Wealthfront Advisers LLC Acquires 42,707 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,145,151 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 42,707 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up 0.6% of Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 25th biggest position. Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $251,441,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 23.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% in the 3rd quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at about $74,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $24,662,702. This represents a 2.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. This represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 70,686 shares of company stock worth $14,484,489 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $208.73 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $225.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $227.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.11, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently commented on AMZN shares. Citizens Jmp lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $304.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, DZ Bank raised shares of Amazon.com to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Major OpenAI partnership and multi‑year AWS commitments reinforce Amazon’s AI positioning: Amazon announced a strategic tie‑up with OpenAI (including up to $50bn of potential investment and a large multi‑year workload commitment to AWS), which Wall Street (Goldman) called a “positive proof point” for AWS competitiveness. Amazon’s OpenAI tie-up ‘positive proof’ for AI growth, Goldman says
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon continues to beef up AI infrastructure (land and capital): Amazon Data Services is buying George Washington University’s Virginia campus for ~$427M to expand AI/data‑center capacity — a targeted step to support higher‑margin AWS AI workloads. Amazon data center unit acquires George Washington University Virginia campus
• Positive Sentiment: Large country‑level commitments to AI/data centers: Amazon pledged major multibillion‑euro investments in Spain’s AI/data‑center infrastructure (reported ≈€18B incremental), signaling long‑term capacity buildout to capture AI demand. Amazon Pledges Nearly $40 Billion to Expand AI Data-Center Infrastructure in Spain
• Positive Sentiment: AWS growth remains a bright spot and underpins analyst bullishness: AWS revenue acceleration and numerous buy ratings/price targets (median targets well above current levels) support a longer‑term recovery case despite recent volatility. Amazon’s Drop Was Loud, But Its Rebound Could Be Louder
• Positive Sentiment: Product and logistics expansions: rollout of 15‑minute delivery in Brazil and new AI seller tools (Canvas) illustrate ongoing retail innovation that can raise GMV and seller retention over time. Amazon Deploys 15-Minute Delivery in Brazil Expansion Amazon Gives Sellers an Agentic Window Into Their Business
• Neutral Sentiment: Product consolidation: Amazon will close the standalone Wondery app and fold top podcasts into Audible — limited financial impact but a small content consolidation play. Amazon Is Shutting Down The Wondery App
• Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, causing outages, degraded availability for regional customers and office closures in the Middle East — a near‑term operational and reputational hit with potential customer migration and recovery costs. Nvidia, Amazon temporarily close Dubai offices, Google employees stranded amid U.S.-Iran war Amazon’s cloud unit says drone strikes damaged UAE and Bahrain facilities
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy, front‑loaded AI capex (reported ~$200B guidance) has rattled investors — free cash flow plunged and the scale/timing of payback is unclear, which triggered February’s sharp selloff and remains the primary driver of near‑term share weakness. Amazon’s Drop Was Loud, But Its Rebound Could Be Louder
• Negative Sentiment: PR and privacy headwinds: backlash over Ring’s license‑plate reader partnership and cities ending programs adds reputational risk for Amazon’s Ring business. Separately, reported insider selling and some hedge‑fund trimming have amplified caution. Cities join Amazon in ending their partnership with license-plate reader Flock Quiver Quant summary

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.