Douglas Herrington Sells 1,000 Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.50, for a total transaction of $210,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 520,361 shares in the company, valued at $109,535,990.50. This trade represents a 0.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN remained flat at $209.77 during trading on Friday. 31,395,122 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 45,568,132. The business’s fifty day moving average is $214.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $224.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.38. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on AMZN. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $230.00 price objective on Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Tigress Financial lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Truist Financial dropped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. KeyCorp set a $285.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Citizens Jmp raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $286.59.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 113.2% during the 3rd 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 acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% in the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership raised its position in Amazon.com by 900.0% during the fourth quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 180 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Reports say Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar to accelerate Project Kuiper and better compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — a strategic, long‑term growth move into connectivity that investors view as expansionary for AWS/IoT opportunities. Amazon in talks to buy $9bn Globalstar (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo reiterated Overweight and nudged its price target higher, naming Amazon a top internet pick on improving AWS momentum and free‑cash‑flow inflection — supportive for sentiment and analyst‑driven buying. Wells Fargo names Amazon top internet pick (247WallSt)
• Positive Sentiment: Billionaire Steve Cohen/Point72 has been a long‑time holder and recent coverage highlights continued institutional interest — a bullish signal for conviction among large investors. Steve Cohen buying AMZN (InsiderMonkey)
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon and AWS continue to show ecosystem momentum (partner certifications, new standards work such as the Linux‑backed x402 Foundation for agentic AI payments), which underpins long‑term cloud/AI positioning but has limited immediate EPS impact. x402 Foundation founding members include AWS (Cointelegraph)
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon will charge a temporary 3.5% fuel & logistics surcharge to third‑party sellers in the U.S. and Canada effective April 17 to offset rising transport costs — helps Amazon cover costs but risks seller pushback and could pressure marketplace GMV and growth metrics. Amazon adds 3.5% surcharge (CNBC)
• Negative Sentiment: NLRB ruled Amazon must bargain with a Staten Island warehouse union representing ~5,000 workers — an operational and cost risk that raises labor and reputational uncertainty for investors. NLRB orders Amazon to negotiate (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical fallout from the Iran conflict remains a live headwind — higher oil drove the seller surcharge and reports of an Iranian strike on an AWS Bahrain data center increase perceived geopolitical/operational risk. These macro forces can pressure valuation multiples and consumer demand. AWS Bahrain data center hit (Blockonomi)
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s new chatbot ad tests reportedly show weak early results — a potential near‑term headwind for advertising upside if the format doesn’t scale. Chatbot ad tests weak (TipRanks)
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling has been flagged in recent data — not proof of trouble but a signaling factor some investors watch for near‑term sentiment pressure. Insider selling and discussion (QuiverQuant)

About Amazon.com

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.