Signature Wealth Management Group Raises Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Signature Wealth Management Group grew its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 169.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 17,364 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,924 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 1.6% of Signature Wealth Management Group’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest position. Signature Wealth Management Group’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $4,008,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 72,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,899,239 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Broader market tailwind — tech names rallied after a U.S. ceasefire/ Iran‑tension easing headline, lifting Amazon alongside other Magnificent Seven stocks; this helped push momentum back above technical levels. Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia lead tech rally after Trump announces ceasefire with Iran
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades/targets — Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price target to $260 (overweight) and Moffett Nathanson boosted its target to $288 (buy), supporting upside expectations from Wall Street. Benzinga price target note Moffett Nathanson price target raise
• Positive Sentiment: AWS commercial traction — Uber is expanding use of AWS Graviton/Trainium chips, showing demand for Amazon’s custom silicon and cloud stack that support higher‑margin services. This validates monetization of AI workloads on AWS. Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazon’s AI chips
• Positive Sentiment: Logistics stability — Amazon and USPS reached a deal that keeps ~80% of current USPS package volume, reducing near‑term delivery disruption risk and preserving a major logistics channel. That eases execution concerns around last‑mile costs. Amazon and U.S. Postal Service Reach New Deal on Deliveries After Year of Talks
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/Investor debate on AI capex — Several notes argue AI capex concerns are overdone and that backlog, revenue per employee and AWS demand justify spending; this supports a longer‑term bull case but leaves near‑term margin pressure debated. Analysts confident in Amazon.com’s scale
• Neutral Sentiment: Potential strategic moves — Market chatter about a possible Globalstar deal (satellite push) could be a re‑rating catalyst if executed and clearly explained, but it also carries execution and valuation risk. Investors are watching for details. Could Globalstar Be the Missing Spark the Stock Needs?
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk — High‑profile creators (YouTubers) have sued Amazon, alleging scraped content was used to train video AI, introducing potential litigation and reputational risk around AI training/data practices. YouTubers Sue Amazon, Claim AI Tool Was Trained on Scraped Videos
• Negative Sentiment: Product & operational friction — Amazon will end support for pre‑2012 Kindles (customer backlash risk), and AWS experienced disruptions after drone strikes in Middle East data centers — both highlight operational/PR risks investors monitor. Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices AWS teams working around the clock after drone strikes

Amazon.com Stock Up 3.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $221.25 on Thursday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $165.29 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $212.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $223.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly 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 firm had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on AMZN. Maxim Group raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Raymond James Financial decreased their price objective on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $225.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Monness Crespi & Hardt lowered their price objective on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Moffett Nathanson lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.39.

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.