XY Planning Network Inc. Acquires 3,302 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

XY Planning Network Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 39.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 3,302 shares during the quarter. XY Planning Network Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,925,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in 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 period. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $22,218,775,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $16,341,405,000. Legal & General Group Plc bought a new position in Amazon.com in the second quarter worth approximately $12,831,376,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new position in Amazon.com in the second quarter worth approximately $6,631,466,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN opened at $262.63 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.00 and a fifty-two week high of $287.20. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $256.25 and a 200 day moving average of $252.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.03. The firm has a market cap of $2.83 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.13, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.45.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. Amazon.com had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 18.00%. The firm had revenue of $200.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.03 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.68 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.02 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total value of $5,180,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,235,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $579,085,751.66. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 6,172 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.31, for a total transaction of $1,606,633.32. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 109,207 shares in the company, valued at approximately $28,427,674.17. This represents a 5.35% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,580,515 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named Amazon a top pick and raised its price target to $350 from $335. The firm expects AWS growth to accelerate to 47% in 2027 and cited cloud margins, Bedrock, agentic AI, advertising and robotics as additional catalysts. Amazon shares jump as Morgan Stanley calls AWS runway under-appreciated
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon plans to hire more than 300,000 U.S. seasonal, part-time and full-time workers—20% more than last year—signaling expectations for strong holiday shopping demand. It will also expand healthcare access for eligible seasonal employees beginning in 2027. Amazon Creates Over 300,000 New U.S. Jobs
• Positive Sentiment: AWS released TorchNeuron, which helps developers run existing PyTorch applications on Amazon’s Trainium chips with fewer code changes. The initiative could reduce reliance on Nvidia’s software ecosystem and improve Amazon’s long-term AI infrastructure economics. Amazon releases TorchNeuron
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon committed more than $17 billion to expand Germany operations, including AWS, AI infrastructure, logistics, satellite internet and Prime Video. The investment supports international growth but will require substantial capital. Amazon Germany investment
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt Indiana small-modular-reactor project and would purchase its electricity if completed. The project could help address data-center power needs, but remains in the feasibility stage. Amazon Indiana nuclear project
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about Amazon’s roughly $220 billion 2026 capital-spending plan, negative free cash flow and reports that some Nvidia AI systems cannot yet be powered because of data-center constraints. Heavy spending must translate into AWS revenue and profit growth.
• Negative Sentiment: Walmart’s new membership bundle increases competition with Amazon Prime, while analysts question whether customers will understand or use the offering. Amazon’s rising advertising and seller-services revenue also raises concerns about pressure on merchants’ profitability.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on AMZN. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $375.00 price objective (up from $335.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. Rosenblatt Securities increased their target price on Amazon.com from $335.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 30th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $320.00 target price (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. Roth Capital reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Tigress Financial restated a “buy” rating and set a $385.00 price target (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, October 6th. Fifty-seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $322.53.

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc is a global technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Originally launched as an online bookstore, the company has expanded into a broad digital marketplace offering consumer products across numerous categories, including electronics, household goods, apparel, groceries and other merchandise. Amazon also sells products under its own brands and provides logistics, fulfillment and delivery services that support its retail operations and third-party sellers.

The company’s principal businesses include online and physical retail, Amazon Web Services (AWS), digital advertising, subscription services and consumer technology.