Skylands Capital LLC Sells 2,650 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Skylands Capital LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 18.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,875 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 2,650 shares during the quarter. Skylands Capital LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,607,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter worth $11,674,091,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $186,420,422,000 after purchasing an additional 17,447,045 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 22,085.8% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,177,557 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,671,634,000 after purchasing an additional 12,122,668 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Amazon.com by 21.3% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 57,908,424 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $11,017,657,000 after buying an additional 10,176,835 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $107,512,341.02. This represents a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 3.9%

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $216.82 on Thursday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 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. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $225.48 and its 200-day moving average price is $227.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.33 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.86 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI strategic partnership validates AWS AI demand — Amazon’s multi‑year deal with OpenAI (including an initial tranche and a potential investment of up to $50B plus large workload commitments) reassures investors that high capex is backed by long‑duration customer demand. Amazon’s OpenAI tie-up ‘positive proof’ for AI growth
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion of AI infrastructure — Amazon is buying a Virginia campus (~$427M) and continuing large data‑center investments to host AI workloads, supporting long‑term AWS revenue growth. Amazon invests $427M in new AI data hub
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street support and high price targets — Many analysts remain bullish (numerous Buy/Outperform ratings and a median price target well above current levels), which provides technical and sentiment support for a rebound. Analyst commentary and price targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Pledge to self‑power AI data centers — Amazon joined other big tech firms in a White House pledge to provide their own power for AI data centers; helpful for long‑run grid resilience but vague on sourcing and near‑term impact. Top tech companies sign Trump’s pledge
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational expansion in retail markets — Initiatives like 15‑minute delivery rollout in Brazil signal growth initiatives in international commerce, but they are incremental vs. the AWS/AI story. Amazon deploys 15-minute delivery in Brazil
• Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged Middle East AWS facilities — Physical damage and prolonged outages in UAE and Bahrain introduce operational risk, customer disruption and potential remediation costs; these headlines have weighed on sentiment periodically. Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran
• Negative Sentiment: Job cuts and robotics scaling back — Recent layoffs in the robotics unit and reports of reduced robot deployments are a reminder of near‑term cost pressures and restructuring that can hurt execution narratives. Amazon cuts more jobs in robotics unit
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — A CEO Form 4 shows a small sale (1,000 shares); while modest in size, continued insider sales across the company are watched by investors as a negative signal. SEC filing: insider sale

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $305.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, DZ Bank raised shares of Amazon.com to a “strong-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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus 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.