Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Holdings Lifted by Lavelle Capital LP

Lavelle Capital LP boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 282.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,531 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 4,825 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up about 0.7% of Lavelle Capital LP’s holdings, making the stock its 21st biggest position. Lavelle Capital LP’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,557,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 grew its position in Amazon.com by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $5,495,000 after purchasing an additional 986 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG increased its stake in Amazon.com by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $442,481,000 after buying an additional 54,987 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its stake in Amazon.com by 5.5% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,357,000 after buying an additional 1,518 shares during the period. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,153,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 14,541 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.06, for a total value of $3,766,991.46. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 17,794 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,609,713.64. The trade was a 44.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total value of $5,180,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,235,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $579,085,751.66. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 70,589 shares of company stock worth $18,314,015 in the last ninety days. 8.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS expansion supports long-term growth. AWS is bringing OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic models to AWS GovCloud, potentially strengthening Amazon’s position in government AI workloads. Separately, AWS plans more than $5.3 billion in cloud infrastructure investment in Saudi Arabia. Amazon brings AI models to AWS GovCloud
• Positive Sentiment: Operating momentum remains a bullish counterweight. Recent coverage highlights accelerating AWS growth, expanding advertising revenue and improving profitability. Amazon’s latest reported quarter included $200.6 billion of revenue, up nearly 20% year over year, while AWS revenue rose 36.7% to $42.2 billion and generated $16.6 billion in operating income. Analysts cited in the articles continue to see additional upside, with a reported median price target of $320. Amazon growth outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital spending remains a key debate. Amazon’s roughly $220 billion 2026 capital-expenditure plan is intended to build AI and cloud capacity, but investors remain concerned about near-term free-cash-flow pressure and whether the spending will generate adequate returns.
• Negative Sentiment: FTC lawsuit creates substantial regulatory risk. The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states allege Amazon secretly manipulated ad auctions and used undisclosed surcharges to overcharge approximately 1.2 million advertisers by more than $20 billion. Potential remedies, damages, changes to Amazon Ads and reputational harm could threaten a rapidly growing, high-margin business. Amazon denies the allegations and says regulators mischaracterized its auction system. FTC lawsuit against Amazon
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term sentiment is particularly sensitive because AMZN is trading near record levels. The lawsuit gives investors a fresh reason to take profits and reassess valuation, even as the company’s underlying cloud and advertising growth remains strong.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price target (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $320.00 target price (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Bank of America upped their target price on Amazon.com from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 price target (up from $340.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $323.09.

Amazon.com Stock Down 2.5%

Amazon.com stock opened at $259.77 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $2.80 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.87. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.00 and a fifty-two week high of $287.20. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $252.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $241.05.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $3.93. The company had revenue of $200.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $197.03 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The firm’s revenue was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.68 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Amazon.com 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.