Stevens Capital Management LP Raises Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Stevens Capital Management LP boosted its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 139.0% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 12,163 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,074 shares during the period. Stevens Capital Management LP’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,671,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. American Capital Advisory LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 63.9% in the 3rd quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,774,000 after buying an additional 3,152 shares in the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC lifted its position 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 valued at $250,213,000 after acquiring an additional 86,978 shares in the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 16.1% in 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 acquiring an additional 3,948 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter worth about $451,642,000. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 172.8% in the second quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 3,012 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,908 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Down 2.6%

Shares of AMZN opened at $213.31 on Monday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $2.29 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $224.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $227.22.

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

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Bill Ackman materially increased his AMZN stake in Q4 2025 (holds ~9.61M shares after adding 3.78M), listing Amazon among his top picks — a high‑profile endorsement that can attract further institutional interest. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Among Bill Ackman’s Top Picks
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI/Nvidia demand is ramping AI compute on cloud platforms; Sam Altman thanked Jensen Huang as Nvidia scales capacity for OpenAI on AWS — implies strong, multi‑year revenue potential for AWS from AI workloads. Sam Altman Thanks Jensen Huang As Nvidia Ramps AI Capacity
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s big AI bet — widespread coverage of a $200B+ capex commitment for AI/data‑center infrastructure signals aggressive growth investment that should expand AWS capacity and long‑term TAM capture (but note near‑term cash intensity). Amazon Just Committed $200 Billion to Capital Expenditures
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic land purchase in Ashburn: Amazon reportedly bought George Washington University’s Virginia campus (~$427M) to expand its data‑center footprint in a critical U.S. hub — concrete capacity addition for AWS. Amazon Expands AI Footprint With $427 Million George Washington University Campus Acquisition
• Positive Sentiment: Brokerage/analyst tone remains constructive: consensus “Moderate Buy” and many buy/outperform ratings with a median multi‑month price target above current levels support demand. Amazon Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy”
• Neutral Sentiment: Compute‑capacity stories and ETF flows show continued investor interest in AMZN as an AI/cloud exposure — supportive context but not an immediate catalyst. Compute Capacity Offering Support to Amazon
• Neutral Sentiment: Robotics division cut ~100 white‑collar roles — a cost‑reduction move that reduces near‑term spend but signals mixed execution/priority refinements. Amazon Eliminates 100 White Collar Jobs In Robotics Team
• Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing outages and structural harm — a direct operational risk to AWS reliability and an example of physical exposures to geopolitical conflict; could raise recovery costs and customer concern. Drone Strikes On AWS Test Amazon Resilience And Investor Risk Assumptions
• Negative Sentiment: Major AWS outages prompted social‑media alarm and investor debate about cloud reliability and the scale of Amazon’s AI commitments (some shareholders worried about the fiscal cost of large AI deals). These reliability and spending concerns are immediate negative sentiment drivers. Amazon Stock (AMZN) Opinions on AWS Outage
• Negative Sentiment: Macro shock risk: rapidly rising oil prices are being flagged as a potential drag on consumer confidence and discretionary spending, a tail risk for Amazon’s retail business. Surging Oil Prices Threaten NVIDIA, Amazon, and Meta

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial decreased their target price on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $225.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Argus restated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $260.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded shares of Amazon.com to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price 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.