Key Points
- Director Daniel Huttenlocher sold 1,237 Amazon shares on November 20 at an average price of $226.61 for proceeds of $280,316.57, cutting his stake by 4.52% to 26,148 shares (about $5.93M).
- Amazon's latest quarter beat expectations with $1.95 EPS versus $1.57 consensus and revenue of $180.17 billion (vs. $177.53B), a 13.4% year‑over‑year increase.
- Analyst sentiment is skewed positive: MarketBeat shows a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" with an average target price of $294.70 and most analysts issuing Buy ratings.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Director Daniel Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.61, for a total value of $280,316.57. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 26,148 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,925,398.28. This represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.
Amazon.com Trading Up 2.5%
Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $226.28 on Tuesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $227.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is $222.45. The company has a market cap of $2.42 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.49, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.38. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The firm had revenue of $180.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.53 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.43 EPS. The business's revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on AMZN. President Capital lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Rothschild & Co Redburn reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Westpark Capital reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $280.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $298.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-seven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $294.70.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 542,733.6% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 132,641,388 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $29,100,194,000 after buying an additional 132,616,953 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the first quarter worth about $11,674,091,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $186,420,422,000 after purchasing an additional 17,447,045 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Amazon.com Company Profile
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Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.
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