Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is Privium Fund Management B.V.’s 5th Largest Position

Privium Fund Management B.V. lessened its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 18.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 121,000 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 28,000 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for approximately 5.1% of Privium Fund Management B.V.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Privium Fund Management B.V.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $27,929,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 31,095 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $7,177,000 after buying an additional 248 shares during the last quarter. Garner Asset Management Corp grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Garner Asset Management Corp now owns 23,580 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,443,000 after buying an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Liberty Atlantic Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth $565,000. Alpha Cubed Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Alpha Cubed Investments LLC now owns 612,612 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $141,403,000 after buying an additional 32,296 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cresta Advisors Ltd. raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 8.2% in the fourth quarter. Cresta Advisors Ltd. now owns 18,184 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $4,197,000 after buying an additional 1,375 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. New Street Research boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. TD Securities upgraded shares of Amazon.com to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Arete Research raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $301.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Moffett Nathanson boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 7th. Finally, Mizuho increased their price target on Amazon.com from $315.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Fifty-seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $312.66.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $274.00 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $244.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $232.34. The stock has a market cap of $2.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.01. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $196.00 and a 1-year high of $278.56.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. The firm had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.28 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.59 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $263.42, for a total transaction of $5,268,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,205,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $581,042,879.72. This trade represents a 0.90% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total transaction of $2,489,273.10. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,060,750.70. This trade represents a 18.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 195,774 shares of company stock valued at $51,552,494. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Web Services got a major lift from news that Snowflake signed a $6 billion multiyear deal with AWS, underscoring strong demand for Amazon’s cloud infrastructure and AI-related chips. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts and market commentators remain bullish on AMZN, citing AWS acceleration, AI backlog growth, and margin expansion potential; UBS and Bank of America both reiterated constructive views and high price targets. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is also broadening its AI moat by making its shopping AI tools and potentially even SpaceX’s Grok models available through AWS, which could attract more enterprise customers and deepen platform usage. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was helped by coverage arguing Amazon’s AI strategy is differentiated and that its cloud and retail ecosystem could remain a long-term winner as AI spending scales. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Walmart’s expansion of 30-minute delivery adds competitive pressure in fast delivery, but it also confirms Amazon’s fulfillment model is still setting the pace in retail logistics. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s local unit is facing an Australian regulator lawsuit over alleged missing warning labels on children’s backpacks with button batteries, creating a small legal and reputational headwind. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some articles also pointed to heavy AI capex and insider selling, which may remind investors to watch margins and execution even as the growth narrative stays intact. Article Title

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.