Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington Sells 1,000 Shares

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.25, for a total transaction of $204,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 521,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $106,487,984.25. This trade represents a 0.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN stock traded up $0.44 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $217.26. The stock had a trading volume of 14,605,638 shares, compared to its average volume of 52,511,559. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.33 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.30, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $258.60. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $225.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $227.39.

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

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS launched an AI-enabled platform to automate healthcare administrative tasks, expanding AWS’s addressable market in regulated health services and likely increasing cloud workload and recurring revenue for high-margin AWS. Amazon launches AI-enabled platform to automate healthcare administrative tasks
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and firms are reiterating bullish views tied to Amazon’s AI positioning — BofA highlights potential upside from Anthropic ties and TD Cowen reaffirmed a Buy with a $300 target — supporting upside for AWS-driven valuation rerating. ‘This Could Change the AWS Story,’ Says BofA about Amazon Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional and notable active managers put fresh money to work: ARK bought Amazon shares and other funds/investors have increased exposure, signaling conviction in long-term AI/capex payoff. ARK Invest’s Latest Moves: Amazon (AMZN) In, Roku (ROKU) Out – March 2026 Trades
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Data Services bought George Washington University’s Virginia campus for $427M — a tangible sign of AWS capacity expansion and long-term infrastructure investment. Amazon (AMZN) Buys George Washington University’s Virginia Campus for $427 Million
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon joined other big tech firms in a White House “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” to pay for AI data-center power upgrades — removes one political/PR overhang but is non‑binding and unlikely to materially affect near-term economics. Tech Giants Sign Ratepayer Protection Pledge On Power For Data Centers
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon cut at least ~100 white‑collar jobs in its robotics unit as part of broader cost cuts — signals near‑term revenue/program disruptions in a strategic area and reflects ongoing restructuring risk. Amazon cuts more jobs; this time in robotics unit
• Negative Sentiment: Security risks: AWS facilities in the Middle East were hit or affected by drone strikes, causing regional outages and underscoring geopolitical operational risk to AWS infrastructure. That raises short‑term service disruption and insurance/repair cost concerns. Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling continues to show up in filings (small CEO sale disclosed), which can weigh on sentiment even if amounts are modest relative to institutional flows. SEC Form 4 — insider sale disclosure

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 113.2% during 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 during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% in the fourth quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 87.7% in the fourth quarter. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. now owns 229 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 107 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the topic of a number of research reports. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $265.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 9th. Wedbush reduced their price objective on Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Loop Capital raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.29.

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.