Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN is Maestria Partners LLC’s Largest Position

Maestria Partners LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.1% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 147,377 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,210 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 11.2% of Maestria Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Maestria Partners LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $30,694,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 10.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $885,478,000 after buying an additional 397,007 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,495,000 after acquiring an additional 986 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $442,481,000 after acquiring an additional 54,987 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,357,000 after acquiring an additional 1,518 shares during the period. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,153,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $296.00 to $332.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $310.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Fifty-seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $312.78.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $227.01 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $196.00 and a one year high of $278.56. The company has a market cap of $2.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.18. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $255.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $234.14.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. The firm had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.28 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.59 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is making a major long-term growth bet by adding another $13 billion to its India investment, bringing planned spending there to $48 billion through 2030 to expand AI, cloud and logistics infrastructure. Amazon to invest additional $13 billion in India
• Positive Sentiment: Prime Day traffic and demand remain a tailwind, with reports showing strong early spending and AI-powered shopping activity supporting the case for a near-term revenue beat. US online spending hits $8.3 billion as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, Adobe says
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is also getting support from investors and analysts, including hedge-fund buying and reiterated buy ratings, which signal continued confidence in AWS, advertising and long-term growth. Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Why These Hedge Fund Heavyweights Are Piling In
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s eero unit gained attention after Kinetic launched AlwaysOn Wi‑Fi powered by eero Signal, a partnership that reinforces Amazon’s ecosystem but is unlikely to move AMZN materially on its own. Kinetic Launches AlwaysOn Wi-Fi Powered by eero Signal
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon also continued to win attention for new AI and cloud integrations, including Bedrock ecosystem expansion and third-party product integrations, which support the AWS growth narrative but are incremental rather than immediate catalysts.
• Negative Sentiment: European regulators said Amazon Web Services may face stricter “gatekeeper” rules under the Digital Markets Act, raising the risk of more compliance costs and possible operating restrictions for AWS in Europe. Amazon, Microsoft cloud computing services should fall under EU tech rules, EU regulators say
• Negative Sentiment: Several reports said AMZN broke below a key technical level and is trading weakly versus the broader market, suggesting the recent pullback may be driven by chart pressure and profit-taking. Amazon Stock Slips Below Key Level On Rough Day For Cloud Hyperscaler Stocks

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total transaction of $2,489,273.10. Following the completion of the sale, 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 position. 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 Douglas J. Herrington sold 27,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total transaction of $7,562,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 471,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,624,275. The trade was a 5.51% 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. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 195,774 shares of company stock worth $51,614,434. Insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

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.