Westend Capital Management LLC Increases Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Westend Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 5.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 54,863 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,786 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises approximately 3.5% of Westend Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Westend Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $12,663,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. now owns 2,898,409 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $669,011,000 after purchasing an additional 65,909 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Quarterback LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Wealth Quarterback LLC now owns 14,887 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,436,000 after purchasing an additional 406 shares in the last quarter. Crane Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Crane Advisory LLC now owns 5,531 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $1,363,000 after purchasing an additional 293 shares in the last quarter. MOR Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter worth $2,140,000. Finally, Private Advisory Group LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Private Advisory Group LLC now owns 198,144 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $45,736,000 after purchasing an additional 7,462 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.5%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $213.77 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $212.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $224.00. The stock has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.38. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $165.29 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.86 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on AMZN. Daiwa Securities Group decreased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Roth Mkm restated a “buy” rating and issued a $295.00 target price (up from $270.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Maxim Group boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.21.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.50, for a total transaction of $210,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 520,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $109,535,990.50. This trade represents a 0.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, 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 SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 72,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,899,239. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon struck a new agreement that keeps roughly 80% of current USPS package volume, averting a larger logistics disruption and preserving a predictable, lower-cost delivery channel for >1B yearly packages — a positive for fulfillment economics and near-term margin visibility. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: AWS is winning customers for its custom chips: Uber is expanding use of Graviton and testing Trainium3, showing enterprise adoption of Amazon’s lower‑cost CPU and AI-inference/training silicon — a revenue and differentiation win for AWS. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: A sell‑side upgrade/target raise (Moffett Nathanson nudging its AMZN target higher) adds fresh analyst support and can attract flows from income/tech momentum desks. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Market chatter that Amazon may pursue satellite deals (Globalstar) would be strategic for LEO connectivity and AWS edge offerings but is speculative and would be capital‑intensive if pursued. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: AWS says teams are working around the clock to maintain Middle East services after regional strikes — this underscores operational resilience but also highlights geopolitical risk to infrastructure. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile YouTubers sued Amazon, alleging its Nova Reel AI scraped copyrighted videos to train models — this raises legal and reputational risk around Amazon’s AI products and could lead to costly litigation or constraints on training data. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that some brands are pulling listings after disputes over Amazon’s pricing/payout terms could reduce assortment and gross merchandise volume if it spreads — a risk to retail revenue and marketplace dynamics. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder pressure over water use at Amazon data centers and community resistance that has stalled projects creates potential delays/costs for AWS capacity expansion — a strategic headwind for AI infrastructure growth. Article Title

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.