Alua Capital Management LP Invests $118.66 Million in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Alua Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 540,400 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $118,656,000. Amazon.com accounts for about 8.2% of Alua Capital Management LP’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% during the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the period. Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during the 3rd quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value 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. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.9%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $207.67 on Friday. 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, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.23 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. The company’s 50 day moving average is $222.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is $226.69.

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). Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.86 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Evercore lowered their target price on Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on Amazon.com from $305.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One investment 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, the company currently has a consensus 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 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.