amazon Data Services bought a $427M campus (Virginia) to expand cloud infrastructure, supporting long‑term AI capex deployment and revenue visibility for AWS. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined a White House “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” to cover AI data‑center power costs — removes some political/PR uncertainty but is non‑binding and unlikely to change near‑term margins. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical / physical risk to AWS: drone strikes damaged or disrupted data centres in the Gulf region, causing outages and highlighting operational/geopolitical exposure for critical cloud infrastructure. Read More. and Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Service disruptions and outages (site and some AWS services affected) are a near‑term revenue/PR headwind and raise questions about redundancy and customer risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Cost‑cutting and execution risk: layoffs in the robotics unit (~100 roles) signal continued restructuring and possible delays to robotics initiatives that were strategic for fulfillment efficiency. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Ongoing insider selling (small CEO sale disclosed) can weigh on sentiment even if economically immaterial vs. institutional flows. Read More.

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.