Ethos Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 9.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,196 shares during the quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $8,421,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 10.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $885,478,000 after purchasing an additional 397,007 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,495,000 after purchasing an additional 986 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $442,481,000 after purchasing an additional 54,987 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,357,000 after purchasing an additional 1,518 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth $2,153,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.
Amazon.com Stock Performance
Shares of AMZN opened at $249.70 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $212.95 and a 200-day moving average of $224.88. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $165.29 and a one year high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.69 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.86 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.
Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com
Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Globalstar acquisition reinforces Amazon’s LEO/satellite strategy and prompted an immediate market re-rate; analysts and some banks called the deal strategic for Amazon’s Project Kuiper/LEO ambitions. Amazon’s $12B Globalstar Acquisition Paid for Itself
- Positive Sentiment: AWS wins new high-profile media/AI customers (Fox named AWS its preferred AI cloud provider), validating AWS’s enterprise AI momentum and revenue runway. Fox chooses AWS as preferred AI cloud provider
- Positive Sentiment: NiSource expanded a power agreement with Amazon to speed energy delivery to data centers — a small but tangible operational tailwind for AWS capacity expansion. NiSource signs long-term power deal
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and notable investors are doubling down: several firms reaffirmed buy ratings and investors like Brad Gerstner have been buying AMZN, supporting sentiment and multiple expansion. AI bull Brad Gerstner buying AMZN
- Neutral Sentiment: Management and media narratives: Jim Cramer and other pundits highlighted Amazon’s long-term opportunity, and Amazon promoted theatrical releases (CinemaCon) as a content/distribution play — strategic but longer‑dated. Cramer highlights Amazon
- Neutral Sentiment: Amazon-backed X‑Energy filed to raise up to $800M — underscores Bezos/AMZN ecosystem investments (energy/nuclear), but indirect to near-term earnings. X-Energy IPO filing
- Negative Sentiment: Marketplace friction: hundreds of large sellers staged a one‑day ad boycott protesting payout and ad-payment changes plus a temporary 3.5% fuel surcharge — a reputational and short‑term revenue risk for Amazon’s retail/ad ecosystem. Sellers boycott Amazon ads
- Negative Sentiment: Customer backlash and regional pushback (Canadian sellers/customers revolting over fuel surcharge) could pressure order volumes or force policy reversals. Canadians revolt over fuel surcharge
- Negative Sentiment: Technical/valuation caution: some analysts flagged the stock as overbought after the rally and warned a pullback is possible despite the strategic positives. Amazon overbought concerns
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 93,186 shares of company stock worth $19,921,739. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms have issued reports on AMZN. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $230.00 price objective on Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. President Capital lowered their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 1st. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $296.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Wolfe Research decreased their price objective on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $250.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.29.
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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.
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