Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Bought by Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 624,110 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,190 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 1.6% of Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $144,057,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 5.1% in the 4th 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. IMPACTfolio LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $269,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $292,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Union Savings Bank lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition accelerates space strategy — Amazon agreed to buy Globalstar (~$11.6B) to bolster its Amazon Leo/Kuiper efforts and enable direct-to-device services (and an Apple tie‑in). The deal is being treated as a long-term strategic catalyst that helped spark the recent rally. Amazon’s $11.6B Globalstar deal (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street backing and higher targets — Several firms (Citizens, Loop Capital, Rosenblatt, Goldman noted in coverage) have reiterated buys or raised targets citing the Globalstar deal and AWS AI tailwinds, supporting upside vs. current levels. Analyst support after Globalstar (TipRanks)
• Positive Sentiment: AWS & AI monetization angle — Coverage highlights a growing AI-services and custom‑chip opportunity (Fool pieces estimating a potential $50B external chip business), which would materially boost AWS margins and long‑term revenue. Amazon AI chip opportunity (Fool)
• Neutral Sentiment: Notable investor flows & positioning — Heavy call-option activity and bullish pieces (options, analyst bull cases) show elevated positioning ahead of earnings; that can amplify moves in either direction. Options volume ahead of earnings (Barchart)
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon-backed energy play IPO — X‑Energy, backed by Amazon, filed to raise up to $800M; indirect exposure to Amazon’s broader strategic investments but limited direct near-term impact on AMZN equity. X‑Energy IPO filing (TechCrunch)
• Negative Sentiment: Seller revolt over payout & ad changes — Hundreds of large third‑party sellers staged an ad boycott over new payout and ad-payment policies (and a temporary fuel surcharge), which could pressure marketplace ad revenue and merchant sentiment if it persists. Seller ad boycott (CNBC)
• Negative Sentiment: Legal & safety headlines — A class-action alleging Fire TV slowdown and a reported worker death at an Oregon facility add regulatory, reputational and potential legal risk that can dent sentiment. Fire TV lawsuit (NYPost) Worker death at facility (TechCrunch)

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,662,702. The trade was a 2.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 72,686 shares of company stock worth $14,899,239. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN opened at $248.50 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.67 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.38. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $165.29 and a one 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’s fifty day moving average price is $212.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $224.70.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently issued reports on AMZN. Arete Research lifted their price objective 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. Daiwa Securities Group reduced their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 8th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $260.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com 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.