Hohimer Wealth Management LLC Has $11.93 Million Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Hohimer Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 16.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 54,353 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 7,614 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 1.7% of Hohimer Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest holding. Hohimer Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $11,934,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. American Capital Advisory LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the 3rd quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,774,000 after buying an additional 3,152 shares during the period. ARK Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 8.3% during the 2nd quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,140,494 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $250,213,000 after acquiring an additional 86,978 shares during the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 16.1% in the 2nd quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 28,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,232,000 after acquiring an additional 3,948 shares during the period. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the third quarter valued at $451,642,000. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 172.8% during the second quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 3,012 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,908 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently weighed in on AMZN shares. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Mizuho lowered Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $286.93.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.25, for a total value of $204,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 521,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $106,487,984.25. This trade represents a 0.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity’s Comet AI shopping agent from making purchases on Amazon’s site, protecting Amazon’s checkout/control of the customer experience and reducing near-term risk of automated scraping or order losses. Amazon’s Win Against Perplexity Kicks AI Shopping Wars Into High Gear
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox (Amazon’s autonomous-vehicle unit) struck a multiyear partnership to deploy robotaxis via Uber’s app (starting in Las Vegas), expanding distribution for Zoox tech and creating a clearer commercial path for that long-term investment. Zoox and Uber tie up to deploy robotaxis on ride-hailing network
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon expanded its Health AI assistant to all U.S. customers on the website and app, plus streamlined Shop Direct merchant integration — both moves increase product/service engagement and potential revenue streams outside traditional retail. Amazon launches healthcare AI assistant on its website, app
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s jumbo bond push to fund AI/capex continues to dominate headlines — issuance is drawing exceptional demand (reports of massive order books), which eases financing risk but also highlights the scale of the company’s >$100B AI buildout that could pressure margins. Amazon leads record US corporate borrowing rush with $40bn bond sales
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon convened engineering “deep dive” meetings after multiple site outages, including incidents tied to AI-assisted code changes — operational instability raises short-term execution risk and customer/merchant disruption concerns. Amazon plans ‘deep dive’ internal meeting to address AI-related outages
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory scrutiny: FCC Chair publicly criticized Amazon’s slower satellite-launch pace after Amazon opposed SpaceX proposals — a reputational/regulatory flashpoint that could complicate Project Kuiper timelines and invite further government attention. FCC chair criticizes slow pace of Amazon satellite launches

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN opened at $212.65 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $223.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $226.96. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 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%.The business’s revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.86 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

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.