Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target Raised to $300.00 at Roth Mkm

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its target price upped by stock analysts at Roth Mkm from $285.00 to $300.00 in a report issued on Thursday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock. Roth Mkm’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 15.61% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $265.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. President Capital cut their price target on Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $275.00 to $298.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-five have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $301.84.

Amazon.com Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of AMZN opened at $259.49 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $222.42 and a 200 day moving average of $227.08. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $183.85 and a fifty-two week high of $273.88. The firm has a market cap of $2.79 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $1.16. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $176.98 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.59 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Amazon.com will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,000 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Friday, April 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.00, for a total transaction of $7,905,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,207,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $562,815,090. The trade was a 1.39% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 128,035 shares of company stock valued at $28,827,479. Insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,868,735,000. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 27,376.7% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,272,397,000 after buying an additional 98,090,585 shares during the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 20,598.0% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 87,982,814 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $20,308,193,000 after buying an additional 87,557,736 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at $11,674,091,000. Finally, Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 879.4% in the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 27,862,400 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,431,199,000 after acquiring an additional 25,017,588 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 “double beat”: EPS and revenue topped Street estimates and AWS revenue accelerated (~28%), driving the upside and confidence in the AI-driven cloud recovery. Business Wire: Q1 results
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI models/partnership expansion and rapid Bedrock integration broaden AWS’s AI product set — a strategic distribution win that could drive higher‑margin cloud sales. FT: OpenAI expands Amazon deal
• Positive Sentiment: Brokers lifted price targets and reiterated buys after the print (multiple banks raising targets into the $300+ range), signaling strong analyst conviction on AWS/AI momentum. TipRanks: Analyst reactions
• Neutral Sentiment: Published Q2 revenue guide is above consensus (range raised), which supports top‑line momentum but sets high expectations for the current quarter. Q1 slide deck / guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s internal AI chip efforts (Trainium/Graviton) and large backlog ($200B+ range reported) are a longer‑term revenue/cost lever — potentially transformative but capital‑intensive. Business Insider: Trainium/backlog
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy AI capex and rising memory/chip prices: management flagged higher capital spending and supply‑cost pressure that could weigh on near‑term margins and free cash flow. Benzinga: Jassy on chip prices & capex
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: EU signaled plans to target cloud/AI under new Big Tech rules, which could raise compliance costs or constrain commercial flexibility in Europe. Reuters: EU to target cloud/AI
• Negative Sentiment: Positioning risk / crowding: analysts warn of a possible post‑earnings unwind even after a strong report — crowded long positioning can amplify short‑term volatility. TipRanks: retail investor caution
• Negative Sentiment: Insider sale disclosed (director sold shares under a 10b5‑1 plan) — routine but watched by some investors as near‑term supply. InsiderTrades: director sale

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.