Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. Boosts Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 246.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 168,963 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 120,234 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 0.3% of Cantor Fitzgerald L. P.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. Cantor Fitzgerald L. P.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $37,099,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. American Capital Advisory LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 63.9% in the 3rd quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,774,000 after purchasing an additional 3,152 shares in the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 86,978 shares during the period. Buckhead Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 16.1% during 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 purchasing an additional 3,948 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $451,642,000. Finally, DJE Kapital AG lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter. DJE Kapital AG now owns 1,037,443 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $229,890,000 after purchasing an additional 113,345 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.25, for a total value of $204,250.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 521,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $106,487,984.25. The trade was a 0.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on AMZN shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $265.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 9th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $310.00 target price (up from $304.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, UBS Group set a $311.00 price target on Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $286.93.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS partners with Cerebras to speed AI inference, which could improve Bedrock performance, lower customer costs and help AWS compete vs. Nvidia — a potential long‑term revenue/margin positive for Amazon’s cloud business. Cerebras Systems, Amazon strike deal to offer Cerebras AI chips on Amazon’s cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon splits out a paid “Ultra” Prime Video tier and hikes the ad‑free price — a direct, near‑term revenue boost from higher subscription ARPU that supports monetization of Prime streaming. Amazon to hike price of ad-free Prime Video tier by $2 a month
• Positive Sentiment: Luxembourg court vacated a record €746M privacy fine and ordered a reassessment, removing a large regulatory overhang for Amazon in Europe. Win for Amazon as Luxembourg court scraps record $854 million privacy fine
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains constructive: analysts have reiterated buys and some raised price targets (e.g., Wolfe/Evercore), which can support the stock amid the pullback narrative. Amazon Is Rising While the Market Falls—Here’s Why
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is reportedly moving Prime Day earlier to late June — timing and promotional cadence can affect quarterly sales mix but is not a clear positive/negative until details and vendor economics are known. Amazon plans to move Prime Day event to June from July, Bloomberg News reports
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon closed a massive multi‑tranche corporate debt offering to fund its AI/capex push — strong demand (reported ~4:1 bids) eases short‑term funding risk but the large debt target and $200B+ capex plan keep investor concerns about near‑term returns and balance‑sheet risk elevated. Amazon Completes Massive Multi-Tranche Corporate Debt Offering
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/tax risk persists: Milan prosecutors have sought trial for Amazon’s European unit and four execs over alleged €1.2B tax evasion — an ongoing legal exposure that could concern investors. Exclusive: Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, four execs over alleged $1.4 bln tax evasion

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $207.67 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $222.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $226.69. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $161.38 and a 52-week high of $258.60. The firm has a market cap of $2.23 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

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 company had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.