World Investment Advisors Buys 80,228 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

World Investment Advisors increased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 26.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 379,531 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 80,228 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up 1.4% of World Investment Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Amazon.com were worth $87,603,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of AMZN. American Capital Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 63.9% in the third 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 last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the third quarter worth $451,642,000. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.9% in the third quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 239,862 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $52,667,000 after purchasing an additional 4,558 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 3.9% in the third quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 1,145,151 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $251,441,000 after purchasing an additional 42,707 shares during the period. Finally, Pettee Investors Inc. boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 16.9% in the third quarter. Pettee Investors Inc. now owns 19,623 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $4,309,000 after purchasing an additional 2,838 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at $459,217,051.24. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total transaction of $1,406,779.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $107,512,341.02. This represents a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 72,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,899,239. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN opened at $213.77 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $165.29 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $212.57 and a 200-day moving average of $224.00.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMZN has been the subject of a number of research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Wedbush decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Monness Crespi & Hardt decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Evercore decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. One equities 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.21.

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.