Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. Cuts Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd. decreased its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 10.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 42,533 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 4,767 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises 2.5% of Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Wilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $9,817,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 113.2% in 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 during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 79.0% in the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cooksen Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,363 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $262.38, for a total transaction of $620,003.94. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at approximately $31,427,876.40. The trade was a 1.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,370 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $262.39, for a total transaction of $1,671,424.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 486,527 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $127,659,819.53. This represents a 1.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 195,774 shares of company stock worth $51,552,494. 8.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $274.00 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $244.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is $232.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.95 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.00 and a fifty-two week high of $278.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.18.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.The firm had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.28 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.59 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AMZN. Benchmark increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $275.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Roth Mkm increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Pivotal Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $312.66.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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.