Vision Retirement LLC Decreases Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Vision Retirement LLC lessened its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 7.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 93,883 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 7,757 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up about 5.4% of Vision Retirement LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Vision Retirement LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $22,376,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Amazon.com by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 832,274,556 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $158,348,557,000 after buying an additional 8,913,959 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 388,653,121 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $89,708,913,000 after acquiring an additional 6,971,680 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 225,120,994 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $51,753,622,000 after acquiring an additional 2,479,324 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth $32,868,735,000. Finally, Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,272,397,000 after acquiring an additional 98,090,585 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amazon.com Trading Up 4.0%

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $266.43 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.87 trillion, a PE ratio of 21.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.45. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $196.00 and a 1-year high of $287.20. The business has a 50-day moving average of $251.62 and a 200 day moving average of $240.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.87.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The business had revenue of $200.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $197.03 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.68 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on AMZN. Arete Research lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $301.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. DZ Bank boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. China Renaissance upped their target price on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $320.00 price target (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $323.09.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 14,541 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.06, for a total value of $3,766,991.46. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 17,794 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,609,713.64. The trade was a 44.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,362 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total transaction of $1,647,821.62. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 476,681 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $123,465,145.81. This represents a 1.32% 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. In the last three months, insiders have sold 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,580,205. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Evercore raises target on agentic AI potential. Evercore ISI lifted its AMZN price target to $355 from $315.16 and maintained an Outperform rating. The firm believes agentic AI could improve retail growth and strengthen trends across Amazon Web Services (AWS), advertising and e-commerce. Why is Amazon stock surging 4% today
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded Nvidia partnership reinforces AI demand. Amazon plans to add 2 million Nvidia GPUs to its data centers in 2027–2028, bringing its announced commitment to roughly 3 million chips. The spending signals strong expected demand for AWS AI capacity and helped distinguish Amazon positively within the AI infrastructure sector. Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over surging demand
• Positive Sentiment: AWS and AI economics remain major growth catalysts. Reports cited approximately 37% AWS revenue growth to $42.2 billion in the second quarter, while Amazon’s AI and chip businesses each reached annualized revenue run rates above $25 billion. Analysts also highlighted solid retail profitability and long-term cloud adoption. Amazon Stock: AI Investment Gains Momentum as AWS Revenue Surges
• Positive Sentiment: New distribution and energy initiatives support the platform. Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone delivery to nearly 500 U.S. cities by year-end, while new power-purchase agreements add 600 megawatts of carbon-free electricity and support data-center expansion. Amazon is about to six times its drone delivery footprint
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon-backed Zoox is launching robotaxi service in San Francisco, creating a potential long-term growth option but adding an unproven business with significant execution requirements. Amazon-backed Zoox launches robotaxis in San Francisco
• Negative Sentiment: AI spending is raising return-on-investment concerns. The enlarged GPU commitment adds to an already substantial capital budget, prompting investors to question whether AWS demand and AI monetization will justify the cost. Amazon’s post-earnings gains have also partially faded, and billionaire Bill Ackman reportedly shifted from Amazon to Microsoft.
• Negative Sentiment: California litigation over alleged price-fixing remains an overhang, although a judge indicated the state’s request to block Amazon’s practices would likely be denied. Judge likely to deny California’s bid to stop Amazon’s alleged price fixing

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.