Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Sold by Xponance Inc.

Xponance Inc. cut its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.2% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,087,397 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 114,700 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises 3.6% of Xponance Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $458,330,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC lifted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% in the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullishness — Wolfe Research raised its price target to $255, reiterating an outperform view and reinforcing buy-side confidence. Wolfe Research Increases Amazon.com Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: Huge demand for Amazon debt — Amazon’s jumbo bond offering drew enormous investor interest (reports of ~$126B in orders), signaling fixed-income investors back the company’s AI buildout. Strong demand eases funding risk for capex. Bond Sale Draws $126 Billion
• Positive Sentiment: Health AI rollout expands — Amazon scaled its Health AI assistant to the wider site and app, increasing potential monetization via One Medical integration and AWS healthcare tooling. This accelerates higher-margin services revenue. Amazon launches healthcare AI assistant
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships and infrastructure — Zoox’s multi-year tie-up with Uber and new large robotics fulfillment centers (Australia, Poland investment plans) support long-term growth in logistics and AV services. Zoox and Uber tie up Amazon plans to invest in Poland
• Positive Sentiment: Legal win protecting marketplace — A court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity’s AI shopping agent from accessing Amazon, supporting Amazon’s control of its platform and merchant economics. Amazon wins court order vs Perplexity
• Neutral Sentiment: Planned bond sale size — Amazon is targeting $37–$42B in bonds to fund AI capex. While demand is strong, the sheer size increases leverage and long-term interest costs to monitor. Amazon targeting $37–$42B bond sale

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Arete Research raised their target price on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 target price (down from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. New Street Research reduced their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $350.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Maxim Group upped their price target on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $286.93.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $212.65 on Thursday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $223.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $226.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.66, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.86 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

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.