Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Sold by New Century Financial Group LLC

New Century Financial Group LLC lowered its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 53.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,800 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 3,254 shares during the period. New Century Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $615,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $186,420,422,000 after acquiring an additional 17,447,045 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 374,097,285 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $82,073,203,000 after purchasing an additional 5,163,208 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $47,332,625,000 after purchasing an additional 3,721,658 shares during the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 542,733.6% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 132,641,388 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $29,100,194,000 after purchasing an additional 132,616,953 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the second quarter valued at $27,438,011,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 22,000 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.03, for a total transaction of $5,500,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 493,507 shares in the company, valued at approximately $123,391,555.21. This trade represents a 4.27% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.94, for a total value of $4,311,031.68. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,208,310 shares in the company, valued at $479,070,771.40. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 79,734 shares of company stock valued at $18,534,017 in the last 90 days. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $231.37 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.37. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The business has a fifty day moving average of $231.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $228.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.01.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. Amazon.com had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 23.62%. The business had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.43 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon rolled out a new AI healthcare assistant for One Medical members (uses LLMs, access to medical records for Q&A, scheduling and med management), reinforcing Amazon’s push to monetize AI across services and drive AWS/healthcare revenue. Amazon launches AI health-care tool for One Medical members
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to lift price targets and reiterate buy calls (examples include Arete and Scotiabank raises), signaling Wall Street confidence in AWS/AI-driven margin expansion and supporting upside expectations. Arete adjusts price target on Amazon.com to $283
• Positive Sentiment: BNP Paribas and other shops name AMZN a top pick ahead of Q4 earnings, reflecting confidence that AWS growth and AI tailwinds can re-accelerate profitability. BNP Paribas Names Amazon a Top Pick ahead of Q4 Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are positioning ahead of early-February earnings: high put yields and option activity suggest the market expects volatility and leave room for both a rally (if AWS/AI beats) or a sell-the-news reaction. Is Amazon Too Cheap Ahead of Earnings? Put Yields Are High
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage highlights longer-term growth drivers (emerging markets, logistics scale, AWS AI workloads) that support the bull case but are unlikely to move the stock immediately without earnings confirmation. Emerging Markets Show Strong Growth: Will AMZN Stock Benefit?
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Andy Jassy warned tariffs are beginning to “creep” into product prices as seller inventory buffers run out — a near-term margin/volume headwind for retail and a catalyst for investor concern. Amazon CEO Jassy says Trump’s tariffs have started to ‘creep’ into prices
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced a TeraWave satellite internet push targeting enterprise/government customers — a potential competitor to Amazon’s Project Kuiper and an incremental capex/market-share consideration for cloud/edge services. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
• Negative Sentiment: Raymond James trimmed its target and warned of “agentic commerce” headwinds; Rothschild & Co Redburn cut its PT to $230 — mixed analyst moves add near-term uncertainty and may cap upside until Q4 results. Raymond James Trims Amazon Target, Flags Agentic Commerce Headwinds

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently issued reports on AMZN. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price target (up previously from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, October 31st. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Rothschild Redb cut Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Maxim Group increased their price target on Amazon.com from $272.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $295.42.

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.