Systrade AG Buys Shares of 10,100 Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Systrade AG purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 10,100 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $2,407,000. Amazon.com accounts for about 1.5% of Systrade AG’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. MilWealth Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter worth about $45,000. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 900.0% in the 4th quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 95.6% in the 4th quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 221 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the period. Finally, Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Amazon.com by 87.7% in the 4th quarter. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. now owns 229 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 107 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley maintained a Buy rating and a $335 price target, arguing that AWS could eventually become a $1 trillion annual-revenue business. The firm’s bullish case sees substantial upside if AI demand supports sustained cloud growth and improved earnings. Amazon Maintained at Buy as Analyst Sees Trillion-Dollar AWS Opportunity
• Positive Sentiment: Several prominent investors increased their Amazon exposure. Stanley Druckenmiller raised Duquesne’s position by more than 11 times, David Tepper made Amazon Appaloosa’s largest holding, and Peter Thiel’s fund listed AMZN as its top disclosed stock. These filings reinforce institutional confidence in Amazon’s AI and cloud strategy. Billionaire Investors’ Amazon Positions
• Positive Sentiment: Investor commentary highlighted AWS’s internally developed chips as a potentially underappreciated business that could improve Amazon’s AI economics and create additional strategic value. Amazon’s Underappreciated Chip Business
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s investment in Anthropic has become large enough to affect reported earnings, adding potential upside from AI-related holdings, although private-company valuations can be difficult to realize. Amazon’s Anthropic Investment

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.5%

Amazon.com stock opened at $261.31 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $2.82 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.02, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.45. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.00 and a fifty-two week high of $287.20. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $248.23 and its 200-day moving average price is $238.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.03.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $3.93. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The company had revenue of $200.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.03 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.68 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on AMZN. Arete Research upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $301.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $319.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $360.00 price objective (up from $355.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $390.00 price objective (up from $280.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $322.56.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,363 shares of the company’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 value of $620,003.94. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at approximately $31,427,876.40. This represents a 1.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $581,042,879.72. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 62,650 shares of company stock worth $16,535,457. 8.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.