3,036 Shares in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Bought by Wealth Care LLC

Wealth Care LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 3,036 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $632,000.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Narwhal Capital Management increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Narwhal Capital Management now owns 216,606 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $49,997,000 after purchasing an additional 4,854 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its position in Amazon.com by 21.0% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 24,653,228 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,690,463,000 after buying an additional 4,275,942 shares during the last quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 13.6% in the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 39,264 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $9,063,000 after buying an additional 4,713 shares during the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 9.6% in the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $8,421,000 after buying an additional 3,196 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.9% in the third quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 239,862 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $52,667,000 after buying an additional 4,558 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $247.04 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $253.39 and a 200 day moving average of $235.23. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $278.56. The company has a market cap of $2.66 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.55, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.28 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.59 EPS. The company’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 7.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,467 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $263.40, for a total transaction of $4,074,007.80. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 14,159 shares in the company, valued at $3,729,480.60. The trade was a 52.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available 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 stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total transaction of $2,489,273.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,060,750.70. The trade was a 18.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 three months, insiders have sold 195,774 shares of company stock worth $51,643,704. 8.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on AMZN. Piper Sandler set a $330.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $315.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Fifty-seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $312.79.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its price target on Amazon and kept a Buy rating, citing improving domestic sales trends and stronger momentum in the company’s core businesses. BofA Raises its Price Target on Amazon.com (AMZN)
• Positive Sentiment: BNP Paribas said Amazon’s valuation looks attractive ahead of Q2 earnings and maintained an Outperform rating, reinforcing optimism that the company can deliver solid cloud and retail results. Amazon’s Valuation Looks Attractive Ahead of Earnings: Analyst
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and recent coverage continue to frame Amazon as a key AI winner, with AWS, custom chips, and related infrastructure spending seen as important long-term growth drivers. Debt Raise Is a Positive Signal for Amazon Stock, Says Needham
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon completed a $24.9 billion long-term bond sale to help fund AI infrastructure, which investors are treating as evidence that management is aggressively investing to extend AWS’s competitive edge. Amazon Issues $24.9 Billion in Long-Term Notes
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary on Amazon’s AI shopping, Alexa, and broadband initiatives adds to the long-term growth narrative, but these stories are not immediate earnings drivers. Amazon and Walmart’s AI Shopping Race Is Now a Battle for Context, Not Clicks
• Negative Sentiment: Some investors remain cautious because Amazon’s AI buildout requires heavy capital spending, which could pressure free cash flow and keep the stock volatile heading into earnings. Amazon’s $25 billion ‘surprise’ bond sale dangled extra yield to lure in buyers—and flashed a warning sign about the AI boom
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling and broader concern about the payoff timing of massive AI spending may limit upside in the near term, even if the long-term thesis remains intact. Amazon’s New Debt Deal Puts Its AI Spending Story on Trial

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.