Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stock Position Increased by Lavelle Capital LP

Lavelle Capital LP raised its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 282.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,531 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,825 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for approximately 0.7% of Lavelle Capital LP’s holdings, making the stock its 21st biggest position. Lavelle Capital LP’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,557,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Trust Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 107,563 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 3,414 shares in the last quarter. MilWealth Group LLC grew its stake 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 purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership increased its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 180 shares during the period. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 95.6% during the fourth quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 221 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 108 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: AWS expansion supports long-term growth. AWS is bringing OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic models to AWS GovCloud, potentially strengthening Amazon’s position in government AI workloads. Separately, AWS plans more than $5.3 billion in cloud infrastructure investment in Saudi Arabia. Amazon brings AI models to AWS GovCloud
• Positive Sentiment: Operating momentum remains a bullish counterweight. Recent coverage highlights accelerating AWS growth, expanding advertising revenue and improving profitability. Amazon’s latest reported quarter included $200.6 billion of revenue, up nearly 20% year over year, while AWS revenue rose 36.7% to $42.2 billion and generated $16.6 billion in operating income. Analysts cited in the articles continue to see additional upside, with a reported median price target of $320. Amazon growth outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital spending remains a key debate. Amazon’s roughly $220 billion 2026 capital-expenditure plan is intended to build AI and cloud capacity, but investors remain concerned about near-term free-cash-flow pressure and whether the spending will generate adequate returns.
• Negative Sentiment: FTC lawsuit creates substantial regulatory risk. The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states allege Amazon secretly manipulated ad auctions and used undisclosed surcharges to overcharge approximately 1.2 million advertisers by more than $20 billion. Potential remedies, damages, changes to Amazon Ads and reputational harm could threaten a rapidly growing, high-margin business. Amazon denies the allegations and says regulators mischaracterized its auction system. FTC lawsuit against Amazon
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term sentiment is particularly sensitive because AMZN is trading near record levels. The lawsuit gives investors a fresh reason to take profits and reassess valuation, even as the company’s underlying cloud and advertising growth remains strong.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,343 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total transaction of $606,860.43. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $31,024,217.80. This represents a 1.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total value of $5,180,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,235,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $579,085,751.66. This trade represents a 0.89% 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 sold 70,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,314,015 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Price Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $259.77 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.80 trillion, a P/E ratio of 20.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 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’s fifty day moving average is $252.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is $241.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.03.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. The company had revenue of $200.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $197.03 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.68 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on AMZN. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Rosenblatt Securities assumed coverage on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $335.00 price target on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a 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. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $323.09.

Amazon.com Company 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.